director's cut

American  

noun

1. an edited version of a movie that has not been altered by a studio and over which its director has complete artistic control.

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director's cut British  

noun

1. films a version of a film which realizes the artistic aims of the director more fully than the original version

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Example Sentences

Pick the director’s cut of all three and your journey through Middle-earth will take you almost 12 hours, which is about as long as it takes to fly from L.A. to New Zealand, where it was filmed.

From Los Angeles Times

In the expanded director’s cut, we’re shown the way The Company punishes Ripley for being a working mother, blaming her for drifting for 57 years and missing the chance to raise her daughter.

From Salon

He published a memoir, “Director’s Cut: My Life in Film,” in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times

“We were inspired by many film noirs and characters, but it was Fernando Meirelles and his editor, Fernando Stutz, who experimented with the film clips during the director’s cut,” says “Sugar” producer Audrey Chon.

From Los Angeles Times

Think of a gene as a movie; an isoform would be like a director's cut, with different scenes cut, extended or inserted while maintaining major similarities to the original.

From Science Daily