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Just got this from Amazon a couple of days ago. This is one of my all-time favorite baseball movies, and Barry Levinson now gives us beautiful 5.1 sound and a re-edit.

The first part is what's most dramatically changed. Roy is shown being driven up to the old homestead at the beginning, and flashbacks show his growing up period and his father's death. The movie has some additional scenes and dialogue, but is overall just 6 minutes longer than the original version. However, the pacing has changed, and is designed (I think) for modern sensibilities.

Some of you may prefer the original cut, but I like the new one. None of the magic is gone -- it is just presented in a somewhat different way.

Hey KG,

This is also one of my favorite movies. I've seen the directors cut a few times now, and it makes me wonder why they didnt release it like this.
The extra character development, and the scenes with his father just made it a darker more interesting movie.
Normally when you see a directors cut they have added a lot of scenes to a movie. Here they actually cut scenes from the original, moved other scenes around in the film, and then added the scenes at the begining.

Great film ! The ending still brings a little tear to my eye every time I see it.

There's also a box set KG of the director's cut. You get the movie, an autographed Roy Hobbs baseball, baseball cards, and a awesome NY Knights baseball cap.

Thats Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was.

The new cut was great. I got it a couple of days after it came out. New beginning was great.