Only in the Theatrical Version we see a shot of Alice and Jasper. Theatrical Version: 57:21 minutes / Extended Cut: 1:01:11 minutes
They kiss again and then we see housekeepers' boat approaching. Then they talk about the upcoming transformation and that Bella - not realizing how good it is to be human - might want to wait (of course in relation to having sex with Edward). Bella responds that it is due to the island and that she will probably become fat. She enters the room, they kiss and Bella says that the food smells great and that she's quite hungry. The rest of the audience is frightened at a sene of the movie.Įdward makes breakfast for Bella. Edward sits down on his hat and then leaves the room. We see some scenes from "Bride of Frankenstein" in the cinema. After a trackin shot we see the "Breaking Dawn"-title card, followed by the tracking shot of Jacob's house. The camera zooms away and in the corner of the room we can see a pile of dead people. While the Volturi leave the room, the two servants take care of Valentina. Aro asks them to be patient, gives the envelope to Valentina and tells his servants that the human disturbed them. Caius says, that it is the Cullens' style to declare Bella's transformation and that they mock the Volturi via the delays. He opens it happily and says something about love in Italian before loudly declaring Edward's and Bella's wedding. Aro stands up to take the letter from her. Valentine walks along the halway of the Volturi, holding Edward's and Bella's wedding invitation. During the following tracking shot of Jacob's house, the background was slightly changed.Īfter the Summit-logo follows the first additional scene. These sequences are different from the Extended Cut in both color and design. The Theatrical Version begins with the summit-logo, followed by the "Breaking Dawn" title card. Overall, the Extended Version is 409.5 seconds (~ 6:49 minutes) longer. This is a comparison between the PG-13 Theatrical Version released by Summit Home Entertainment and the Extended Version, which is included on the French DVD released by Editions Traversire. UK viewers also have to wait until March, however, they will get a box set which includes all five Twilight-movies. In Germany as well as the USA, the releases will follow in March. So far, the Extended Version can only be obtained in France. They are worth watching, though - expecially the new opening scene at the Volturi.
Whether or not the new scenes are relevant for the story or not is up to you to decide. Also, the Extended Version has some other alterations (such as cutting out certain sequences) in order to keep up the continuity to later scenes. While it was previously said that there would be seven new scenes, there now are eight, some of them with alternate footage. Actually, the alterations are even more extensive than originally stated. However, with roughly 7 minutes of new footage all "Twi-Hards" will be pleased. An uncensored version does not exist on either DVD or Blu-Ray.Įven the Extended Cut does not have the uncensored footage and thus in these scenes is identical to the PG-13 Theatrical Version. Only after a few sequences were cut out, the studio finally got the rating it wished for.
As a result, the first version of the movie received an R-Rating. This seemed to work out quite well, however, the MPAA still seemed to think of the (actually pretty harmless) sex scene as being too much for a PG-13 rating.
This vamprie series is an immense cash cow, thanks to the huge, young (and mostly female) audience.Īnd it is that audience that gave the producers of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 some troubles: Due to the fact, that some material of the book is not necessarily PG-13-conformable, some of the scenes like Bella's and Edward's night of love as well as Renesmee's birth had to be toned down. This sum of money of course does not include gains from home cinema (DVD, Blu-Ray, and TV) and merchandising. With a worldwide box office gross of 3.3 Billion US-Dollars, the Twilight-Saga is one of the most successful movie series of modern times.