4 Hour Director's Cut?

Man that's such a shame. An interesting story, and I'm surprised to find out that Thornton's cut was actually under 3 hours considering the narrative that's always been out there was that the Weinstein's cut down this huge 4 hour cut and then salvaged it to an under 2 hour release. Such a pity. I only saw the movie last year after being a fan of the book for some time. It looks great, has a solid cast and gets certain moments right, but there's just so much missing. I'd love to see the real director's version at sone point. I hope that happens.

It's been a while since I've seen it, but I do remember it ending well before the book's actual ending. Also, the speech that Penelope's Cruz's aunt gives is mostly missing, and that's a pivotal moment in the novel. But mostly, a lot of things are glossed over or rushed in a number of scenes. I'd definitely watch it again at some point, but there is definitely a good amount omitted. Naturally, not everything can be included, but considering that we know the movie was cut down, there was obviously a good amount of material that was intended to be there, but that was axed by Harvey Weinstein.