Random Deleted Scenes That Would've Changed the Whole Movie (21 items)

(#10) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Stanley Kubrick
Kubrick's classic ends with the iconic image of the mushroom cloud of an atomic event. But that wasn't Kubrick's original climax for the film. Instead, imagine the director opting to go all Charlie Chaplin slap-stick, forgo the destruction of the world, and end the black comedy with a pie in the face.

The conclusion was nixed after President Kennedy's passing, largely due to this line from the scene: "Our gallant young President has been struck down in his prime." The footage from the deleted scene is presumed lost.
(#7) Fatal Attraction
- Adrian Lyne
The original ending of Fatal Attraction involved unstable mistress Alex (Glenn Close) taking her own life to frame Dan (Michael Douglas) for the incident. However, she also gives Dan's wife, Beth, evidence that ultimately exonerates him from the crime. Test audiences didn't love this idea.

So instead, viewers got to enjoy Dan's scorned wife, Beth, putting her husband's mistress in the ground.
(#3) Pretty Woman
- Garry Marshall
Imagine everyone's favorite film "professional," Vivian (Julia Roberts), in the film that launched America's Sweetheart's career, with a serious substance dependency. This would have made for a much different feature than the love story that played out instead.

The original screenplay was titled $3,000 and featured Edward (Richard Gere) following Vivian around to make sure that she didn't use.
(#6) American Beauty
- Sam Mendes
Lester Burnham states he has passed via voice-over at the beginning of American Beauty, but we don't know the secretly-gay, tough-guy neighbor is the one who takes him out until the end of the movie. However, in the original script, which is much longer, Lester's daughter, Jane ,and her boyfriend Ricky are tried and convicted of the crime.

Their conviction is based on the evidence brought by Colonel Fitts in a frame job, after he found the videotape of Ricky and Jane talking about taking down Lester and took it to the authorities.
(#14) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Peter Jackson
This deleted scene did not make the theatrical release, but did - thankfully - appear on the extended release version. Sometimes, a little clarity goes a long way, especially when considering an epic trilogy with thousands of pages of source material.

This scene is important because it more thoroughly explains Faramir's intentions.
(#8) Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- George Lucas
George Lucas left several scenes from the original Star Wars trilogy on the cutting room floor. An interesting deleted scene of note came was from Return of the Jedi when Yoda would not allow Obi-Wan to tell Luke who his real father was.

Yoda was interested in training Luke to be a Jedi and he thought daddy issues would slow Luke down.