"director's cut" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: director's cuts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} director's cut (plural director's cuts)
  1. (film) A specially edited version of a piece of media, especially a film, that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit of the media, and is released some time after the original release of the media. Wikipedia link: director's cut Categories (topical): Film Translations (film version): 導演剪輯版 (Chinese Mandarin), 导演剪辑版 (dǎoyǎnjiǎnjíbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 加長版 (Chinese Mandarin), 加长版 (jiāchángbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), ohjaajan versio (Finnish), version d’auteur [feminine] (French), ディレクターズ・カット (direkutāzu katto) (Japanese), режиссёрская ве́рсия (režissjórskaja vérsija) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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