A fan edit is a version of a film modified by a viewer, that removes, reorders, or adds material in order to create a new interpretation of the film. This includes the removal of scenes or dialog, replacement of audio and/or visual elements, and adding material from sources such as deleted scenes or even other films. The trend became popular when an individual calling himself the "Phantom Editor" (later revealed as professional editor Mike J. Nichols) removed elements from George Lucas' Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace that he felt detracted from the film, and made minor changes in languages and subtitles to give the film's villains a more menacing tone.^[1] The end result became known as The Phantom Edit, which achieved fame through distribution on VHS, DVD, and other media. Film editing is the connecting of one or more shots to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an entire movie. ... Mike J. Nichols is a film editor living in Santa Clarita, California and originally from Illinois. ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Film poster for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 film by George Lucas starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and Jake Lloyd. ... The VHS cover Star Wars Episode I.I - The Phantom Edit is a fan edit of the movie Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace, removing elements of the original thought to be unsuccessful by some critics and adult fans. ... Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

While fan editors originally focused on the Star Wars prequels (which many fans had been disappointed in), the trend spread to the original trilogy after their release on DVD, both because of higher quality source material, and due to further changes by Lucas to the films in 1997 and 2004 (marketed as the "Special Editions"). Many of the fan edits aimed to preserve the pre-"Special Edition" films or correct perceived story flaws. Recently, fan editors have begun editing non-Star Wars films in the same fashion, such as Matrix series, Pearl Harbor, Superman II, and others (see below). In addition to the editing of the film, some fan edits feature basic corrections, such as colors or framing, that maintain or restore consistency within the film. This article is about the series. ... The following are partial lists of changes in Star Wars re-releases. ... The Matrix series consists primarily of three films, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. ... Pearl Harbor is an Oscar-winning war film released in the summer of 2001 by Touchstone Pictures. ... Superman II is the 1980 sequel to the 1978 superhero film Superman. ...

The most fan edited film of all time is Superman II due to the controversy surrounding the 2006 Richard Donner cut. Many fans were disappointed by the editing of the movie where music cues had been dramatically changed, new sound afffects added, and new scenes horribly inserted destroying the overall flow of the movie. Richard Donner removed much of Lester's footage at the expense of the storyline. Fans decided to reedit the movie with the viewpoint that the best version lies somewhere between both the Richard Lester and Richard Donner cuts. There is no definitive cut of Superman II.

Fair use issues

It should be noted that while fan edits may skirt the lines of fair use, their creators emphasize the use of the final product should only be for those who own the source material (often commercial DVDs), and are not to be distributed for profit or other personal gain. LucasFilm is aware of the existence of Star Wars fan edits, and has stated they will take action when they believe copyright infringement has taken place.^[2] In July 2007, Lucasfilm took action against fan editor daveytod after taking issue with his fan edit documentary, The Clones Revealed^[3]. It is unclear exactly why Lucasfilm took this action against daveytod. Their email to him cited the possibility of 'consumer confusion', offering the example of The Clones Revealed being mistaken for an official Lucasfilm product. The email was sent to several active members of the fan editing community and resulted in the short down time of FanEdit.org until it was made clear which film was being ordered a cease and desist, although the reasoning given by Lucasfilm's anti-piracy team during communications with fanedit.org moderators was the mistaken impression that 'The Clones Revealed' was an Episode II bootleg. For fair use in trademark law, see Fair use (US trademark law). ... Lucasfilm Ltd. ... Not to be confused with copywriting. ...

Notable fan edits

Notable fan edits have included the following:

• Bad Boys II - Mark Mancina Remix^[4] - A fan edit that inserts Mark Mancina's score from the first Bad Boys film. After Mancina left the Bad Boys II project (due to "creative differences"^[5]) three months before the film's release, Trevor Rabin and Steve Jablonsky rescored it.
• Batman and Robin: De-assified^[6] – cut most of the one-liners and the campy, ridiculous dialogue.
• Batman Forever: Red Book Edition – Removes the "Batass" shots of the suit-up and other campier aspects, restores deleted scenes to the film such as Bruce's encounter with the gigantic bat within the Batcave.
• Daredevil: The Spence Edit – cut out the flashback frame story and voiceovers and removed some of the dialogue.
• The Evil Dead Trilogy - A fan edit that combines all three films into one, making it a nearly five hour long film. The edit also removes scenes that cause cross-film continuity errors.
• Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: The Purist Edit – cut most of the deviations from Tolkien's original book.
• The Matrix: Dezionized – combines The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions into one film, mostly by removing most of the storylines centering around Zion.
• Pearl Harbor – Strength and Honor Edit - edited out much of the romantic angle, in order to focus on the attack on Pearl Harbor and the pilots.
• Silent Hill - The Spence Edit – a shorter version removing the husband subplot and scenes of unnecessary and cumbersome exposition.
• Star Trek: Kirkless Generations – the film Star Trek: Generations with all of Kirk and the original Enterprise crew removed.
• Star Trek: Phase II – is a fan edit series made by using footage from the Star Trek movies in order to recreate the cancelled TV series.
• Superman II – The Crystal/Ultimate/RIC/Son of Jor-El/Cut: will soon be available.
• Superman Redeemed – A hybrid cut of Superman III and Superman IV.
• Superman Crusades – A hybrid cut of Lester scenes from Superman II, and the near entirety of Superman IV with additional footage from IV's deleted scenes (quality varies) (In pre-production).
• Superman III: The Smallville Cut – a cut that makes use of Smallville scenes from Superman, Superman III, and Superman IV, whilst retaining the original storyline of the third movie. The film also borrows concepts from an aborted Superman III edit where the corrupted Superman destroys the Fortress of Solitude. Later reedited after strong criticisms to become "The Definitive Smallville Cut."
• Superman: New Krypton – A fan edit using footage from Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, in order to make a brand new movie.
• Superman II: The Fan Cut ^[7] - A fan edit of Superman II using both Donner and Lester footage + some updated effects to create an ultimate Superman II cut. It can be viewed on the YouTube website. The creator's name is unknown but his YouTube user name is ABdirector.

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References

External links

• DVDHolocron.com - Star Wars related Fan Edits, Fan Films, and Fan Preservation Projects that have been released on DVD.
• Faneditforum.com – a huge forum for fanedits of all kinds
• Fanedit.org – A site for fan edit information on a wide variety of films.
• Fanedits.com – A wiki-style site dedicated to fan edits and other fan projects
• OriginalTrilogy.com: Star Wars Fan Edits and Preservation Efforts
• OriginalTrilogy.com: Fan Edits and Preservation Efforts (Other Films)
• Foster on Film - Fan Edits
• [1] - The best part of Superman II: The Fan Cut.