Fox) pretends to be a visiting spaceman to scare George McFly (Crispin Glover) into asking Lorraine (Lea Thompson) to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
Although the scene was cut out of the movie, it appeared in its computer game tie-in. Data (Jonathan Ke Huy Quan) tells one of the reporters that the octopus attack was “very scary and very dangerous.” But the audience never saw an octopus attack.Ī deleted scene explains what Data was talking about: The group was attacked by a giant octopus before they make it onto the pirate ship. THE GOONIES (1985)Īt the end of The Goonies, a number of news reporters surround the titular group of teens and ask them questions about their adventure. The scene featured Deckard’s daydream of a unicorn, which fleshed out the idea that he’s a replicant, and that Gaff knows his true identity. For the next 20 years, this very ambiguous moment was a mystery to many viewers until Ridley Scott restored the deleted scene back into Blade Runner for its 20th anniversary in 2002. In the original theatrical release of Blade Runner, audiences were confused when Deckard (Harrison Ford) found an origami unicorn that Gaff (Edward James Olmos) left for him during his escape with Rachael (Sean Young).
Every so often, a scene that is essential to a full understanding of a movie's plot ends up on the cutting room floor, leaving the audience feeling confused. While deleted scenes are usually cut out of movies because they disturb the flow, sometimes they do just the opposite.