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Only ''one'' deleted scene was commercially made available; the "Cave of Sleeping Sharks" scene. It was a 3 minute scene always intended to be in the final cut, and it was Rodriguez's favourite scene in the movie. When ''Spy Kids'' was in post-production, Rodriguez had to take the scene out because the special effects he envisioned would break the budget (which was over $35 million), having at least 65 special effects shots just in the scene alone, and he ran out of time to finish it. Thus, in the theatrical release (and eventually the DVD release), it was replaced with a much-shorter, cut-down version of the scene that more people remember, shortening the film from 91 minutes to 88 minutes. The "Sleepy Sharks" scene was lost for ten years until on August 2nd, 2011, for the franchise's tenth anniversary and to coincide with the fourth film in the series, ''Spy Kids: All the Time in the World'', a Special Edition Blu-Ray was released, which reincluded the "Sleepy Sharks" scene | Only ''one'' deleted scene was commercially made available; the "Cave of Sleeping Sharks" scene. It was a 3 minute scene always intended to be in the final cut, and it was Rodriguez's favourite scene in the movie. When ''Spy Kids'' was in post-production, Rodriguez had to take the scene out because the special effects he envisioned would break the budget (which was over $35 million), having at least 65 special effects shots just in the scene alone, and he ran out of time to finish it. Thus, in the theatrical release (and eventually the DVD release), it was replaced with a much-shorter, cut-down version of the scene that more people remember, shortening the film from 91 minutes to 88 minutes. The "Sleepy Sharks" scene was lost for ten years until on August 2nd, 2011, for the franchise's tenth anniversary and to coincide with the fourth film in the series, ''Spy Kids: All the Time in the World'', a Special Edition Blu-Ray was released, which reincluded the "Sleepy Sharks" scene. | ||
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Spy kids Special Edition US poster.jpg|Special Edition poster. | File:Spy kids Special Edition US poster.jpg|Special Edition poster. | ||
SKscan4849.jpg|''Disney Adventures'' magazine interview with Robert Rodriguez, mentioning | File:SKscan4849.jpg|''Disney Adventures'' magazine interview with Robert Rodriguez, mentioning the Sleepy Sharks scene. | ||
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Revision as of 08:52, 12 July 2023
Spy Kids is a 2001 American spy adventure comedy film directed, written, produced and edited by Robert Rodriguez, the creator of the Spy Kids franchise. The film was theatrically released in the United States on March 30th, 2001 by Dimension Films. It was a surprise hit, grossing over $147 million worldwide. A Special Edition version was released in theatres on August 8th, 2001. However it wasn’t included in the DVD release a month later, which included the theatrical version instead.
Cancelled Special Edition DVD
On the DVD commentary of the third film in the series, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Rodriguez teased a Special Edition DVD of Spy Kids to be released in 2004, but nothing came around. Then in 2005, Rodriguez was interviewed on the Latino Review website, where he talked about the same Special Edition DVD, saying that it would include "commentary for [the movie]", "a whole bunch of interviews with the kids" and "all kinds of deleted scenes which didn’t make it to the Special Edition", and believed it would release around Christmas 2005, right before the fifth anniversary of the franchise.[1] Since the Special Edition DVD never released both times, it is unknown what happened to the deleted scenes, if they still exist. A few clips of these deleted scenes can be seen in the teaser and theatrical trailers.
Cave of Sleeping Sharks scene
Only one deleted scene was commercially made available; the "Cave of Sleeping Sharks" scene. It was a 3 minute scene always intended to be in the final cut, and it was Rodriguez's favourite scene in the movie. When Spy Kids was in post-production, Rodriguez had to take the scene out because the special effects he envisioned would break the budget (which was over $35 million), having at least 65 special effects shots just in the scene alone, and he ran out of time to finish it. Thus, in the theatrical release (and eventually the DVD release), it was replaced with a much-shorter, cut-down version of the scene that more people remember, shortening the film from 91 minutes to 88 minutes. The "Sleepy Sharks" scene was lost for ten years until on August 2nd, 2011, for the franchise's tenth anniversary and to coincide with the fourth film in the series, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, a Special Edition Blu-Ray was released, which reincluded the "Sleepy Sharks" scene.
Regional differences
While it doesn't include the "Sleepy Sharks" scene, or any of the other deleted scenes for that matter, the Region 4 DVD does include a behind-the-scenes featurette,[2] which the Region 1 DVD lacked. In fact, the Region 1 DVD didn't have any special features included at all, but instead only previews and trailers. It's possible that the special features were being saved for the cancelled Special Edition DVD.
Interestingly, the website Cinematic Intelligence Agency has reviewed the Region 4 DVD, and it mentioned to include deleted scenes and even outtakes, neither of which appear in the Region 4 DVD when it released.[3]
The Region 1 Blu Ray, however, includes new special features which are Growing Up Spy Kids (a two part retrospective looking back at the original Spy Kids trilogy), Robert Rodriguez's Ten Minute Film School and Cooking School, Stunt Piece (a look at the wire work and stunts that the kid actors in the film had performed), and Special Effects Piece (a quick overview of the film's special effects).[4][5]
Gallery
Images
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References
- ↑ Interview with Robert Rodriguez from LatinoReview. Retrieved 11 Jun '21
- ↑ Back cover of the Region 4 DVD. Retrieved 24 Jun '21
- ↑ Region 4 Spy Kids DVD review. Retrieved 11 Jun '21
- ↑ Region 1 Spy Kids Blu-Ray review. Retrieved 24 Jun '21
- ↑ Amazon listing of the reissued Spy Kids Triple Feature Blu-Ray. Retrieved 24 Jun '21