Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT 70mm Version Will Be Longer Than the Multiplex Version

Those that will have the ability to see Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming Western The Hateful Eight projected in 70mm now have another incentive to see that version, as if coming out a full two weeks early and simply that it’s in 70mm wasn’t enough. In a recent interview with Variety, Tarantino reported that the 70mm version will actually be longer, with about six minutes of additional footage and an added intermission and overture.

In the interview he also states that the cutting is a bit different for the multiplex version, since the two are completely different experiences.

Here’s a snippet from the Variety interview:

“The 70 is the 70,” he said. “You’ve paid the money. You’ve bought your ticket. So you’re there. I’ve got you. But I actually changed the cutting slightly for a couple of the multiplex scenes because it’s not that. Now it’s on Showtime Extreme. You’re watching it on TV and you just kind of want to watch a movie on your couch. Or you’re at Hot Dog on a Stick and you just want to catch a movie.”

The sequences in question play in “big, long, cool, unblinking takes” in the 70mm version, Tarantino said. “It was awesome in the bigness of 70, but sitting on your couch, maybe it’s not so awesome. So I cut it up a little bit. It’s a little less precious about itself.”

As someone who has the ability to see this in 70mm I couldn’t be happier about this news, but it is a bummer for people not living in a town that has a 70mm projector where it will be playing. Hopefully, the 70mm cut will be made available for the home release, but I’m not so sure considering why he made those changes to begin with.

The Hateful Eight will be in select theaters December 25th, with a nationwide release January 8th.