in april 2005, the new york city based film forum premiered an "expanded" version featuring several restored scenes, along with a new musical score by christopher caliendo. this expanded version was actually the 136-minute cut authorized by producer jerry bresler before he left columbia studios. recently unearthed in sony pictures' archives, the restored version played in selected cities in north america and has been released on a region 1 dvd. all of the cuts were edited out of the released version at the last minute; it is highly unlikely that peckinpah's director's cut will ever be fully restored.