 Other changes in the Directors Cut: As in the Theatrical Version, Brett  stops in the the landing strut chamber to wet his face during the sequence  where he is searching for Jones the cat. In the Directors Cut, we see a shot  looking up at the landing strut with the Alien rather unexpectedly in the  foreground, head bowed, swaying from side to side. Another change concerning  Jones the cat: when Ripley encounters the Alien in the corridor having just  the set the self