minute theatrical  version. It is a reworked version although seamless to many. Eighteen minutes  were cut and nine added. Many of the added or extended sequences involved Val  Kilmer and Angelina Jolies characters. With battle of Gaugamela now starts  earlier. Taking a cue from classic movie epics, the opening reels now set up  the basic themes with greater economy: Alexanders Oedipal relationship with  his parents, Olympias ambitions for her son, the boys need to surpass his  father, and the entirely natural way in which myth/religion is shown as  integral to the ancients behavior. Oliver Stone reworked the third act,  juxtaposing events in India and Greece. And Jolies Olympias emerged more as  a genuinely pathetic figure in the whole tragedy. Stone wanting to isolate  her characters own ambition from the one person she loves. Ptolemys final  scene was edited. Stone also reworked Alexanders death scene secondary to  audience feedback, adding 17 seconds to the scene.