 An extended directors cut is available on dvd and features about 22 minutes  of new footage. These include several extended battle scenes as well as a few  fully deleted scenes including an early scene of Joe recieving a medal for  his work at the start of the film. There are also several new scenes near the  start as well including a scene of Joe and Rita on the beach. This scene was  included in the trailer for the film. Also a scene of all the marines taking  pictures before shipping off to war. Also an extended scene of Yazee  introducing himself to Joe and joe asks if he has seen any combat to which  yazee replies "No, but im looking forward to getting into some." There were  also several other smaller additions and alternate angles and shots used.