 In late 2006 an "official Donners version" was released on DVD,  appropriately dubbed "Donners Cut" by the new right holders of the  franchise. It reinserts virtually everything that could been salvaged from  what Donner shot for his intended original version of the film, such as the  infamous Marlon Brando scenes, before the producers sacked him. This version  uses less than 20% of Lesters shootings, and since that left a few gaps in  the story here and there with no chances of re