- Released on DVD in 2001, the Director's Expanded Cut of the film features roughly seven minutes of additional material and has roughly two minutes of content removed, running just under five minutes longer than the Theatrical Cut. In this version,
- During the opening credits, the Morgan Creek logo has been replaced by the Twentieth Century Fox logo, and "Morgan Creek International Presents" has been replaced with "Twentieth Century Fox Presents".
- After the opening hunting sequence, the sequence where Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), Uncas (Eric Schweig), and Chingachgook (Russell Means) approach John Cameron's (Terry Kinney) cabin is edited differently. In the Theatrical Cut, there is an exterior shot of the cabin, followed by an interior shot of Cameron and Jack Winthrop (Edward Blatchford) hearing the men approach, and off screen, Hawkeye shouts out, "Hello, John Cameron". This is followed by an exterior shot of Hawkeye walking across the field. Cameron and Winthrop then emerge from the cabin. In the Expanded Cut, however, the interior shot is longer, showing Cameron and Winthrop reacting to the sound outside, and then grabbing their guns. Hawkeye's off-camera greeting is absent, as is the shot of him walking across the field, with the film cutting straight to Cameron and Winthrop emerging from within, ready for combat. Hawkeye's greeting is then heard, prompting the duo to lower their weapons, with Cameron telling his wife Alexandra (Tracey Ellis) to "set three more places" (00:22).
- In the same scene, there is an alternate angle of Chingachgook and Winthrop shaking hands. There is no time differentiation.
- As Major Duncan Heyward (Steven Waddington) rides towards Albany, there are two additional shots of the horses and carriage (00:07).
- During the scene where Winthrop negotiates for terms with General Webb (Mac Andrews), there is an alternate version of Winthrop saying, "if they are not allowed leave to defend their families and homes if the French attack the settlements, then no colonial militia is going to Fort William Henry". In the Theatrical Cut, the shot starts out in profile, before cutting to in front of Winthrop. In the Expanded Cut, the line is delivered in a single profile shot. There is no time differentiation.
- Immediately after the above, there is some additional dialogue. A colonist points out, "Any of the boys worth havin' can disappear", to which the British Lieutenant (Jared Harris) says, "They will be found." The colonist asks, "And where does that leave you?" to which the lieutenant replies, more forcefully, "Those men will be found." During this exchange, there is also a cutaway revealing Magua (Wes Studi) in the background (00:12).
- Also in this scene, when Webb is explaining why the French are not to be feared because "they haven't the nature for war", there is some additional dialogue, where he states, "their Latinate voluptuousness combines with their Gallic laziness and the result is". This line is followed by "they'd rather eat and make love with their faces than fight", which is also found in the Theatrical Cut (00:09).
- In the first scene between Heyward and Cora Monro (Madeleine Stowe), after Cora says, "I don't know what to say Duncan", there is an additional line of dialogue where she says, "Alice and I have depended upon you and respected you since we were all children" (00:06).
- Also in this scene, after Alice (Jodhi May) arrives, there is some additional dialogue. After she says, "it's so exciting," Heyward replies, "It can be dangerous", to which Alice says, "Nonsense. Papa wouldn't have sent for us." Cora then asks Alice, "Would you like some tea?" to which Alice says, "Yes, thank you" (00:10).
- During the scene where the 60th Regiment is marching towards Fort William Henry with Heyward, Cora, and Alice, immediately before the first shot within the woods, there is an additional shot of the troops exiting the plains and entering the periphery of the forest (00:10).
- After Hawkeye tells Heyward, "I ain't your scout, and I sure ain't in no damn militia," his line "clear it up any?" has been removed from the audio track.
- The shot from behind Hawkeye, Chingachgook, Uncas, Cora, Alice, and Heyward as they walk away from the ransacked Cameron cabin and head up a hill is slightly longer (00:04).
- As they shelter at night, the conversation between Hawkeye and Cora has been shortened. After Hawkeye tells Cora that Chingachgook warned him about people like her, and she replies, "Oh, he did?", the Expanded Cut cuts directly to the arrival of the Huron scouts and the coureur de bois, omitting several lines of dialogue; Hawkeye explains, "He said, 'Do not try to understand them'," to which Cora replies, "What?" Hawkeye then says, "Yes and 'do not try to make them understand you.' That is because they are a breed apart and make no sense." The scene of the Huron refusing to disturb the burial ground is identical in both versions, but immediately afterwards, the continuation of the conversation has also been removed from the Expanded Cut, with Cora asking, "A breed apart, we make no sense?" to which Hawkeye says, "In your particular case, miss, I'd make an allowance." She then sarcastically replies, "Thank you so much" (-00:28).
- In the same scene, after Cora asks Hawkeye about his family, and Hawkeye explains that Chingachgook "sent Uncas and I to Reverend Wheelock's school when I was 10", an additional line has been added to the audio track; "so we would know both worlds."
- There are several additional shots during the siege of Fort William Henry. Right at the start of the sequence, immediately after the close-up of the canon being fired, there is a shot of a group of French soldiers moving a canon towards the fort as another group carries a stretcher away from it. Immediately after the long crane shot across the battlefield, there is a brief shot of a British mortar strike killing a French soldier. Additionally, the sequence of the French soldiers moving canons into position has several additional shots showing the canons taking aim and firing (00:18).
- Immediately after the above edition, in the Theatrical Cut, the film cuts from the canons firing to Hawkeye and the others using the river to approach the fort. In the Expanded Cut, this shot has been moved to later in the scene, with the film instead cutting to a sequence of the French soldiers beginning to get their mortars into position. This is followed by a tracking shot within the trench the French are digging, and then several additional shots of the exterior of the fort being hammered with canon fire (00:25).
- After the river shot in the Theatrical Cut and the mortar/trench sequence in the Expanded Cut, the next sequence shows a British officer studying the battlefield as a flare lights up the night sky. The Expanded Cut omits a shot from behind the officer as he and his men try to aim at the French trench (-00:02).
- After the British officer and his men are hit by canon fire, the Expanded Cut features several additional shots of the fort taking damage (00:03).
- Immediately after the above, the Theatrical Cut shows Hawkeye and the others reaching the shore. In the Expanded Cut, the shot on the river that was omitted from earlier in the scene is inserted at this point, thus positioning it as part of a single sequence of them approaching by river and reaching the shore (00:05).
- Inside the fort, after Ian (Tim Hopper) greets Uncas and says, "I thought you and Nathaniel weren't joining up", in the Theatrical Cut, Hawkeye says, "we didn't, we just dropped in to see how you boys were doing." The Expanded Cut omits "we just dropped in to see how you boys were doing" (-00:04).
- During the scene in the tent where General Marquis de Montcalm (Patrice Chéreau) and the Abenaki Chief (Gregory Zaragoza) listen to the children singing, there is an additional line of dialogue, with Montcalm telling the chief, "For my children are the children of the true faith. My friendship and esteem is boundless" (00:12).
- In the same scene, the shot where Montcalm says, "I will give you three oxen for a feast" is shown from a different angle (in the Theatrical Cut, it's from behind the men; in the Expanded Cut it's from in front, focusing on the Chief's face).
- After Magua enters Montcalm's tent and Montcalm asks him, "how are things with your English friends", there is some additional dialogue, with Montcalm saying to one of his men, "We are as one. Join us. Hear what he has to tell us." The officer is then seen walking across the shot and sitting down (00:10).
- The sequence in which the runner leaves the fort and escapes through the forest is longer. In the Theatrical Cut, the scene shows Hawkeye and Uncas sharpshooting from the fort and the runner moving through the trees. In the Expanded Cut, however, these shots are inter-cut with Heyward's military diversion on the other side of the fort, in which he engages the Huron and the French. This diversion was mentioned earlier in the film by Colonel Edmund Monro (Maurice Roëves), but it is entirely absent from the Theatrical Cut (01:21).
- During the scene where the colonials and Hawkeye attempt to convince Monro to allow the militia to return home so they may defend their families, Heyward threatens Hawkeye by telling him, "I'll have you beaten from this fort." The Expanded Cut omits Hawkeye's reply, "Someday, I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement" (-00:04).
- In the scene after Cora rejects Heyward, there is an additional tracking shot moving through the courtyard, showing the wounded, as a woman (Sheila Adams Barnhill) hums a lament and strokes the head of a badly injured soldier (00:30).
- After the colonials make plans to leave, there is an additional shot of Hawkeye walking across the courtyard, followed immediately by an extended version of the scene where Cora closes a dead man's eyes (00:12).
- During the surrender scene between Montcalm and Monro, in the Theatrical Cut, after Montcalm says he is happy to make Monro's acquaintance as a friend, and Monro says the same, Montcalm points out that Monro has "already done everything that is necessary for the honor of your prince." In the Expanded Cut, however, he says, "Please accept my compliments for the strong and skillful defense of your fortress. Under the command of a lesser man, it would have fallen long ago, given the superior numbers and materials. Chance has allowed me to array against you." Monro responds with, "Monsieur Le Marquis, I am a soldier, not a diplomat. You called this parlay for a better reason than an exchange of compliments." Montcalm then says that Monro has done everything necessary (00:32).
- Also in this scene, after learning that Webb will not be sending reinforcements, when Monro goes to consult with Heyward and Cpt. Beams (Pete Postlethwaite), his line, "I've lived to see something which I've never expected; a British officer afraid to support another" has been removed (-00:07).
- After Monro has discussed the situation with his men, the Theatrical Cut cuts to the next scene, showing Montcalm emerging from his tent at night. In the Expanded Cut, however, there is more dialogue, with Monro turning back to Montcalm and saying, "Monsieur Le Marquis, I am deeply touched by such unusual and unexpected generosity. My fort is yours, under the condition that I be given till dawn to bury my dead, to prepare my men and women for the long journey ahead, and to hand my wounded over to your surgeons." Montcalm responds "Granted monsieur" and he and Monro bow to one another (00:28).
- During the scene between Montcalm and Magua in the forest, after Magua says his heart "will be whole again on the day the Grey-hair and all his seed are dead", there is an additional line of dialogue, with Montcalm saying, "My son Magua's pain is my pain". Also in this scene, there is an alternate angle of Montcalm saying, "I fear I will only fight the same men again when I drive towards Albany" (in the Theatrical Cut the camera is behind him focusing on Magua; in the Expanded Cut, it's from in front of him). Immediately after this, the Expanded Cut features an additional line of dialogue, with Montcalm explaining, "I cannot break the terms of the surrender and sully the lilies of France" (00:16).
- After the British have surrendered the fort and left the area, there is a shot of French soldiers marching towards the building and cheering (00:08).
- Immediately after this, there is a slight extension to a single shot as the convoy moves through a field; in the Theatrical Cut, the shot starts on Cora and Alice, but in the Expanded Cut, the shot starts on Monro and pans over to Cora and Alice (00:05).
- In the Theatrical Cut, as they escape the massacre, when Hawkeye first sees Heyward in the canoes, he smiles and says, "nothing better to do on the lake today Major?" This has been removed in the Expanded Cut (-00:02).
- During the scene behind the waterfall, after Heyward calls Hawkeye a coward, in the Theatrical Cut, Cora pulls Hawkeye aside and says, "You've done everything you can do. Save yourself. If the worst happens and only one of us survives, something of the other does, too." Hawkeye then gives his "I will find you" speech. In the Expanded Cut, after Heyward calls Hawkeye a coward, Cora pulls Hawkeye aside, but he immediately gives the "I will find you" speech - all of her dialogue has been removed (-00:13).
- The montage scene after Hawkeye and Uncas save Chingachgook from the river has been altered in several ways. In the Theatrical Cut, the whole montage is scored by music from Clannad (a song called "I Will Find You"). For the Expanded Cut, director Michael Mann removed the song, replacing it with a slow variation of the film's main theme. According to Mann, he did this because he felt "the music was taking some of the emotional power away [from the story] because it was a little too sentimental." This change, however, proved extremely unpopular with fans. Visually, there are also several changes to the scene. The Theatrical Cut features a shot of Uncas running up the hill, followed by a shot of Hawkeye. In the Expanded Cut, the shots are reversed, we see Hawkeye first, then Uncas, then an additional shot of Chingachgook. Immediately after this, the Theatrical Cut features a shot of Magua and his prisoners walking across a rocky passage on a mountain side. In the Expanded Cut, the shot is from a tighter angle and starts earlier, panning down from the tree line as the group enters the area. After a second shot of Hawkeye running up the hill (identical in both versions), the Theatrical Cut cuts to the discovery of the branches that Cora purposely broke so as to make a trail. In the Expanded Cut, there is a fade to the setting sun as Magua and his prisoners continue on their way. There are then two additional shots of Hawkeye running up the hill. The scene where he finds the broken branches is edited the same way in both versions, but in the Theatrical Cut, it takes place in daytime, whereas in the Expanded Cut, it has been color graded to take place at dusk (00:50).
- Immediately prior to Heyward being hoisted into the fire, there are several additional shots showing Hawkeye and Cora leaving the Huron village (00:24).
- During the second shot of Heyward on the fire, his screams have been removed from the audio track.
- When Magua slits Uncas's throat, the sound of his skin cutting has been added to the audio track.
- When Chingachgook rolls under Magua's first swing, the sound of the tomahawk swinging is slightly different from the Theatrical Cut.
- In the final fight between Chingachgook and Magua, the shot of Chingachgook's weapon piercing through Magua's back has been removed (-00:01).
- Immediately after Magua's death, the shots of Cora and Hawkeye embracing on the mountainside have been removed (-00:24).
- In the final scene, after Chingachgook's eulogy for Uncas and after Cora and Hawkeye embrace, the Theatrical Cut cuts to a brief profile shot of the trio, and then cuts to behind them, with the end credits rolling. In the Expanded Cut, the profile shot is longer and features additional dialogue, with Chingachgook lamenting, "The frontier moves with the sun, and pushes the Red Man of these wilderness forests in front of it until one day there will be nowhere left. Then our race will be no more, or be not us." Hawkeye replies, "That is my father's sadness talking", to which Chingachgook says, "No, it is true. The frontier place is for people like my white son and his woman and their children. And one day there will be no more frontier. And men like you will go, too, like the Mohicans. And new people will come, work, struggle. Some will make their life. But once we were here." The camera then cuts to behind them and the end credits roll (00:49).
- A new sequence, which was shown on the CBS version in 1996, shows the previously talked about but never shown, Major Heyward's diversion. It shows the British Army in perfect formation shooting French soldiers and Huron Indians.
- Released on Blu-ray in 2010, the Director's Definitive Cut runs roughly two and a half minutes longer than the Theatrical Cut, and is something of an amalgamation between the Theatrical Cut and the 116-minute Director's Expanded Cut. It reverses some of the changes that director Michael Mann made for the Expanded Cut, but it also leaves a number of them intact (changes common to both the Expanded Cut and the Definitive Cut are noted below). In the Director's Definitive Cut,
- Throughout the film, the colors have been re-graded and are generally richer and deeper. Greens, browns, and skin-tones in particular have been enhanced, whilst blues have been muted. This results in a much warmer tone than either the Theatrical Cut or the Expanded Cut. However, the overall palette is also considerably darker in many scenes, with some being a little difficult to see properly at default brightness levels; for example, the exterior shots of Cameron's (Terry Kinney) cabin, the dialogue between Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Cora Monro (Madeleine Stowe) as they hide from the Huron scouts, the siege of Fort William Henry and the runner's later escape, and the scene behind the waterfall.
- As in the Expanded Cut, during the opening credits, the Morgan Creek logo has been replaced by the Twentieth Century Fox logo, and "Morgan Creek International Presents" has been replaced with "Twentieth Century Fox Presents".
- During the scene in John Cameron's cabin, there is an alternate version of the shot where Jack Winthrop (Edward Blatchford) says, "I'm helping to raise New York's militia to help fill the Crown's levy." In the Theatrical Cut, the line is said as part of the master shot of the table, but in the Definitive Cut, the film cuts into a mid-shot from in front of Jack as he says the line.
- During the scene where the English Lieutenant (Jared Harris) is negotiating with the militia, at the very start of the scene, there is an additional shot of the Lieutenant followed by a shorter version of the shot of the woman carrying bread. There is no time differentiation.
- Also in this scene, during Ongewasgone's (Dennis Banks) speech in the Theatrical Cut, there is a shot of Winthrop listening to what is being said. This shot has been removed in the Definitive Cut and replaced with a longer version of the wide shot of the negotiations. There is no time differentiation.
- At the start of the scene where Winthrop negotiates for terms with General Webb (Mac Andrews), there is an additional line of dialogue, with Winthrop saying, "We speak for the men. We do not command them", accompanied by an alternate version of Major Duncan Heyward (Steven Waddington) entering the room. In the Theatrical Cut, he enters in a close profile shot and the camera then cuts to a shot in front of the militia as Winthrop says, "If they are not allowed leave to defend their families and homes if the French attack the settlements, then no colonial militia is going to Fort William Henry". In the Definitive Cut, the whole scene plays out from in front of the group, with Heyward entering the shot in the background. As a result, he can be seen ordering a soldier to collect his bags, but, unlike in the Theatrical Cut, his order cannot be heard. There is no time differentiation.
- As in the Expanded Cut, immediately after the above, there is some additional dialogue. A colonist points out, "Any of the boys worth havin' can disappear", to which the British Lieutenant says, "They will be found." The colonist asks, "And where does that leave you?" to which the lieutenant replies, more forcefully, "Those men will be found" (00:06).
- As in the Expanded Cut, when Webb is explaining why the French are not to be feared because "they haven't the nature for war", there is some additional dialogue, where he states, "their Latinate voluptuousness combines with their Gallic laziness and the result is". This line is followed by "they'd rather eat and make love with their faces than fight", which is also found in the Theatrical Cut (00:09).
- In the first scene between Heyward and Cora, the Theatrical Cut begins the scene with a mid-shot on Heyward, before cutting to Cora saying, "I don't know what to say." In the Definitive Cut, the scene begins with a master shot of the two sitting at the table, before cutting to a mid-shot of the same angle, and then cutting to Cora's first line of dialogue. The mid-shot of Heyward is absent (00:03).
- As in the Expanded Cut, during the scene where the 60th Regiment is marching towards Fort William Henry with Heyward, Cora, and Alice (Jodhi May), immediately before the first shot within the woods, there is an additional shot of the troops exiting the plains and entering the periphery of the forest (00:10).
- The ambush scene is edited slightly differently in both versions. In the Definitive Cut, a brief shot of the British soldiers readying to fire has been removed. Not long afterwards, there is a brief additional shot of the Huron warriors running down the embankment to attack the soldiers. There is no time differentiation.
- Uncas's (Eric Schweig) line to Heyward, "Find yourself a musket", has been removed from the audio track.
- After Heyward explains, "we were heading to Fort William Henry", in the Theatrical Cut, there is a shot of Hawkeye looking at Heyward somewhat contemptuously before addressing Chingachgook (Russell Means). In the Definitive Cut, the shot has been shortened to remove Hawkeye's initial look at Heyward. Instead the shot begins with him already looking at Chingachgook (-00:03).
- After Hawkeye says, "unless you'd rather wait for the next Huron war party to come by", the Theatrical Cut cuts to a tight shot of Heyward turning around and looking at the sisters (who are off-screen). In the Definitive Cut, a wider shot is used showing all three on screen. There is no time differentiation.
- As in the Expanded Cut, after Hawkeye tells Heyward, "I ain't your scout, and I sure ain't in no damn militia," his line "clear it up any?" has been removed from the audio track with no changes to the visuals or editing.
- During the scene when they are hiding from the Huron scouts, and Hawkeye tells Cora about the Mohicans' myth of the creation of the stars, in the Theatrical Cut, the monologue is in a single take on Hawkeye's face. In the Definitive Cut, there is a brief cutaway to Cora listening. There is no time differentiation.
- In the Theatrical Cut, as the group first realize that Fort William Henry is under attack, there is a rising piece of monotone music that plays up until the first shot of the fort. This music has been removed in the Definitive Cut.
- As in the Expanded Cut, there are several additional shots during the siege of Fort William Henry. Right at the start of the sequence, the crane shot moving across the battlefield is longer as it follows a group of French soldiers moving a canon towards the fort. Immediately after the crane shot, there is a brief shot of a British mortar strike killing a French soldier. Additionally, the sequence of the French soldiers moving canons into position has several additional shots showing the canons taking aim and firing (00:10).
- As in the Expanded Cut, immediately after the above edition, in the Theatrical Cut, the film cuts from the canons firing to Hawkeye and the others using the river to approach the fort. In the Definitive Cut, this shot has been moved to later in the scene, with the film instead cutting to a sequence of the French soldiers beginning to get their mortars into position. This is followed by a tracking shot within the trench the French are digging, and then several additional shots of the exterior of the fort being hammered with canon fire (00:25).
- As in the Expanded Cut, after a British officer and his men are hit by canon fire, the Definitive Cut features several additional shots of the fort taking damage (00:03).
- Immediately after the above, the Theatrical Cut shows Hawkeye and the others reaching the shore. In the Definitive Cut, as in the Expanded Cut, the shot on the river that was omitted from earlier in the scene is inserted at this point, thus positioning it as part of a single sequence of them approaching by river and reaching the shore (00:05).
- Inside the fort, after Ian (Tim Hopper) greets Uncas and says, "I thought you and Nathaniel weren't joining up", in the Theatrical Cut, Hawkeye says, "we didn't, we just dropped in to see how you boys were doing." As in the Expanded Cut, the Definitive Cut omits "we just dropped in to see how you boys were doing" (-00:04).
- When Hawkeye is telling Col. Edmund Monro (Maurice Roëves) about the deaths at Cameron's cabin, in the Theatrical Cut, the camera is on Hawkeye until he is finished talking, and then it cuts to Monro. In the Definitive Cut, it cuts to Monro earlier, with Hawkeye off screen when he says, "it was Ottawa allied to the French". There is no time differentiation.
- During the scene in the tent with General Marquis de Montcalm (Patrice Chéreau) and the Abenaki Chief (Gregory Zaragoza), the shot of the children singing is longer, showing them both from in front and behind; in the Theatrical Cut, we see them only from behind (00:06).
- In the same scene, Montcalm saying, "I will give you three oxen for a feast" has been removed and, as in the Expanded Cut, a new line has been added, with Montcalm saying, "For my children are the children of the true faith. My friendship and esteem is boundless" (00:05).
- The sequence where Magua (Wes Studi) enters the tent has been altered from the Theatrical Cut, with several alternate shots being used. When Montcalm is talking to the Chief, there is a new insert cutaway of Magua walking into the tent; the scene where the priest ushers the children out is shown from in front of them with Montcalm in the foreground (in the Theatrical Cut, it is shown from behind, with Montcalm in the background); the line "how are things with your English friends" is seen from behind Montcalm and Magua as they walk away from camera (in the Theatrical Cut, it was seen from in front of them as they walk towards camera). There is no time differentiation.
- After Magua enters Montcalm's tent and Montcalm asks him, "how are things with your English friends", the shot of Magua looking quizzically at the metal device has been removed, but some additional dialogue has been added, with Montcalm saying to one of his men, "We are as one. Join us. Hear what he has to tell us" (00:03).
- After Magua tells Montcalm that he plans to kill Monro's children so that his seed is wiped from the earth, there is an additional line of dialogue as Montcalm says, "My engineers are advancing the trench through the night. You may have your opportunity soon" (00:10).
- As in the Expanded Cut, in the scene after Cora rejects Heyward, there is an additional tracking shot moving through the courtyard, showing the wounded, as a woman (Sheila Adams Barnhill) hums a lament and strokes the head of a badly injured soldier (00:30).
- After the colonials make plans to leave, the shot of them exiting the area in which they were talking has been shortened; in the Theatrical Cut, two British soldiers walk by, and then Winthrop leaves; in the Definitive Cut, he leaves immediately (-00:04).
- As in the Expanded Cut, after Hawkeye speaks to Ongewasgone, there is an additional shot of him walking across the courtyard (00:06).
- During the scene where Cora tells Heyward she was wrong to have thought so highly of him; in the Theatrical Cut, the camera is on her the whole time; in the Definitive Cut, there is a cutaway to Heyward listening. There is no time differentiation.
- The shot of Monro and Montcalm marching towards one another is longer (00:05).
- When Montcalm bows to Monro, an alternate shot is used; in the Theatrical Cut, the film cuts to a mid-shot on Montcalm as he bows; in the Definitive Cut, the bow takes place in the same master shot as the march. There is no time differentiation.
- In the same scene, in the Theatrical Cut, after Montcalm says he is happy to make Monro's acquaintance as a friend, and Monro says the same, Montcalm points out that Monro has "already done everything that is necessary for the honor of your prince." In the Definitive Cut, however, as in the Expanded Cut, he says, "Please accept my compliments for the strong and skillful defiance of your fortress. Under the command of a lesser man, it would have fallen long ago, given the superior numbers and materials. Chance has allowed me to array against you." Monro responds with, "Monsieur Le Marquis, I am a soldier, not a diplomat. You called this parlay for a better reason than an exchange of compliments." Montcalm then says that Monro has done everything necessary (00:32).
- After Monro has discussed the situation with his men, the Theatrical Cut cuts to the next scene, showing Montcalm emerging from his tent at night. In the Definitive Cut, however, as in the Expanded Cut, there is more dialogue, with Monro turning back to Montcalm and saying, "Monsieur Le Marquis, I am deeply touched by such unusual and unexpected generosity. My fort is yours, under the condition that I be given till dawn to bury my dead, to prepare my men and women for the long journey ahead, and to hand my wounded over to your surgeons." Montcalm responds "Granted monsieur" and he and Monro bow to one another (00:28).
- During the scene between Montcalm and Magua in the forest, the shot where Magua says, "Does the chief of the Canadas believe the English will keep the terms?", has been shortened, omitting a moment where Magua looks into the sky without saying anything. Immediately after this, Montcalm's answer, "Col. Munro would. But General Webb will not honor their agreement and send their soldiers away" has also been removed (-00:18).
- Also in this scene, there is an alternate angle of Montcalm saying, "I fear I will only fight the same men again when I drive towards Albany". In the Theatrical Cut the camera is behind him focusing on Magua; in the Definitive Cut, as in the Expanded Cut, it's in front of him. There is no time differentiation.
- Immediately after this, in the Definitive Cut, as in the Expanded Cut, there is an additional line of dialogue, with Montcalm explaining, "I cannot break the terms of the surrender and sully the lilies of France" (00:13).
- After the British leave the fort, as in the Expanded Cut, there is a slight extension to a shot of the convoy; in the Theatrical Cut, the shot starts on Cora and Alice, but in the Expanded Cut, the shot starts on Monro and pans over to Cora and Alice (00:05).
- Immediately after this, there is a shot of the convoy from Hawkeye's perspective (00:04).
- The shot of the lone Huron rushing the convoy and attacking a British soldier is longer (00:02).
- In the Theatrical Cut, as they escape from the massacre, when Hawkeye first sees Heyward in the canoes, he smiles and says, "nothing better to do on the lake today Major?" This has been removed in the Definitive Cut, as it was in the Expanded Cut (-00:02).
- During the scene behind the waterfall, after Heyward calls Hawkeye a coward, in the Theatrical Cut, Cora pulls Hawkeye aside and says, "You've done everything you can do. Save yourself. If the worst happens and only one of us survives, something of the other does, too." Hawkeye then gives his "I will find you" speech. In the Definitive Cut, "and only one of us survives, something of the other does, too" has been removed (-00:05).
- The montage scene after Hawkeye and Uncas save Chingachgook from the river has been altered in several ways. In the Theatrical Cut, the whole montage is scored by music from Clannad (a song called "I Will Find You"). For the Definitive Cut, director Michael Mann has reinserted the song, after his decision to remove it from the Expanded Cut proved unpopular with fans. However, he chose to use the Gaelic version of the song, with all the lyrics in Irish; in the Theatrical Cut, the lyrics are partly in English. Visually, there are also several changes to the scene. The Theatrical Cut features a shot of Uncas running up the hill, followed by a shot of Hawkeye. In the Definitive Cut, as in the Expanded Cut, the shots are reversed, we see Hawkeye first, then Uncas, then an additional shot of Chingachgook. After a second shot of Hawkeye running up the hill, the Theatrical Cut cuts to the discovery of the branches that Cora purposely broke so as to make a trail. In the Definitive Cut, as in the Expanded Cut, there is a fade to the setting sun as Magua and his prisoners continue on their way. There are then two additional shots of Hawkeye running up the hill. The scene where he finds the broken branches is edited the same way in all three versions, but in the Theatrical Cut, it takes place in daytime, whereas in the Definitive Cut (as in the Expanded Cut), it has been color graded to take place at dusk (00:30).
- At the start of the sequence in the Huron village, a wide shot looking down on the village through the trees as the villagers head to the center of town has been added (00:03).
- The shot where Sachem (Mike Phillips) is led to his chair is longer (00:04).
- When Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingachgook take up a position outside and above the village, there is another shot looking through the trees as more people walk towards the town center (00:02).
- As Hawkeye speaks to Sachem, the scene is edited slightly differently. In the Theatrical Cut, when Hawkeye says, "Take fire out of the English anger over the murder of their helpless ones", the camera is on Hawkeye. In the Definitive Cut, it is on Sachem. A moment later, the same thing happens, but in reverse; in the Theatrical Cut, when Hawkeye says, "It is false that the French will still be friends to the Huron", the camera is on Sachem, but in the Definitive Cut, it is on Hawkeye. There is no time differentiation.
- Sachem's short monologue concluding with "What are the Huron to do?" has been moved to earlier in the scene. In the Theatrical Cut, he gives the monologue at the end of the argument, after Magua says to Hawkeye, "You speak poison with two tongues." In the Definitive Cut, it comes earlier; after Magua says, "It made our French father happy to know that he would never have to fight the same English again." After Sachem's monologue, the rest of Magua's dialogue proceeds as normal, with the first line ("Now the French also fear the Huron; that is good") functioning as a direct response to "What are the Huron to do?" There is no time differentiation.
- As in the Expanded Cut, during the second shot of Heyward on the fire, his screams have been removed from the audio track.
- As in the Expanded Cut, when Magua slits Uncas's throat, the sound of his skin cutting has been added to the audio track.
- As in the Expanded Cut, when Chingachgook rolls under Magua's first swing, the sound of the tomahawk swinging is slightly different from the Theatrical Cut.
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