The original cut of the film (which screened at Dances with Films, Freedom Film Festival, Ocean City Film Festival, and Annapolis) contained over fifteen minutes of additional footage - only in the fim's opening wedding sequence. The original sequence was 25 minutes long, and featured a great deal of character exposition. It also ended with Brody punching Scott in the face at the receiving line. The cuts were made to bring the running time down into a marketable length, and because audiences were proving anxious for the "disappearings" to begin.