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[CajoleJuice]

I just watched this movie with a few friends tonight (because one of us hadn't seen it), and it is still such a damn powerful film. Ed Norton just gives such a great performance in this film, too. It's just such a good, but fucked up, movie. Shows how hate can transfer from generation to generation easily and wreck lives and communities.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Depressed the hell out of me.

 

[Callo Merlose]

I've always wondered what happened in the original version of the script before the director and Norton had it changed. So much, that it pissed the writer off that he somewhat disowned the film. Anyone?

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

I've always wondered what happened in the original version of the script before the director and Norton had it changed. So much, that it pissed the writer off that he somewhat disowned the film. Anyone?

From imdb

Edward Norton was said to have re-edited the film to lengthen his screen time. Director Tony Kaye then attempted to get his name removed but violated a Directors' Guild of America rule that states that directors that use pseudonyms (such as "Alan Smithee") must not talk about why they had their name removed - which Tony Kaye had done in ads in Variety. Kaye sued the DGA and New Line Cinema for $200 million stating that the DGA rule violated his first amendment rights.

 

[Callo Merlose]

Thanks, Cyborg. Also found this there:

Spoiler

: The script's conclusion had Derek shaving his head in the bathroom of the school, transforming back into a naziskin after the death of his brother. However, this was never filmed and dropped from subsequent re-writes of the screenplay.