A new scene shows Balian being verbally abused by his brother whilst sitting at the crossroads looking at his wife's grave.While Godfrey is away from the table, the elder brother and his son ( Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) conspire to kill Godfrey and take the mantle of Baron of Ibelin for themselves, which creates an additional reason for the forest ambush later in the film (in the theatrical cut, the ambush seems based purely upon an attempt to arrest Balian). After Godfrey ( Liam Neeson) and his men arrive, there is a new scene of them having dinner with Godfrey's elder brother ( Robert Pugh).These shots help to establish the local geography more clearly than in the theatrical version. There are several newly added shots of the French village as Balian walks away from the prison.The guard of the prison ('Tim Barlow' ) then comes in to Balian's cell and releases Balian. There is a new scene of Balian looking at the sapling planted by his wife ( Nathalie Cox), coupled with a flashback of her planting it.There is a new scene where the bishop of the town ( Bill Paterson) orders Balian's brother to release Balian from prison so the blacksmith can aid him in completing the construction of the new abbey.Also, newly added dialogue with the gravedigger ( Martin Hancock) reveals that the woman being buried was married to the Priest's brother, Balian the Blacksmith ( Orlando Bloom). In the opening scene, there is a shot of the Priest ( Michael Sheen) splitting open his apple only to find that it is rotten.The primary additional scenes in the Director's Cut are:
Also, there is now more graphic violence in all the battle scenes, with newly added shots of spurting blood and new close-ups of wounds being inflicted. In all, 45 minutes of new scenes have been added, with the biggest addition, as Ridley Scott acknowledges in the introduction, being the subplot of Sibylla's son. The 194 minute Director's Cut is a roadshow format presentation with an Overture, Intermission and Entr'acte.
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