The Mighty: DVD Vs. Workprint

In the late 1990’s, a workprint was illegally released and traded amongst bootleggers. This workprint is timecoded and has an alternate soundtrack with several reel countdowns. The quality of the audio and video is much lower than the DVD.

Difference Report:

0:49

The workprint contains an alternate placement of the credits and even misspelled Elden Henson’s name.

Workprint:

DVD:

3:31

The workprint removes a shot of Max walking down the street.

DVD:

9:30

The workprint contains a longer shot of Freak watching Max run away after he gets caught spying on him.

Workprint:

12:45

The workprint shortens the shot of Max saying “was”.

DVD:

15:22

The workprint contains a shorter and alternate shot, with the workprint extending the shot of Max’s bedroom. The DVD  has Max and Freak walking together.

Workprint:

DVD:

20:33

The workprint removes some footage of the carnival and Tony cheating in a carnival game and fighting with another guest.

DVD:

23:18

The workprint contains an additional shot of Max’s feet walking across the mud underwater.

Workprint:

23:44

The workprint contains a longer shot of Max’s face underwater.

Workprint:

27:29

The workprint removes a shot of Max and Freak walking on the Purple People Bridge.

DVD:

27:53

The workprint removes some footage of Max and Freak walking around Cincinnati.

DVD:

28:01

The workprint contains an additional shot of Max and Freak walking down the street.

Workprint:

28:05

The workprint removes some footage of Max and Freak walking down the street.

DVD:

29:01

The workprint contains an alternate shot of King Arthur on his horse.

Workprint:

DVD:

29:59

The workprint contains a shorter shot of Max and Freak walking along the Purple People Bridge.

DVD:

30:19

The workprint contains a longer shot of Max and Freak walking with some of the Knights of the Round Table on the Purple People Bridge.

Workprint:

32:54

The workprint shortens a shot of Freak saying “no pun intended”.

DVD:

33:02

The workprint shortens a shot of Max and Freak looking down at the manhole.

DVD:

47:38

The workprint misses a shot of the Max’s legs.

DVD:

48:47

The workprint shortens a shot of Gram holding Kenny’s letter.

DVD:

49:57

The workprint removes a shot of Grim cleaning out his shotgun.

DVD:

1:02:32

The workprint shortens a shot of Max sleeping.

DVD:

1:06:37

The workprint removes a shot of Freak looking out the window and “Chapter Five The Shortest Knight Of The Year”.

DVD:

1:07:21

The workprint removes some footage of Freak pricking his finger in the ice.

DVD:

1:08:10

The workprint shortens a shot of Kenny exiting the truck and Iggy opening the door.

DVD:

1:05:33

The workprint removes a shot of Kenny tying Max to the chair.

DVD:

1:10:37

The workprint shortens a shot of Freak going through the snow.

DVD;

1:11:02

The worlprint contains a longer shot of Freak going through the snow.

Workprint:

1:11:19

The workprint contains some additional footage of Freak sledding down the hill, including him nearly hitting a tree.

Workprint:

1:12:57

The workprint contains an alternate shot of Freak, with Freak looking at the King Arthur’s and some of the Knights of the Roundtable mounted on their horses while the DVD has a static shot of Freak passing out.

Workprint:

DVD:

1:15:15

The workprint contains a longer shot of Freak walking to where Kenny is holding Max.

Workprint:

1:15:19

The workprint misses a shot of Freak checking out the broken window of the truck.

DVD:

1:22:37

The workprint alters the chapter, as the workprint has “Chapter Five” while the DVD has “Chapter Six”

Workprint:

DVD:

1:27:56

The workprint shortens a shot of Max running through the snow.

DVD:

1:30:05

The workprint alters the chapter, as the workprint has “Chapter Six” while the DVD has “Last Chapter”

Workprint:

DVD:

1:35:40

The workprint contains a longer shot of the sun and the trees.

Workprint:

1:35:45

The workprint contains a longer shot of Max watching Freak’s plane contraption fly away.

Workprint:

1:35:59

The workprint contains a longer shot of Freak’s plane contraption flying away.

Workprint:

1:36:47

The workprint contains two additional shots, one of the Knights of the Round Table admiring Freak’s plane contraption and one of Freak’s plane contraption flying.

Workprint:

1:37:06

The workprint contains no credits, but rather just the “End Titles”.

Workprint:

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