Oliver Stone: Fourth cut of Alexander is right version

Oliver Stone says the fourth of 2004’s ‘Alexander’ is the "right version."

The director’s epic historical film ‘Alexander’ – which starred Colin Farrell – was savaged by film critics and failed at the United States box office, and despite three previous attempts at re-editing the film, Stone says his latest version is the story he should have told the first time.

He told ScreenDaily.com: "It’s the right version."

The filmmaker went on to criticise the original theatrical release, branding it a "failed birth", but hopes people will give the new version a chance when it arrives on DVD later this year.

He scoffed: "It was a caesarean birth… No, it was a failed birth and I know that.

"But certain people take a hatred to things I do, often beyond reason. I would say simply be kind enough to watch it again and reassess the complexity of the story, which I had failed to deliver."

Stone previously released a director’s cut of ‘Alexander’ in 2005 and two years later made ‘Alexander Revisited: The Final Unrated Cut’, however, that version ran for three-and-a-half and he was asked by movie studio Warner Bros. to re-cut it a fourth time.

The film – which also stars Angelina Jolie – tells the story of Greek king Alexander the Great.