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• The UK video and DVD versions are 4 seconds shorter than the uncut US and international versions, due to BBFC cuts. Compulsory cuts were required to what the BBFC called "glamorising shots" of a flick knife, including the sight and/or sound of the knife opening. A close shot of the knife covered in blood was removed in the final fight scene, as was the sight of the knife being twirled by Powell. Also, the head butt delivered by Lara Croft in the end brawl was completely removed and substituted with a punch. The final deadly throat chop Lara gives Powell was cut for cinema release, but restored for UK video and DVD releases. Although these cuts would have been waived for a 15 certificate the distributors chose to remove the scenes for a lower 12 rating. The Blu-ray release was finally passed uncut, though upgraded to a 15 certificate, in 2009.
  
  
• A scene not in the final release, but in the making of featurette has Lara talking to Alex, where they both say they are in it for money.
  
  
• Director Simon West says that he has produced a special and altered version of Tomb Raider for release as a DVD, including some scenes that were dropped from the original and cutting other scenes. In an interview with the online edition of Britain's Empire magazine, West denied that the DVD version amounts to a director's cut.
  
  
• In the "Tomb Raider: Offical Movie Companion" there is a picture of Manfred Powell, Mr. Pimms and Mr. Wilson in a construction area. This scene is mention is the novelized version of the movie but is not shown in the movie itself.
  
  
• The R1 DVD includes four deleted scenes:
  • Wilson meets Powell and Pimms in a construction area, where he gives them all his notes about the clock. Then Powell beheads Wilson and asks Pimms to bag the head...
  • After Julius, the assault team leader, has deliverd the clock, Powell says to Pimms that Croft is still in the game and that they might even need to hire her.
  • While talking to Croft in Venice, Powell explains to her what the Illuminati are and what they do. He suggests they could be partners, to which Croft replys "You might try to kill me." Powell answers "I'm not gonna kill you." Crofts response is "No. I said "try"."
  • Still in Venice, Lara visits Alex while he is playing cards with some other guys, who leave right away. Lara tells Alex that he is working for some very bad people, and that the problem about him is that he can't be trusted. She then says "I know what you are", throws a card which spins around his head back into her hand (boomerang-like): it's the Joker. Then she grabs the triangle which he has hidden under the table and leaves.
  • The documentary "Crafting Lara Croft" features a slightly longer version of Powell's Death. After Laras punch, he hits the floor and is then wrapped up in light.
  
  
  

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