Marking the cop thriller’s 20th anniversary, Miami Vice is getting a restored Director’s Final Cut, set to premiere at Beyond Fest next month. “Smooth. That’s how we do it.” As we’ve previously explored on the site, Michael Mann’s 2006 Miami Vice movie had one of the coolest trailers ever made. And while the film itself ... Michael Mann has assembled a restored Miami Vice: Director’s Final Cut
Marking the cop thriller’s 20th anniversary, Miami Vice is getting a restored Director’s Final Cut, set to premiere at Beyond Fest next month.
“Smooth. That’s how we do it.” As we’ve previously explored on the site, Michael Mann’s 2006 Miami Vice movie had one of the coolest trailers ever made. And while the film itself was regarded as something of a disappointment at the time, it’s later been reappraised as a cult classic
Starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as Florida cops Crockett and Tubbs, it was an updating of Mann’s own iconic 1980s TV series, though the filmmaker later conceded that the film didn’t meet his own expectations.
Two decades on, though, and Mann has overseen Miami Vice: Director’s Final Cut, which is set to premiere at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles next month (thanks, The Playlist).
At present, it isn’t clear how long this new, restored 4K cut will be and how much has been restored. There was previously an Unrated Director’s Cut released on disc, which ran to roughly 140 minutes versus the theatrical version’s 132 minutes.
And while there may be more footage in the archives for Mann to draw on, one thing he can’t restore was the ending as originally planned – the production was brought to a close three weeks earlier than scheduled, meaning the conclusion had to be dramatically revised.
Mann will be in attendance at the new Miami Vice cut’s premiere on the 3rd October, and is set to provide a Q&A as part of it. We’ll be intrigued to hear what he has to say about the thriller 20 years on – and discover what he’s managed to put back in.
Meanwhile, Mann is set to begin filming on another return to his earlier work – Heat 2, which should begin production in November. Assuming it isn’t delayed again.
Zooming further out, director Joseph Kosinski’s creating what could be a reboot of sorts with Miami Vice ’85 – a new movie that heads back to the show’s Reagan-era roots. There, Austin Butler and Michael B Jordan are the new Crockett and Tubbs, respectively.
We’ll bring you more detail on the Miami Vice: Director’s Final Cut as it comes in – including its physical release, which will surely happen at some point.
