The ambush is also considerably bloodier than in the theatrical cut. Roger's son greets Godfrey as "Uncle" and mentions his father (Godfrey's brother) as Roger's son leaves he says "You are my uncle, I must give you the road" as opposed to the theatrical "You are a knight, I must give you the road" a new close-up of the horse crossing the river with the Hospitaler hiding by hanging off the left flank a new shot of Godfrey chasing Roger's son, and saying "Thank my brother for his love" a new execution scene where the son of Roger de Cormier ( Paul Brightwell) is stabbed in the back of the head by the English Sergeant after he demands the right to be held to ransom. The ambush scene has several new additions.Several additional shots of Godfrey's men at camp have been added the Hospitaler brushing his teeth Firuz ( Eriq Ebouaney) shouting at one of the men for urinating upstream of the camp the English Sergeant ( Kevin McKidd) greasing Godfrey's armor (this explains why Godfrey is hurt so badly by the arrow in the subsequent ambush - he is not wearing his chain-mail).Later that night, the scene where Balian kills his brother is longer, with much more dialogue and additional taunting from the Priest prior to Balian's attack.After Godfrey and his men leave for Messina, there are a few additional shots of Balian's assistant ( Bronson Webb) watching them leave and then looking back at Balian.Godfrey's line "I am your father" in the theatrical cut is substituted with "I knew your namesake" in the Director's Cut.
The subsequent exchange between Godfrey and the Hospitaler ( David Thewlis) has been shortened in the Director's Cut, as some of the exposition given in that scene in the theatrical version has already been revealed in other newly added scenes, and their conversation is now much more oblique.
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.