Lost Version: National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

Synopsis: A parody of Lethal Weapon, two unlikely police officers investigate murders, drug smuggling, and Wilderness Girl cookies.

Director: Gene Quintano

Cast: Emilo Estevez (The Breakfast Club, The Mighty Ducks)

Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction)

Jon Lovitz (Saturday Night Live)

Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York)

Kathy Ireland (Alien From L.A.)

William Shatner (Star Trek)

Alternate Versions of the Film:

VHS | LASERDISC | DVD | U.S. Theatrical Cut (83-min.)

NBC | Extended TV Cut which includes 16 minutes of extra footage and extended scenes. Original Airdate: March 10, 1996.

JAPANESE LASERDISC | Extended TV Cut (93-min.) which includes 10 minutes of extra footage and extended scenes. As of July 2023, this is the only official home video release to contain the TV Cut on any format.

TBS | Extended TV Cut (90-min.) which includes 10 minutes of extra footage and extended scenes. But the film has been time-compressed. Some lines of dialogue have been censored or removed when compared to the Extended Cut on Japanese Laserdisc.

Extra Footage, Altered Footage, and Deleted Footage:

EXTRA FOOTAGE – NBC: Wes Luger spends time with his family and talks about his upcoming retirement. (3:28)

EXTRA FOOTAGE: Christopher Lambert drives up in a passing vehicle and informs Luger that he has a telephone call. (0:23)

EXTRA FOOTAGE: Luger asks the police captain how much time he has to solve the murder case. (0:50)

ALTERED FOOTAGE: Colt’s line “I realized how neglected she felt the night she shit in my shoes,” has been changed to “I realized how neglected she felt the night she crapped in my shoes.”

DELETED FOOTAGE: Phil Hartman’s penis joke has been removed.

ALTERED FOOTAGE: Colt’s line “Tight ass,” has been changed to “Tight head.”

EXTRA FOOTAGE / ALTERNATE TAKE: The hotel clerk insults Colt and Luger pulls out several items before showing the t-shirt. (0:59)

ALTERED FOOTAGE: The F.B.I. Agent’s line “Get your shit together, will you! That’s Becker, 403,” has been changed to “Get your act together, will you. That’s Becker, 403.”

EXTRA FOOTAGE: Colt pulls himself up onto the damaged piano, and Luger and Irv discuss the crime scene. (0:32)

EXTRA FOOTAGE: Luger and Colt have a confrontation. (4:30)

ALTERED FOOTAGE – NBC: Outside the Wilderness Girls headquarters, Colt’s voice-over revealing his connection to Mortars has been removed.

EXTRA FOOTAGE – NBC: Inside the Wilderness Girls headquarters, Colt reveals his connection to Mortars. (0:20)

EXTRA FOOTAGE – NBC: Colt decides to take the stairs. (0:20)

ALTERED LINE: Colt’s line “No, waking up without my penis, is my worst nightmare,” has been changed to “No, waking up without my piano, is my worst nightmare.”

EXTRA FOOTAGE – NBC: Luger’s son is working on a science project. (0:30)

DELETED FOOTAGE – NBC and TBS: Colt’s moonbeam walk has been removed.

EXTRA FOOTAGE – NBC: Colt and Destiny escape in a car. (0:30)

EXTRA FOOTAGE: Colt searches the main floor of Luger’s house. (1:12)

ALTERED FOOTAGE: Colt and Luger’s conversation in the bathroom has been altered. The change was made to avoid showing the toilet. Luger’s line “Nothing. Taking a shit,” has been changed to “Nothing. Taking a crap.”

DELETED FOOTAGE – NBC and TBS: Luger’s lines “Handled her hooters?” and “You parked the pink Cadillac?” have been removed.

EXTRA FOOTAGE – NBC: Colt receives assistance with the locked door at the warehouse. (0:20)

EXTRA FOOTAGE – NBC: Colt sneaks around the warehouse. (0:18)

ALTERED FOOTAGE: Luger’s line “It’s personal. But what’s important is I’m here,” has been shortened to “What’s important is I’m here.”

EXTRA FOOTAGE: Colt has a near-death, out of body experience. (1:37)

EXTRA FOOTAGE – NBC: Luger’s wife wants to introduce Wes to her new friend. (0:21)


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