The British Board of Film Classification has provided age ratings for the 24: Live Another Day DVD/Blu-Ray special features, so now we know the exact running time and amount of deleted scenes included on the disc.
“Worlds Collide: When Reality Becomes Fiction” is a special feature that details how 24: Live Another Day‘s storyline was ripped from today’s headlines. It runs 6 minutes and 52 seconds.
“Green Production” shows viewers how production of 24: Live Another Day was environmentally responsible. The real question is, does anyone actually care? This featurette runs just under five minutes.
“Destination: London” is a featurette about shooting in London. This is perhaps the most interesting one, but also the shortest at just 3 minutes and 12 seconds. This season was filmed on location in a different country with an entirely new crew, and the best they can come up with is a brief three minute video?
“24: Solitary” is a Blu-Ray exclusive “story extension” to 24: Live Another Day that involves Tony Almeida in prison. It runs 7 minutes and 6 seconds. We’ll have some more details and speculation about that in an upcoming post.
Deleted Scenes
There are fifteen deleted and extended scenes totaling just over thirteen minutes in length. Three of those scenes are from the premiere episode, one from episode 5, two from episode 8, and nine from the finale.
| Ep # | Ep Title | Deleted/Extended Scene | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Day 9: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.” | SCENE 114 | 00:26:01 |
| 1 | “Day 9: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.” | SCENE 124 | 00:35:04 |
| 1 | “Day 9: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.” | SCENE 126 – 127 | 00:50:15 |
| 5 | “Day 9: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.” | SCENE 523 – 524 | 00:54:01 |
| 8 | “Day 9: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.” | SCENE 810 | 00:27:04 |
| 8 | “Day 9: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.” | SCENE 834 | 02:11:24 |
| 12 | “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” | SCENE 1203 | 00:44:07 |
| 12 | “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” | SCENE 1205 | 00:23:24 |
| 12 | “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” | SCENE 1207 | 01:12:01 |
| 12 | “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” | SCENE 1209 PART 1 | 00:46:13 |
| 12 | “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” | SCENE 1222 | 00:52:12 |
| 12 | “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” | SCENE 1225 | 00:58:04 |
| 12 | “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” | SCENE 1254 PART 3 | 00:38:05 |
| 12 | “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” | SCENE 1258 | 01:08:17 |
| 12 | “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” | SCENE 1262A | 00:52:12 |
Based on those scene numbers and some production data we know, it doesn’t appear there will be any alternate endings to the final scene. The last scene on this list is 1262 which was Kate Morgan’s final scene inside the CIA (Jack Bauer exchanging himself for Chloe and getting into the Russian helicopter was scene 1265).
It’s hard not to be disappointed by the lack of features here. Each DVD set has been getting increasingly more barebones. Season 8 got rid of the very interesting audio commentaries and that trend continues here. This release pares things down even further by also excluding the “Scenemakers” style behind the scenes videos.
There’s plenty of other things FOX could’ve put on the DVD set including the “Jack is Back” special or the recent Comic-Con panel. And still no blooper reel either. Hopefully one day they’ll re-release this set with additional content as they did with the first season.
You can pre-order 24: Live Another Day on DVD and Blu-Ray. We’ll have a review up when it releases next month.
27 Comments
Comments ClosedTrevor
August 18, 2014 at 11:44 amWouldntYouLikeToKnow
August 18, 2014 at 12:11 pmI’m very interested in the deleted scenes and I’m glad 24 Solitary is longer than the initially assumed 3 minutes, but the rest is utter crap.
All I want is a thorough making of in the style of the one that was on the Season 2 DVD + commentaries and bloopers.
This is extremely disappointing.
Still, I’m excited about Solitary.
24 Spoilers
August 18, 2014 at 7:17 pmWe went from amazing featurettes like that to three skimpy ones with ~5 minute run times :(
Samurai Snake
August 18, 2014 at 7:30 pmShow got a critically acclaimed revival and blu-ray is so lazy.
Before XAM comes here and says his usual “stupid writers and directors did this”, it’s not their decition what to include on DVDs and Blu-rays. It’s a distributor’s call: whatever they want, they get and the other way around. I don’t believe that Kiefer, Mary, Jon and others didn’t want to make an audiocommentary.
FOX just wants to make everythinga as cheap as possible. Screw them for that.
XAM
August 20, 2014 at 5:12 amSamurai Snake
August 21, 2014 at 4:46 amXAM
August 21, 2014 at 12:19 pmShaun Clark
August 18, 2014 at 12:17 pmC
August 18, 2014 at 1:17 pmHowever, it’s really interesting (and disappointing) that the scenes are only from 4 episodes. I’m especially curious as to what the scene from the 5th episode is, as well as the uber-long scene from episode 8 (when things go boom, ya know).
I’m also hoping that the final 9 scenes may include some hints at an alternate ending, or what they were initially considering for the final version of the episode.
Imagine if they someday released bloopers from seasons 1-9 (if such a mythical thing exists). I hope it involves a lot of bungled dammits.
C
August 18, 2014 at 1:17 pmMore like, the episode where Heller goes boom.
John
August 18, 2014 at 3:25 pmPhee
August 18, 2014 at 10:46 pmThere’s really nothing to entice me to shell out the bucks for the DVD, but I’m sure it’ll still sell well enough, (which may be a factor in a Day 10 getting greenlit).
Spencer
August 18, 2014 at 11:27 pmOther than that, ha, pitiful. Not buying.
Joshua
August 19, 2014 at 3:33 amWouldntYouLikeToKnow
August 19, 2014 at 7:05 amThere’s no reason not to include it other than to make people pay more for the Blu-ray. And leaving out the best feature on a DVD release with so few features is really not a good idea. I bet many DVD-only fans will just watch it on YouTube.
Also some customers may be so excited about Tony, that they don’t realise Solitary is ONLY on the Blu-ray, which will surely lead to disappointment after they pay good money for the DVD. Really stupid.
Hollywood 90028
August 22, 2014 at 11:32 pmBluray is nearing a decade old and studios like fox and Disney are now starting to work towards the phase out DVD releases all togeather in the next 18 months or so
TJ
August 24, 2014 at 10:27 amIf not now, I suspect at some point (maybe if S10 comes out and a big 10-year anniversary reissue is a marketing campaign), the special feature on Tony will get rolled into a future DVD edition.
Palmer's Ghost
August 19, 2014 at 3:49 pmAlex Freitas
August 19, 2014 at 4:12 pmJohnny
August 19, 2014 at 4:31 pm24: Die Another Day with Tony & Jack!
Pat
August 19, 2014 at 8:56 pmSam
August 20, 2014 at 7:40 am24Lulu
August 20, 2014 at 9:56 amEven though I would love them to be over an hour long ;-)
24 Spoilers
August 20, 2014 at 11:18 amThe longest deleted scene is 2 minutes 11 seconds.
24Lulu
August 20, 2014 at 4:29 pmXAM
August 21, 2014 at 12:23 pmTony Almeida is indeed back, sporting the classic/evil Tony look.
Alex Freitas
August 21, 2014 at 4:53 pm