

Hawkeye's greeting is then heard, prompting the duo to lower their weapons, with Cameron telling his wife Alexandra ( Tracey Ellis) to "set three more places" (00:22). Hawkeye's off-camera greeting is absent, as is the shot of him walking across the field, with the film cutting straight to Cameron and Winthrop emerging from within, ready for combat. In the Expanded Cut, however, the interior shot is longer, showing Cameron and Winthrop reacting to the sound outside, and then grabbing their guns. Cameron and Winthrop then emerge from the cabin. This is followed by an exterior shot of Hawkeye walking across the field. In the Theatrical Cut, there is an exterior shot of the cabin, followed by an interior shot of Cameron and Jack Winthrop ( Edward Blatchford) hearing the men approach, and off screen, Hawkeye shouts out, "Hello, John Cameron". After the opening hunting sequence, the sequence where Hawkeye ( Daniel Day-Lewis), Uncas ( Eric Schweig), and Chingachgook ( Russell Means) approach John Cameron's ( Terry Kinney) cabin is edited differently.

During the opening credits, the Morgan Creek logo has been replaced by the Twentieth Century Fox logo, and "Morgan Creek International Presents" has been replaced with "Twentieth Century Fox Presents".Released on DVD in 2001, the Director's Expanded Cut of the film features roughly seven minutes of additional material and has roughly two minutes of content removed, running just under five minutes longer than the Theatrical Cut.
