Although most film releases on DVD now come with the occasional deleted scenes included, Secondhand Lions fans are spoiled by no less than 10 deleted scenes , including the original alternate ending to the film ! And just when you thought that could not be topped, every deleted scene comes with a Director's Commentary by Tim McCanlies as well !

These are not outtakes, but scenes that Tim McCanlies edited out from the film for pacing reasons, and they are important because they all add just that little more information about the McCann Brothers and young Walter to make us care a little more about them. That additional background information often adds to the richness of the story, and these deleted scenes are as enjoyable as any other part of the film !

Walter's First Fantasy ( 1 minute 22 seconds )

In this deleted scene, we take a look inside Walter's mind, and it is the first scene which gives us a glimpse as to how wild this young boy's imagination is, an imagination that will serve him well years later when he becomes a successful cartoonist.

 

First Day Alternate Edit ( 7 minutes 32 seconds )

This extended alternate edit of Walter's first day with his uncles included quite a few amusing scenes which did not make it into the final edit of the film, but did appear in the theatrical trailer.

It also included Walter's second fantasy , important, as we have mentioned earlier, to show Walter's wild imagination even though outwardly he was this scared little fellow.

More Helen and the Santa Suit ( 3 minutes 53 seconds )

This deleted scene features a subplot revolving around a Santa suit which was dropped altogether from the final film for pacing reasons.

 

Burying Santa ( 2 minutes 2 seconds )

This short scene expands on the deleted subplot of the Santa suit ...

 

The Sheik Rewind ( 1 minute 40 seconds )

Another very nice scene that takes us into Walter's head and gives us a glimpse of his fertile imagination !

Corn, Corn , Corn ( 5 minutes 9 seconds )

This wonderful deleted segment has so many interesting scenes ! From an extremely tender scene between Walter and his uncle Hub ....

..... to a hilarious and inventive scene on what Walter and his Uncles did with all that extra corn that they couldn't eat.....

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..... and a wonderful, wonderful scene where we see young Walter's delight in realising that he is growing up !

We enjoyed this "growing up" scene so much that it was the inspiration for our "Haley Grows Up" feature over at our companion website, "A Boy Called Haley".

 

Alternate May and Stan ( 5 minutes 5 seconds )

This is an alternate edit of the scene when Walter's mother, May, and her new boyfriend, Stan, return to try to get Walter to reveal where his uncles had stashed away their untold wealth.

The 10th and final deleted scene is actually the entire original ending of Secondhand Lions , but it is such an important scene, we gave it a section all its own !