The original director's cut of the movie (which was restored last year for its 40th anniversary) included two additional dialogue scenes and extra shots not found in the theatrical version. The first one has Elmo in a gas station bathroom counting the bags of heroin he found in the Corvette earlier in the movie and the second is an extended scene where Al, Elmo, and the hitchhiker are waiting in a nearby office for the new paint job to be done and the hitchhiker tries to persuade Elmo not to peddle the heroin for money. The original cut also included the graphic death scenes that had to be edited down for a PG rating.