Hunger Games: Mockingjay "The Hanging Tree", The

Mockingjay Part 1 Cutlist

Mockingjay Part 1 original runtime 123 minutes has been reduced to 61 minutes.

The beginning of the movie has been completely changed, I have merged the track "Remind Her Who The Enemy Is" from the Original Score with the track "The Hanging Tree" to produce the score for the beginning of the film.

The film begins with a quote from "The Treaty of the Treason" just like the original Hunger Games movie did. The quote used for the original movie was invented for the film. The text was marked as being sourced from The Treaty of the Treason whose text never appeared in the books. The text that I have written to begin this film is:
"From the Treaty of the Treason:"
"And the peace will be a contract.
Each district will supply the Capitol
in return for order and security.
Refusal to work will be an act of
treason punishable by death."
This is a condensed version of President Snow's speech from Mockingjay Part 1 that has been cut in this edit.

The movie then begins with the attack on the Hydroelectric Dam in District 5 followed by the titles "2 Months Earlier" "District 13"

The movie then begins as normal

The titles for Mockingjay Part 1 have been removed

After Katniss collapses after witnessing the corpses in District 12 the next scene is Katniss awakening from a horror dream

Plutarch's insinuation to President Coin that Katniss is The Mockingjay only when in costume is cut

All scenes concerning Prim's cat have been cut

Coin's speech to District 13 announcing her arrangement with Katniss has been cut

The first interview with Peeta has been inserted after Katniss is shown Cinna's Mockingjay designs

The filming of the first "propo" using the green screen fx has been reduced to a minimum (i.e. there's only one 'take')

The talk about District 8 being a relatively safe place to send Katniss to film "propos" has been cut so that there is a sense of danger in the proceeding scenes

Snow's reference to his cut speech has been removed

Katniss hunting with Gale in the woods and Peeta's second interview have been cut completely

Katniss' second trip to District 12, her relationship elements with Gale, and her singing cut completely

The rebel attack in the woods leads directly to Peeta's third interview where he speaks about the rebel attacks on the grainery and dam.

Peeta is not shown images of Katniss singing during this interview, he betrays the Capitol seemingly of his own accord

The bombing of 13 has many scenes cut including Katniss with the cat and Katniss with Finnick

The power failure during the bombing scene leads directly to Katniss hiding in the tunnel, the discovery of Snow's roses and the proceeding "propo" shoot is cut completely

Haymitch tells Katniss that a rescue operation is already underway to free the victors and this leads immediately to Katniss waiting with Finnick anxious for the return of the rescue mission volunteers

The Zero Dark Panem sequence is cut completely

Coin's speech that ends Mockingjay Part 1 is cut completely


Mockingjay Part 2 Cutlist

Mockingjay Part 2 original runtime 137 minutes has been reduced to 110 minutes.

The opening scene where Katniss' swolen neck is examined is cut, her injury is much less severe in this edit to allow for a believably faster recovery

Mockingjay Part 2 titles are cut and replaced with a unused shot (reversed) of Peeta struggling against his bonds taken from Part 1

The scene where Coin tells Katniss that she cannot send her to the Capitol has been reworked to indicate that Coin wants to keep Katniss under her thumb where she can be controlled. Some audio adjustments were made to blend this scene with Katniss' second meeting with Coin

The entire sequence where Katniss and Gale travel to district 2, Katniss gets shot, Katniss recovers from her wound in the hospital have been eliminated

The dinner scene at Snow's mansion has been tweaked and now follows Peeta's attack on Katniss. The scene now appears to show Snow speaking of Katniss' death by Peeta's hands instead of by the rebels in district 2

The scene where Katniss speaks with Peeta in the hospital has been cut

Plutarch's mention of Katniss' gunshot wound has been cut

Cressida's annoying "directing" of Katniss' actions have been cut

The scene where Snow is made aware of Katniss' being caught on video alive following the tar trap has been cut along with the first indication that Snow is dying from the poisons in his body. This reveal works much better as a surprise to the viewer at the end of the movie, humanizing him at a time where he has already lost all of his power.

Katniss' self loathing after the death of Finnick has been reduced to a minimum

The scene where Gale and Peeta discuss who Katniss loves is cut. There is no indication in this edit or in the trilogy of movies as a whole that Katniss would have ever ended up with Gale, it was a terribly developed plot device throughout, and has been rightly eliminated.

The idealistic ending where poor CGI and makeup effects are used to age up Katniss and make her look more like her mother has been eliminated completely. I accept that this change will be hard to accept by purist followers of the book. But I emplore you to see this movie for what it is, a gritty ugly war movie. A thought provoking tender moment of 2 characters learning to live with the atrocities they've experienced is much more satisfying than a "everything worked out great in the end" finale.

The ending has been rescored to accomodate this change

The Hanging Tree
A Jerick Fan Edit
has been added to the end credits