The Wicker Man is a 1973 UK mystery drama by Robin Hardy.
With Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee and Diane Cilento.
Prior to the theatrical release in 1973 director Robin Hardy create a 102 minute cut. However his vision was overruled by the producers and he was forced to create a shortened version of 88 minutes.
Later in 2002 Hardy produced a Director’s Cut from available material, but this was still lacking some footage wanted by the Director.
Hardy and Studiocanal took up the search for the missing material, and now it has turned up in a print in the Harvard Archive.
So the Final Cut will be expected soon.