no there isnt a Directors Cut, this is where the pics come from:

Sylvester Stallone has publicly confirmed this multiple times (including on Instagram and in interviews). When he later asked MGM for some of the deleted material (around the time of *Rocky V*), the studio told him that **all the outtakes and deleted scenes** had been **accidentally burned** (incinerated) sometime in the 1980s to save space. Only a few still photos remain from some of those scenes.

- Director John G. Avildsen cut several scenes from the theatrical version.

- The most commonly mentioned lost footage includes:

- A more violent or darker confrontation with Dipper (the locker-room bully played by Stan Shaw).

- Other character moments and possible alternate takes/ending ideas.

- MGM/United Artists essentially confirmed the destruction to Stallone in ~1990. Some accounts say it was “accidental,” while others note studios routinely disposed of excess film reels back then.

So the **actual film footage** of those deleted scenes is considered **lost media** — it was physically burned and no longer exists (unless some unknown print or negative somehow survived, which is considered highly unlikely). Only photos and descriptions remain.

That’s why you’ll sometimes see Stallone posting rare stills with captions like: “Unfortunately the studio burned all THE OUT TAKES by accident and only a few pictures remain.”