] In preparation for a new 1972 release for US audiences, Kubrick replaced about 30 seconds of footage to get an R-rating, as opposed to the X-rating hat the MPAA initially assigned to it.This film was both more somber and dark, and also left the viewer with a ""cliffhanger"" ending; however, it had a very complex and sophisticated plot involving time-travel.On the way, they are bathed by the bluish, magical light of the interior of the bus, Floyd is complimented on his excellent speech at the briefing, cleverly revealing very little.After hearing the screeching tires of an approaching police vehicle with five officials inside, he quickly runs upstairs to his bedroom.One of the waiters insists that the customers will only drink Pike""s Pale: "The ale that won for Yale, rah, rah, rah.