In 2003, at 20th Century Fox's behest, Jean-Pierre Jeunet created an alternate version of Alien Resurrection for the Alien Quadrilogy DVD box set. Included were the original opening and closing sequences, which were dropped from the movie before their special effects were completed; the effects were finished for the Special Edition DVD release. Unlike the other three alternate versions of the films in the Alien franchise, the Special Edition of Alien Resurrection did not add or alter any significant plot points in the film, and as such is the least substantial of the four alternate cuts.