Stallone later said " the director 's cut was met with a lot of disapproval at the screening and received some alarmingly low scores . Mainly because the stunts were absurdly overblown . For example , the average man can jump maybe twelve feet across a gorge , and the stunts had me leaping maybe three hundred feet or more , so situations like that had to be pared down and still then were fairly extreme … so you ’re probably better off with this cut . By the way , the 2nd unit crew that filmed the majority of the action was extraordinary . " The film was screened in out of competition at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival . The film was nominated for three Academy Awards , Best Sound ( Michael Minkler , Bob Beemer , and Tim Cooney ) , Best Sound Effects Editing ( Gregg Baxter ) , and Best Visual Effects all losing to '' Jurassic Park ''
1993 Cannes Film Festival
1993 Cannes Film Festival
Cliffhanger (film)