▁the atr ical ▁release ▁in ▁the ▁USA ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁by ▁American ▁International ▁Pictures . ▁The ▁A IP ▁version ▁also ▁occasionally ▁screen ed ▁on ▁television ▁in ▁the ▁USA ▁and ▁other ▁countries ▁at ▁various ▁times ▁over ▁the ▁en su ing ▁years ▁but , ▁apart ▁from ▁its ▁screen ing ▁at ▁Tri este , ▁the ▁original ▁Czech ▁version ▁was ▁rarely ▁seen ▁outside ▁Czech oslov ak ia ▁until ▁its ▁release ▁on ▁DVD ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁A IP ▁made ▁numerous ▁alter ations ▁for ▁the ▁English - language ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁which ▁it ▁ret itled ▁Vo y age ▁to ▁the ▁End ▁of ▁the ▁Un iverse . ▁Al most ▁ten ▁minutes ▁of ▁foot age ▁was ▁cut , ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁cast ▁and ▁staff ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁cred its ▁were ▁ang lic ized , ▁and ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁destination ▁was ▁renamed ▁" The ▁Green ▁Planet ". ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁biggest ▁change ▁was ▁A IP ' s ▁rec ut ▁of ▁the ▁closing ▁scene , ▁which ▁created ▁an ▁entirely ▁different ▁ending ▁from ▁the ▁original . ▁In ▁the ▁Czech ▁version , ▁as ▁the ▁I kar ie ▁approaches ▁its ▁destination ▁its ▁views creen ▁shows ▁the ▁clouds ▁around ▁the ▁White ▁Planet ▁part ing ▁to ▁reve al ▁a ▁dens ely ▁populated ▁and ▁industrial ized ▁planet ▁surface . ▁For ▁the ▁English ▁version ▁A IP ▁exc ised ▁the ▁last ▁few ▁seconds ▁and ▁subst it uted ▁stock ▁aer ial ▁foot age ▁of ▁view ▁of ▁southern ▁Manh attan ▁and ▁the ▁Stat ue ▁of ▁Liber ty . ▁According ▁to