▁small ▁roles ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁instead . ▁" Th ese ▁guys ▁were ▁great ," ▁he ▁said . ▁" Any thing ▁we ▁wanted , ▁anything ▁we ▁needed ▁to ▁get , ▁they ▁got ▁for ▁me . ▁We ▁kind ▁of ▁owned ▁Har lem ▁after ▁that . ▁And ▁then ▁when ▁the ▁picture ▁finally ▁opened , ▁I ▁put ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁poster ▁too , ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁advert is ements ▁in ▁the ▁paper ▁had ▁these ▁guys ▁in ▁it . ▁And ▁opening ▁day ▁at ▁the ▁C iner ama ▁Theater ▁on ▁Broadway , ▁these ▁gang sters ▁were ▁down ▁there ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁the ater ▁signing ▁aut ograph s ." ▁ ▁The ▁Har lem ▁film ▁sequence ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁James ▁Sign or elli , ▁later ▁to ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁producing ▁films ▁on ▁Saturday ▁Night ▁Live . ▁ ▁Release ▁and ▁reception ▁▁ ▁The ▁original ▁cut ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁ended ▁with ▁Tommy ▁Gib bs ▁being ▁be aten , ▁ro bb ed ▁and ▁killed ▁by ▁a ▁black ▁street ▁gang , ▁but ▁this ▁scene ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁general ▁release , ▁appearing ▁only ▁in ▁European ▁releases ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁restored ▁for ▁home ▁video ▁release , ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁generally ▁accepted ▁as ▁the ▁official ▁ending ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁▁ ▁C ohen ▁says ▁" The ▁picture ▁did ▁so ▁well ▁that ▁they ▁called ▁me ▁immediately ▁and ▁said , ▁“ You ’ d ▁better ▁get ▁a ▁sequ el ▁going ▁before ▁these ▁actors ▁decide ▁they ▁want ▁an ▁enorm ous ▁amount ▁of ▁money ▁to ▁re app ear .” ▁So ▁I ▁said , ▁“ You ▁know ▁I