What they call "full", "uncut" or "uncensored" in the US (what's on DVD and Blu-ray) is only a slightly longer version than what was released theatrically in the US back in 1986 - it's also pretty much the only version available nowadays. Back then, the scene where Elizabeth crawls on the floor to pick up the dollar bills didn't make the cut, along with a few others. In Europe however, the movie was directly released the way we've all seen it now.
I recall a Kim Basinger interview where she states that the original cut was over an hour longer than what was ultimately released (an estimated running time of 3 hours). Audiences did not respond to the longer cut so the studio trimmed it all down prior to the theatrical release - hence the music-video-type sequences that the movie is so often criticized for. You can also see bits and pieces of the deleted footage in various trailers for the movie. I don't remember ever reading about a suicide scene but reading the book should give you a decent idea of what was shot.
I believe the footage is at best locked down in a storage facility somewhere that only the studio has access too. Unfortunately, a lot of times the unused footage of a movie ends up destroyed since storage becomes an issue. I was hopeful the blu-ray would include some new stuff since the movie has become such a classic, but the lack of bonus features and deleted scenes seems to imply the studio doesn't have much to work with anymore.
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