So disappointing...direc tor's cut

This was my first favorite movie that I can recall. I've loved this movie for 22 years. I remember seeing it multiple times in the theater and ordering it multiple times on Pay-per-view (the old version where you could only watch it one time). It's been years since seeing it and I recently decided to add it to my DVD library. I knew the director's cut was different, but...WOW! It lost so much of the magic. Changed and extended dialogue, the beautiful, haunting Clannad track, and more. I was horrified that they extended the end scene dialogue beyond Chingachgook's statement about being last of the mohican's. So much of the romance lost. It saddens me that I'll never again see the version that I grew up loving. It 'was' a truly lovely film.