Changes between the US and international versions
This list has been created by creating a shot-by-shot storyboard of the US version, and comparing both that and the continuity script with the international version. Some changes (such as the doctor's visit, Durkin's scene, and the TV scenes) are obvious, some are easily missed (such as the missing Thursday title card), and some are well into trainspotting territory (such as the shorter shot of Jack pulling components from the radio). Something for everyone!
Some of the less significant edits appear partly technical: if a scene that's in both versions dissolves into one that's cut from the international version, the earlier scene is generally cut short for that version. (Such as the very first edit, where Wendy's "Well, let's just wait and see. We're all gonna have a real good time" is cut.)
The continuity script is a nearly-perfect record of the US cut. The shot list is very nearly complete (an EXT. L.S. of the snowcat followed by an EXT. M.S. of Jack are missing from page 146), and only a few lines of dialogue differ between film and script.
But those differences are for another page...
Cut scenes, shots and dialogue:
A line from Wendy and Tony's discussion about the Overlook.
The opening of Jack's interview.
The doctor's house call to examine Danny after he collapses following his vision of the Overlook...
... and Wendy's uneasy gloss over Jack's violent history while explaining the family situation.
Much of the scene introducing the Colorado Lounge.
The end of Jack and Wendy's introduction to the apartment.
Ullman's introduction of the maze.
The scene introducing the Gold Ballroom.
The start of the kitchen scene.
Danny asking Halloran if he's afraid of the Overlook during their conversation in the kitchen.
The shot of Wendy wheeling the breakfast trolley from the kitchen.
Part of the breakfast scene.
Wendy's light-hearted challenge to Danny before entering the maze ("The loser has to keep America clean, how's that?").
Wendy watching a weather forecast in the kitchen (on Tuesday).
The "Thursday" title card.
The first line of the snowball scene.
The scene of Wendy and Danny watching TV (on Monday).
Part of Jack's first scene with Lloyd.
A line of Jack's (about an earlier "episode" of Danny's) from his argument with Wendy after visiting room 237.
The sequence of Wendy making plans to escape followed by Danny's "bad dream" ("Danny's not here, Mrs Torrence").
For completists only: the shot of Jack pulling components from the radio is truncated.
Halloran's second call to the Forest Service.
The 8am title card.
Dialogue from the scene of Halloran on board the DC10.
A shot of Jack typing.
The scene of Halloran calling Durkin's Garage to arrange the Snowcat.
The scene of Wendy leaving Tony watching cartoons while she goes to check on Jack (after picking up a baseball bat).
For real completists: the first second or so of Wendy carrying the baseball bat into the Colorado Lounge.
The short scene of Wendy being startled by a skeleton-filled room.
A shot of Jack picking his increasingly-lost way through the maze. (Query: has the soundtrack cue also been shortened?)
