Complex sentence: At the film's initial release, it was 136 minutes long; after a disastrous premiere-the movie was almost universally panned by critics-an additional thirteen minutes cut out, despite the protests of Peckinpah and producer Jerry Bresler.
Split into simpler sentences: At the film's initial release, it was 136 minutes long. After a disastrous premiere-the movie was almost universally panned by critics-an additional thirteen minutes cut out, despite the protests of Peckinpah and producer Jerry Bresler.