We still have about a month more to wait until "Broadcast News" arrives on DVD and Blu-ray as the latest addition to the Criterion Collection. Still, we couldn't help but ask the director of the esteemed piece of cinematic mastery, James L. Brooks -- who has been busy promoting his new romantic comedy "How Do You Know" -- for a sneak peek at what special features will be part of the package. Brooks, naturally, did not disappoint.

"I hadn't seen it in forever so my director's commentary, because the acting killed, was 'Oh my God, look at what he did there, oh that's so great! That was my director's commentary," Brooks said.

"But we found in the vaults, we found footage, I knew I had a subplot that I had taken out that I saw again after a long time and it was dark, it was really good but it was dark," he revealed.

And what exactly is that dark subplot?

"The subplot was that Bill Hurt's character was helped by having an informant who was a gay man whose roommate worked at the State Department and was always hearing things and he fed it to Bill," Brooks explained. "That was part of Bill's ride and he was clearly falling for Bill as well, that was a whole subplot."

Brooks went on to reveal that he shot an alternate ending and an additional monologue for Hurt's character, all of which will appear on the DVD and Blu-Ray editions, which will be released Jan. 25, 2011.

"I attempted to do an ending, a different ending and I had had this great thing where I told Holly Hunter we need to reshoot her cab ride, not telling her I was going to roll cameras as Bill Hurt stepped into the cab, and trust the improvisation would lead us anyplace," Brooks recalled. "Somebody blew it, they said 'Hi Bill,' and I went crazy."

"But then we did some scenes and there's also a monologue of Bill's I'd forgotten that was also riveting, and the ending was riveting when you think we were just sort of improvising, throwing in lines, throwing in pieces from this monologue we had cut," he said. "I just think, to me, if you're interested in the picture it's fascinating extra footage, fascinating."

What do you think of that dark subplot that didn't make the film? What's your favorite moment from "Broadcast News?" Tell us in the comments!.