Pixar’s latest film, Elio, may not have been a box office success , but once it comes home, audiences are going to discover they missed something special . The story of a young boy who travels to space and is forced to save his planet by befriending a group of aliens is funny, exciting, and extremely heartfelt. Yes, it had a long trip to the finish line , but once it got there, it stuck the landing.

Elio is coming to digital download on Tuesday, August 19, ahead of its physical release on September 9 and eventual arrival on Disney+. To celebrate, Disney has given io9 the exclusive reveal of one of the release’s several deleted scenes. This one, called “Home Visit,” is taken from a version of the movie where the main character, Olga (Zoe Saldaña), was actually Elio’s mom. In the f

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