OVERALL: Draw

Between Hong-Kong CE for its English DTS track and the Japan Special Edition, Portugal Deluxe Edition, Hong Kong 3-Disc Collector's Edition, and Thai Collector's Edition for offering the best extras. They are the uncut R-Rated version.

Do note that R4 is also uncut and available in an exclusive "Poker Case", but has no DTS track.

The following versions of the film are known:
* The R-rated version.

* The German R-rated version in which a cut occurs during the airport sequence, when the bomb planter breaks a mans neck. In the uncut version, we see him twist his head, and you hear a crunch sound. In The German release, the bomb planter grab the mans head, and then it quickly cuts to the shot of the dead guys head on the floor - we do not see him twist his head, nor do we hear the crunch sound. This has been replaced by longer shots of the ground under the tank car and of the dead man on the floor.
Special thanks to Rewind user shrieker for informing us of this cut.

* The pre-cut PG-13 theatrical version in which the following cuts have been made:
- After an overhead shot of Bond and the contact smashing down a wall, the first and last few frames of a shot of Bond elbowing the contact in the chest are removed.
- Directly after, a shot Bond smashing the door into the contact's face is completely removed.
- After Bond gets to his feet, he kicks the contact in the face. This is missing from the US version.
- Directly after, we see Bond grabbing the contact, who in turn grabs a garbage can, which he hurls at Bond. In the US version, we only get the last few frames of this.
- When Bond hauls the contact to his feet and manouevres him towards another sink, the start of a low angle shot showing the contact's face as he struggles is cut.
- The drowning of the contact is dramatically shortened. First, a close-up of the contact as he is held under is replaced with a shot of the contact's legs kicking.
- Directly after, a close-up of Bond's intense face is removed.
- Following this, we cut back to the contact as his struggles weaken. This is missing in the US version.
- The high shot showing Obanno's bodyguard hitting the ground below after being thrown over the banister is removed. This shot is placed between Bond and Obanno fighting.
- A close-up of Obanno as Bond smashes his head into a window, shattering it, is missing from US version.
- Directly after, a wider shot of Obanno recovering and attacking again is cut due to the previous trim.
- The first few frames of Obanno being thrown into a wall are missing in the US version.
- Obanno grabbing Vesper's leg as she tries to run away is completely removed.
- The following shot of Vesper falling but stopping herself in time is cut due to the previous shot's removal.
- After we see Vesper try to open the emergency exit, a wide shot of Bond shoving Obanno back is missing from the US version.
- Directly following, a wide shot of BG2 falling back is also missing.
- Afterwards, Obanno reacting as Bond kicks him is too cut.
- Obanno rams Bond against the wall, but not in the US version.
- When Bond and Obanno struggle on the floor, Bond chokes BG2. The second angle of Obanno's feet kicking is removed.
- After we see Obanno's face, we see him reaching for the gun on the ground. Missing from the US version.
- A wider shot of them struggling is cut directly after.
- The next shot, Obanno reaching for the gun again, is cut. In the US version, we only see Obanno reaching for the gun just before Vesper intervenes.
- A shot of frightened Vesper breaks a shot of Obanno's legs starting to stop kicking. In the uncut version, the legs starting to slow is in one continuous shot, followed by the frightened Vesper shot.
Special thanks to Michael Mackenzie/Whiggles for providing this information.

* The pre-cut UK version according to BBFC recommendations.
"The BBFC advised the company that the torture scene placed too much emphasis on both the infliction of pain and the sadism of the villain for the requested '12' category. When the completed version of the film was submitted for classification, reductions to the torture sequence had been made, including the removal of lingering shots of the rope, close shots of Bond's facial reaction and the substitution of a more distant shot of the beating compared to the original version."
IN ADDITION: "The torture sequence is now shorn of Le Chiffre’s taunting line about Bond's rock-chiselled physique. Whereas the "R-rated" versions show Mikkelsen drape the knotted rope over Bond's shoulder and utter the words "Such a waste" after commenting on how well he has looked after himself ("You've taken good care of your body" line), the UK version omits this."
Special thanks to Chris McEneany from AVplay for this information.

A detailed comparison between the pre-cut PG-13 theatrical version and the R-Rated version is available on Movie Censorship.

A detailed comparison between the pre-cut UK version and the R-Rated version is also available at Movie Censorship.

Screenshots of what has been cut and replaced on the German R-rated version are also available on Schnittberichte.

CUTS:

• R1 America- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Yes, pre-cut PG-13 theatrical version (144:11 NTSC).
• R1 Collector's Edition America- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Yes, pre-cut PG-13 theatrical version (144:11 NTSC).
• R2 Germany- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Yes, German R-rated version cut by 0:01 (138:44 PAL).
• R2 Collector's Edition Germany- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Yes, German R-rated version cut by 0:01 (138:44 PAL).
• R2 Deluxe Edition Germany- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Yes, German R-rated version cut by 0:01 (138:44 PAL).
• R2 Collector's Edition Holland- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-rated version (139:42 PAL).
• R2 2-Disc Deluxe Collector's Edition Japan- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-rated version (144:25 NTSC).
• R2 3-Disc Special Edition Japan- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-Rated version (144:25 NTSC).
• R2 Deluxe Edition Portugal- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-rated version.
• R2 Collector's Edition Spain- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-rated version (139:42 PAL).
• R2 Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Yes, pre-cut UK version (138:30 PAL).
• R2 Deluxe Edition United Kingdom- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Yes, pre-cut UK version (138:30 PAL).
• R3 Hong Kong- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-rated version (144:25 NTSC).
• R3 3-Disc Collector's Edition Hong Kong- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-Rated version (144:25 NTSC).
• R3 Collector's Edition Hong Kong- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-rated version (144:25 NTSC).
• R3 3-Disc Collector's Edition Thailand- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-Rated version (144:25 NTSC).
• R3 Collector's Edition Thailand- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-rated version (144:25 NTSC).
• R4 Australia- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-rated version.
• R5 Russia- Videoservice - No cuts - R-rated version.
• R6 China- Excel Media - Yes (141:35 NTSC).
  The following cuts have been made:
  - The foreplay scene on the boat is trimmed.
  - The close-up shot of the black killer getting strangled is removed.
  - The part where James Bond gets back to his hotel room to clean up his wound, has been completely removed (the picture goes straight to the poker table scene right after the black man gets killed).
  - The torture scene is trimmed.
• R6 Collector's Edition China- Excel Media - Yes (141:35 NTSC).
  The following cuts have been made:
  - The foreplay scene on the boat is trimmed.
  - The close-up shot of the black killer getting strangled is removed.
  - The part where James Bond gets back to his hotel room to clean up his wound, has been completely removed (the picture goes straight to the poker table scene right after the black man gets killed).
  - The torture scene is trimmed.

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Comparison added by Frank_Vincent on 15/02/07
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 14/10/20

UPDATE LOG:

23/01/15: Additions of the Germany x3, Japan x2, UK DE, Hong Kong 3-disc, Thailand x2 editions, added runtimes and DVDBeaver link.
14/10/20: Added Spain.