OVERALL: Draw

R1 and R2/R4 UEs, for DTS and extras. Do note, that the version on UEs is somewhat cropped compared to the previous SE-releases.

General notes (source: "James Bond DVD Guide" by Richard Crowther - Zetaminor):
-All DVDs (except the older UK releases) - including the UEs, uses the US theatrical version.

-"UK UE is restoring all of the head-butts removed in previous editions by the BBFC (amongst them, one delivered by Onatopp to Natalya in the jungle scrap, two featured in the dazzling fist fight between Bond and Trevelyan in the dish’s gear room, and one towards the end, during Bond and Trevelyan’s very final tussle). The UK was the only country to make these edits."

-"For completists, it is worth noting that the original UK edit actually contained one unique shot not seen in any other version. During the final scrap between Bond and Trevelyan, there is a shot of Trevelyan being distracted as he hears the arrival of a helicopter behind him, and turning to look over his shoulder. We then cut to the interior of the helicopter, in which we see Natalya. In the uncut version, after the close-up of Natalya, we cut to a long shot of Bond striking down with his elbow to remove Trevelyan’s hold on him, and then head-butting and kicking Trevelyan over the edge of the gantry they are laid on. In order to remove the head-butt, the UK version instead replaces the start of this long shot with a close-up of Bond, using his elbow in much the same way as the long shot and lunging at Trevelyan (this lunge is no doubt the same head-butt as seen in the long shot, but without the sound effect added), at which point, we cut to the long shot of him kicking Trevelyan off the gantry, as with the uncut version. This change was no doubt implemented to appease the BBFC, in order to remove the obvious head-butt Bond delivers to Trevelyan in the long shot. The unique shot can be found on the very early releases of this film at 117:05 min."


Subtitle issues:
-UEs use player generated subtitles instead of the original burned-in captions. Original ones were included in older R1 SE.

CUTS:

• R1 Special Edition America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts.
• R1 Ultimate Edition America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (129:57 NTSC).
• R2 Special Edition France- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts.
• R2 Special Edition Germany- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts.
• R2 Special Edition Holland- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts.
• R2 Special Edition Italy- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts.
• R2 United Kingdom- MGM Home Entertainment - Yes - Cut by the BBFC to get a 12 certificate:
  - Xenia headbutting Natalya (rest of scene restored)
  - Alec backward-headbutting Bond after kicking the gun from Bond's hand in the dish room fight
  - Alec headbutting Bond into the ladder in the same fight
  - Bond earclapping Alec against the wall of chains and then kneeing him sqaure in the face
  - Both Alec and Bond trying to headbutt each other as they lie on the antenna platform
  - Bond headbutting Alec off the platform is removed entirely
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- MGM Home Entertainment - Yes - Cut by the BBFC to get a 12 certificate:
  - Xenia headbutting Natalya (rest of scene restored)
  - Alec backward-headbutting Bond after kicking the gun from Bond's hand in the dish room fight
  - Alec headbutting Bond into the ladder in the same fight
  - Bond earclapping Alec against the wall of chains and then kneeing him sqaure in the face
  - Both Alec and Bond trying to headbutt each other as they lie on the antenna platform
  - Bond headbutting Alec off the platform is removed entirely
  ! Documentary "The World of 007, James Bond" is also cut (0:01): "One compulsory cut required to remove sight of strong headbutt by woman already removed from main feature for 12, in accordance with BBFC guidelines".
• R2 Ultimate Edition United Kingdom- Sony/MGM - No cuts - And, the TV special "The World of 007,James Bond" is now uncut as well (124:20 PAL).
• R4 Special Edition Australia- Fox/ MGM - No cuts.
• R4 Ultimate Edition Australia- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts (124:20 PAL).

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Comparison added by Craig on 14/10/01
Comparison last updated by Mikael_Pitkänen on 22/02/21

UPDATE LOG:

14/10/01: Initial entry.
22/02/21: Added Amazon ASIN for the French, German and Italian releases. Added Caps-a-Holic link. Added DVD Beaver link. Minor fixes.