OVERALL: Draw

The US and South Korean 4-disc releases for also including the Isolated Music Track.

About the original audio: Ben-Hur was originally shown with 6-track-magnetic audio (left, left-center, center, center-right, right and mono-surround).

Please see this great comparison HERE, and another image comparison of the original DVDs (R1 and R2/R4) can be found from the link below:

CUTS:

• R1 America- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R1 Four Disc Collector's Edition America- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 France- Warner Home Video - No cuts (213:39 PAL)
• R2 Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 Four Disc Collector's Edition Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 Holland- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 Four Disc Collector's Edition Holland- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 Italy- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 Portugal- Warner Home Video - No cuts (213:39 PAL)
• R2 Four Disc Collector's Edition Portugal- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 Scandinavia- Sandrew Metronome - No cuts
• R2 Four Disc Collector's Edition Scandinavia- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 Spain- Warner Home Video - No cuts (213:39 PAL)
• R2 Four Disc Collector's Edition Spain- Warner Home Video - No cuts (213:17 PAL)
• R2 United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 Four Disc Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts (136:03 min - Part 1; 77:14 - Part 2 - PAL)
• R3 Four Disc Collector's Edition South Korea- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R4 Australia- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R4 Four Disc Collector's Edition Australia- Warner Home Video - No cuts

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 24/11/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 08/12/20

UPDATE LOG:

18/08/12: Slight update of R2 France specifications (addition of cast and crew list and of running times mostly)
08/12/20: Added Germany x2, Spain 4 disc.