OVERALL: Draw

The US/Canada Kino Lorber release(s) have 5.1 sound and additional extras.
The UK release has a different solo director commentary plus a director introduction & interview.
The French release has differing extras.

Versions:
The original version of the film utilized the song "Signifying Rapper" by Schoolly D in 4 places. In 1994, due to a lawsuit from the members of Led Zeppelin over the unauthorized sample of the song "Kashmir" in "Signifying Rapper," all uses of the song have been removed/replaced in all known subsequent releases.

The original cut of the film was rated NC-17 and runs 96 minutes.
A censored R-rated cut running 90 minutes was released on VHS in the US.

Information on the differences between the NC-17 and R-rated versions can be found at Movie-Censorship.com (SPOILERS!).

CUTS:

• Blu-ray A America- Kino Lorber - No additional cuts. NC-17 Version with altered music (96:41).
• Blu-ray A Canada- Kino Lorber - No additional cuts. NC-17 Version with altered music (96:41).
• Blu-ray ALL Special Edition America- Lionsgate Home Entertainment - No additional cuts. NC-17 Version with altered music (96:13).
• Blu-ray ALL Special Edition Canada- Maple Films - No additional cuts. NC-17 Version with altered music (96:13).
• Blu-ray B France- Wild Side Video - No additional cuts. NC-17 Version with altered music.
• Blu-ray B Special Edition Germany- Arthaus - No additional cuts. NC-17 version with altered music (96:12).
• Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Fabulous Films - No additional cuts. NC-17 version with altered music (96:13).

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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 30/09/10
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 09/06/24

UPDATE LOG:

30/09/10: Initial entry.
25/02/21: Added Caps-a-holic & DVDBeaver, added UK, France, & Germany, updated US cut-status, extras, & notes, added ASIN, added versions info, updated Winner notes.
09/06/24: Addition of the Canadian and Kino Lorber releases.