OVERALL: Draw

The Australian and UK (re-release) editions have the original multilingual soundtrack for the director's cut and the French theatrical cut and a documentary. Note that the Australian disc has a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack on the Director's cut, while UK has LPCM 2.0.

GENERAL NOTES:
*Although "The Big Blue" is a French-produced film, the film is predominantly spoken in English.
French, German, Scandinavian and UK (Original) editions feature only the French soundtrack in which all English and Italian dialogue has been dubbed.

*The following versions of the movie are known:
– The original French theatrical version running ~132 min,
– The original European theatrical version running ~120 min,
– The original US theatrical version running ~118 min,
– The Director's cut running ~168 min.

CUTS:

• Blu-ray ALL Luc Besson Collection South Korea- Nova Media - No cuts - Director's Cut (168:20)
• Blu-ray B Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the French theatrical cut (137:26) and the Director's Cut (168:08)
• Blu-ray B France- Gaumont - No cuts - Director's Cut (168:20).
• Blu-ray B Germany- Concorde - No cuts - Director's Cut (168:19)
• Blu-ray B Scandinavia- SF Film - No cuts – Director's Cut (168:13)
• Blu-ray B Original Release United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts - includes both the French theatrical cut (137:26) and the Director's Cut (168:08)
• Blu-ray B Re-release United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts - includes both the French theatrical cut (137:26) and the Director's Cut (168:08)

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Comparison added by Vincent_Bouche on 17/02/11
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 24/04/20

UPDATE LOG:

17/02/11: Initial entry.
23/02/11: Added a note about the Scandinavian edition.
04/08/12: Addition of the UK re-release.
15/10/18: Updated UK releases, capsaholic.
24/04/20: added Korea.