OVERALL: Draw

The US Best Buy Exclusive of "The Complete Movie Collection" has an exclusive extra.
The Special Edition releases have differing extras from "The Complete Movie Collection" releases. Only minor language differences.

Avoid the UK releases as the film is cut.
Information on differences between the uncut version and cut UK version can be found on Movie-Censorship.

CUTS:

• R1 Special Edition America- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (118:18 NTSC).
• R1 The Complete Movie Collection (Full Screen) America- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (118:18 NTSC).
• R1 The Complete Movie Collection (Widescreen) America- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (118:18 NTSC).
• R1 The Complete Movie Collection (Widescreen) America- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (118:18 NTSC).
• R1 Special Edition Canada- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (118:18 NTSC).
• R1 The Complete Movie Collection Canada- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (118:18 NTSC).
• R2 The Complete Movie Collection France- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Germany- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 The Complete Movie Collection Germany- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Holland- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 The Complete Movie Collection Holland- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 The Complete Movie Collection Italy- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 The Complete Movie Collection Portugal- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Scandinavia- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 The Complete Movie Collection Scandinavia- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 The Complete Movie Collection Spain- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Paramount Home Entertainment - Yes. There are 1:06 of Cuts for both cinema and video (112:30 PAL):
  - Cuts to a close-up of a heart being ripped from the chest and the subsequent self healing of the chest wound.
  - The deletion of the line "Leave him alone you bastards" when the Chinese kid is about to be whipped.
  - Deletion of the Chinese Kid burning a guard's stomach with a flaming torch (and hence discovering an ability to heal).
  - The sequence in which a Sacrifice Victim is being lowered into the fiery pit has been shortened and set to different music.
  - Cut to the first 1s or 2s from the shot of his fall in order to delete the image of his head hitting the side of the cliff.
• R2 The Complete Movie Collection United Kingdom- Paramount Home Entertainment - Yes. There are 1:06 of Cuts for both cinema and video (112:30 PAL).
  - Cuts to a close-up of a heart being ripped from the chest and the subsequent self healing of the chest wound.
  - The deletion of the line "Leave him alone you bastards" when the Chinese kid is about to be whipped.
  - Deletion of the Chinese Kid burning a guard's stomach with a flaming torch (and hence discovering an ability to heal).
  - The sequence in which a Sacrifice Victim is being lowered into the fiery pit has been shortened and set to different music.
  - Cut to the first 1s or 2s from the shot of his fall in order to delete the image of his head hitting the side of the cliff.
  - The American decision to rate the film PG caused huge controversy in the US at the time. In fact, the controversy over the PG rating (which was seen by many as the MPAA caving in to Spielberg and corporate pressure) was largely responsible for the introduction of the PG-13 certificate.
  - In the UK today, the UNCUT Version would now be considered as 12 or even 12/15 borderline. The PG version is still considered to be one of the stronger PGs ever certificated by the BBFC and has generated more complaints than most over the years.
• R4 Special Edition Australia- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).
• R4 The Complete Movie Collection Australia- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:34 PAL).

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Comparison added by Frank_Vincent on 14/09/12
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 22/03/23

UPDATE LOG:

22/02/20: Added US Complete Widescreen, US Complete Fullscreen, US Best Buy, France Complete, Germany Complete, Germany SE, Holland Complete, Italy Complete, Portugal Complete, Scandinavia Complete, Spain Complete, UK Complete, Australia Complete, Australia SE, ASINs, capsaholic.
27/02/23: Addition of the UK Special Edition release.
22/03/23: Corrected errors in notes for UK Special Edition.