OVERALL: Blu-ray A

The Shout! Factory Collector's Edition for the additional archival audio interviews.

Note the original pressing had the Theatrical version in the wrong aspect ratio but Shout! Factory instituted a replacement program to provide Disc One in the correct 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

Versions:
The original Theatrical version runs approximately 122 minutes with an OAR of 2.35:1. A pre-credits announcement describes the Sensurround process, which used infrasonic frequencies emitted from subwoofers to cause earthquake-simulating vibrations.

When the film was first broadcast on television on NBC in September 1976, it was split over 2 weeks and additional footage was incorporated. Both parts include opening & closing credits.
Some of the additional footage came from deleted footage shot during the original production, while much of the additional footage was shot specifically for the television broadcast by someone other than original director Mark Robson. The new footage was shot in the current television aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the theatrical footage was cropped to match this ratio.
This version also had 2 cuts for violence: a shot of a woman with shards of glass embedded in her face, and the animated red blood splatter when the elevator crashes.

CUTS:

• Blu-ray A Collector's Edition America- Shout! Factory - Yes - Includes both the theatrical version with Sensurround introduction (122:38) and the extended television version missing the Pawn Shop scene (152:24)
• Blu-ray ALL America- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction (121:57).
• Blu-ray ALL Canada- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction (121:57).
• Blu-ray ALL France- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction (121:57).
• Blu-ray ALL Germany- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction (121:57).
• Blu-ray ALL Italy- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction (121:57).
• Blu-ray ALL Scandinavia- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction (121:57).
• Blu-ray ALL South Korea- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction (121:57).
• Blu-ray ALL Spain- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction (121:57).
• Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction (121:57).
• Blu-ray B Germany- Capelight Pictures / AL!VE - Yes - Includes both the theatrical version with Sensurround introduction (122:30) and the extended television version missing the Pawn Shop scene (152:24).
• Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Final Cut Entertainment - Yes - Theatrical version missing the Sensurround introduction.

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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 08/06/13
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 15/05/22

UPDATE LOG:

08/06/13: Initial entry.
11/07/15: Added French, German, Scandinavian and UK releases.
18/05/19: Added US Shout.
07/10/20: Added German 3-disc Mediabook.
07/05/21: Added Caps-a-holic, added UK Final Cut, Canada, Italy, South Korea, & Spain, added info about US CE aspect ratio & replacement program, corrected US CE runtime/updated region-coding notes, updated Universal audio & cut status, removed extraneous DVD info from German mediabook/added hyperlink to DVD entry, corrected German mediabook specs, updated Winner.
13/05/22: Dates.
15/05/22: Typo.