OVERALL: Draw

The Columbia Tristar releases from France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, the Austria NSM, and Scandinavia Universal releases for the "International Cut" of the film in the anamorphic 1.85:1 theatrical ratio.

The Australian Umbrella release has all four versions of the film (one on Blu-ray and three on DVD) with exclusive extras on the Blu-ray disc.

General notes:

Greek VHS Cut (94:33):
(This info is from the Rewind user Asmund_Utvik)

This is the "International Cut" but contains the following additional dialog-scenes, which are missing from the DVD-releases. These are presumably from a pre-release version.

Scene 1:
After the conversation about the vigilante in New York, there are additional 31 seconds of dialog, where the police chief is telling a story about his former partner, who is now dead.

Scene 2:
After the conversation about Paul Kersey, there are additional 14 seconds of dialog: “I don´t think I heard that question, and I don`t think you ask the questions Mr. District Attorney.”

Scene 3:
Additional diner-scene with Jill Ireland and Charles Bronson (1:06 min).

International Cut (91:55):

Differences between the "R-Rated and International Cuts" can be found at Movie-Censorship.

Both of the rape scenes are cut. While only the more violent aspects of the maid's rape scene were cut, the daughter's rape scene was almost entirely removed (except for the last few seconds). Also, the daughter afterwards is shown jumping out the window, but the R-Rated cut removes the part, where she gets impaled on a fence.

The Television Cut (93:57):

This a completely sanitised version made for network TV; all explicit sex, violence and profanity has been removed and a small amount of deleted scenes have been added to compensate.

CUTS:

• R0 Double Feature Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No cuts. Includes the International Version (91:55) on Blu-ray and the Theatrical Cut (89:48 NTSC), the Greek VHS Cut (94:33 NTSC), and the Television Cut (93:57 NTSC) on DVD
• R0 Scandinavia- Soulmedia - No cuts. R-Rated Theatrical Version (85:13 PAL).
• R1 America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts. R-Rated Theatrical Version (88:43 NTSC)
• R1 America- TGG Direct/MGM/Fox - No cuts. R-Rated Theatrical Version (88:43 NTSC)
• R1 Ultimate Action Collection America- Shout! Factory - No cuts - R-Rated Theatrical Version (88:47 NTSC).
• R2 Austria- NSM Records - No cuts. International Version (88:09 PAL).
• R2 France- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts. International Version (87:57 PAL).
• R2 Germany- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts. R-Rated Theatrical Version (84:54 PAL).
• R2 Holland- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts. International Version (87:57 PAL).
• R2 Holland- Dutch Filmworks - No cuts. R-Rated Theatrical Version (85:33 PAL).
• R2 Italy- Sony Pictures/Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts. International Version (87:57 PAL).
• R2 Scandinavia- Universal Pictures - No cuts. International Version (87:57 PAL).
• R2 Spain- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts. International Version (87:57 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts. R-Rated Theatrical Version (85:10 PAL).
• R4 Australia- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts. International Version (87:57 PAL).
• R4 Australia- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts. R-Rated Theatrical Version (88:43 NTSC).
• R4 Brazil- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts. International Version (91:36 NTSC).
• R4 New Zealand- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts. International Version (87:57 PAL).

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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 15/12/02
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 24/04/22

UPDATE LOG:

30/04/12: Addition of the R1 TGG release.
08/03/13: R2 Holland(DFW)added.
16/01/16: Added Austria, Holland Columbia, Australia MGM, ASINs.
28/12/16: Tidyup
06/02/17: Moved the notes about the differences between the 'R' rated version and the International Version to the winner notes along with the notes about the pre-relapse Greek version.
08/04/17: Caps a Holic link added.
07/08/17: Added Australia Umbrella.
26/08/17: Added greater detail to the Umbrella disc.
27/03/18: Addition of the R0 Scandinavian release.
21/05/19: Added US Shout
17/03/21: Removed non-working Caps-a-holic link, updated formatting of Shout release.
24/04/22: Corrected copyright year.
24/04/22: Typo.