OVERALL: R1

The 2-disc "50th Anniversary Edition", for the different versions, extras and a new transfer. Only some "Production notes" are missing (and in the older R1 CE release, "Orson Welles' Memo Production" was included as a text version on the disc itself).

Please see the image-comparison from below:

CUTS:

• R1 50th Anniversary Edition America- Universal Pictures - No cuts, inc. 3 versions of the film;
  1) "Restored Version" (110:36 NTSC) (Re-edited in 1998 - restored to Orson Welles' vision based on his detailed 58-page memo to the studio).
  2) "Theatrical Version" (95:15 NTSC) (original U.S. theatrical version from 1958).
  3) "Preview Version" (108:48 NTSC) (created prior to the theatrical version, this cut of the film incorporates some of Orson Welles' requests and was discovered by Universal in 1976).
• R1 Widescreen America- Universal Pictures - No cuts - 1998 restored and re-edited version (110:41 NTSC, including 0:47 intro text about the version).
• R2 Germany- Universal Pictures - No cuts - 1998 restored and re-edited version.
• R2 Scandinavia- Universal Pictures - No cuts - 1998 restored and re-edited version.
• R2 United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - No cuts - 1998 restored and re-edited version.
• R4 Australia- Universal Pictures - No cuts - 1998 restored and re-edited version.

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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 03/08/03
Comparison last updated by Oliver_Wicks on 30/10/11

UPDATE LOG:

30/10/2011: Minor comparison cleanup.