OVERALL: Draw

The US Criterion release has best set of extras and the original mono track.
The Warner Bros. releases have optional 5.1 and mono tracks. Only minor language differences. Note the US Warner Bros. release uses a PAL to NTSC transfer.
The US Image Entertainment has a proper NTSC transfer and a few exclusive extras.

CUTS:

• R0 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts (125:04 NTSC).
• R0 Scandinavia- Soul Media - No cuts (120:06 PAL).
• R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts.
• R1 America- Warner Home Video - No cuts (119:40 PAL->NTSC).
• R2 France- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (119:47 PAL).
• R2 Germany- Arthaus - No Cuts (120:07 PAL).
• R2 Germany- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (119:47 PAL).
• R2 Scandinavia- Warner Home Video - No cuts (119:47 PAL).
• R2 Spain- Warner Home Video - No cuts (119:47 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (119:47 PAL).
• R4 Australia- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (119:47 PAL).

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 15/08/04
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 07/11/20

UPDATE LOG:

24/05/11: Addition of the R1 Criterion release and DVDBeaver link, minor clean-up, and changed Overall.
26/01/13: Addition of the R0 Scandinavian edition.
08/02/13: Addition of the R2 Scandinavian edition.
17/07/15: Additions of the Germany x2, updated PAL Warner specs and runtimes.
07/11/20: Added Spain, updated US Warner.