OVERALL: Draw

– R1 American "Restored Collector's Edition" has exclusive DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks.
– R2 German CE has a 60 minutes documentary not found anywhere else (but available separately under the title “John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies”) but it is missing on the isolated score.
– R0 German LCE has another exclusive documentary.

R2 France CE has exclusive extras on disc two but it is a terrible edition for the movie itself (cut, very bad picture quality and forced subtitles).

CUTS:

• R0 Widescreen Edition America- Image Entertainment - No cuts (90:19 NTSC)
• R0 Widescreen Edition America- Image Entertainment - No cuts (90:49 NTSC)
• R0 Limited Collector’s Edition Germany- Capelight - No cuts
• R1 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts
• R1 Restored Collector’s Edition America- Image Entertainment - No cuts
• R2 France- Edito Films/Fravidis - Yes - The following cuts have been made:
  – the "Exchange of Blood" scene is missing – but offered on disc two (2:20)
  – the "Death of the Little Girl" scene was originally removed. It has been reinserted, but misplaced: she is now killed after the ice cream storekeeper, and some shots (e.g. the one on which you see her falling) are still missing.
• R2 Edition Collector France- Edito Films/Fravidis - Yes, the following cuts have been made:
  – the "Exchange of Blood" scene is missing – but offered on disc two (2:20).
  – the "Death of the Little Girl" scene was originally removed. It has been reinserted, but misplaced: she is now killed after the ice cream storekeeper, and some shots (e.g. the one on which you see her falling) are still missing.
• R2 Collector's Edition Germany- e-m-s - No cuts (91:01 NTSC > PAL)
• R2 Holland- A-Film - No cuts - Uses a French titled print, but unlike the French releases, is uncut (86:44 PAL).
• R2 Collector's Edition Italy- Stormovie - No cuts
• R2 Scandinavia- Atlantic Film - No cuts
• R2 Re-release Scandinavia- Atlantic Film - No cuts (87:07 PAL)
• R2 United Kingdom- Contender - No cuts
• R2 United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - No cuts
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts (87:08 PAL)
• R4 Australia- Universal Pictures - No cuts

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 29/07/01
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 02/03/22

UPDATE LOG:

13/04/11: Updated a review link and fixed a few typos.
07/01/13: Addition of the R0 German LCE.
22/12/13: Addition of the R2 Scandinavian (re-release) edition.
01/05/15: Added Dutch release. Added ASINs.
02/03/22: Dates.