OVERALL: R2

Austria for the HD-mastered anamorphic transfer and extras.

Note, there are one or more unauthorized releases of poor quality, which should be avoided.

GENERAL NOTES:
US prints begin with a text scroll which Vestron requested of screenwriter Stephen Volk (approximately 30 seconds) providing historical context about the events depicted.

Due to a lawsuit filed against Thomas Dolby by Dolby Labs, the Dolby Stereo logo appears nowhere on the film or the original U.S. theatrical posters which advertise the film as being "Presented in 4 Track Stereo" while the theatrical trailer erroneously stated "Presented in 6-Track Stereo". The Dolby Stereo logo did appear on the subsequent video ads, videotape and laserdisc artwork.

Also available from:
- Mondo Home Entertainment (Italy)

CUTS:

• R1 America- Artisan Entertainment - No Cuts - British version (86:42 NTSC) missing the prefatory text crawl appended to the U.S. version (possibly due to print damage as the presentation opens with an audio splice).
• R1 America- Artisan Entertainment - No Cuts - U.S. version (87:39 NTSC) that added a prefatory text crawl (written by screenwriter Stephen Volk).
• R1 America- Lionsgate Home Entertainment - No Cuts
• R1 Original Artisan Release America- Artisan Entertainment - No Cuts
• R2 Limited Edition Austria- NSM Records - No Cuts - British version without U.S. theatrical opening text crawl (83:57 PAL)
• R2 France- MGM Home Entertainment - No Cuts - British version (83:36 PAL) missing the prefatory text crawl appended to the U.S. version.
• R2 Germany- MGM Home Entertainment - No Cuts - British version (83:36 PAL) missing the prefatory text crawl appended to the U.S. version.
• R2 Limited Edition Germany- 8-Films - No Cuts (83:34 PAL)
• R2 Italy- MGM Home Entertainment - No Cuts - British version missing the prefatory text crawl appended to the U.S. version (83:36 PAL)
• R2 United Kingdom- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - British version missing the prefatory text crawl appended to the U.S. version (83:36 PAL)

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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 22/10/05
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 10/09/23

UPDATE LOG:

18/12/13: Added general note.
29/01/18: Added Amazon links where possible.
26/03/20: Added Germany and Austria.
28/05/20: ASIN added (Lionsgate). RT added to R1 (Pioneer). R2 France & Italy (MGM) added.
06/01/22: Dates.
10/09/23: Updated year.