OVERALL: Draw

US Version:
R1 SE has additional Screen Tests, 2 Easter egg featurettes, and an optional commentary on the first Deleted scene.
R2 UK SE, R2 Japan and R4 Australia SE contain a DTS track. Note the R2 UK SE also has a fairly substantial booklet.

Internation Version:
Only minor differences between R2 releases.

Versions:
- US theatrical version (124 minutes)

This version includes at the beginning a more shocking memento of WWI, when it shows crippled baggage handlers in the train station where Monty meets Harold. After that we can see the loading of their baggage in a taxi they share.

- International theatrical version (123 minutes)

The beginning is shorter and different, introducing Harold Abrahams while playing cricket with his colleagues. The scene in the train station, is absent: we simply see Monty writing a letter to his parents, mentioning that "Harold is as intense as ever".

In the commentary, Hugh Hudson relates how the cricket scene was always intended as an introduction for the film's characters - but at the insistence of the American distributors was cut. Apparently the distributors felt that American audiences would be confused by the game of cricket.

CUTS:

• R1 America- Warner Home Video - No cuts – US theatrical version.
• R1 Special Edition America- Warner Home Video - No cuts - US theatrical version (124:05).
• R2 France- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – International theatrical version (118:17 PAL).
• R2 Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – presumably International theatrical version (118:41 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – presumably International theatrical version (118:59 PAL).
• R2 Greece- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – International theatrical version (118:18 PAL).
• R2 Italy- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – International theatrical version (118:18 PAL).
• R2 Japan- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – U.S. theatrical version (123:58 NTSC).
• R2 Scandinavia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – International theatrical version (118:41 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – International theatrical version (118:41 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – US theatrical version (118:59 PAL).
• R4 Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – International theatrical version (118:41 PAL).
• R4 Special Edition Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts – US theatrical version (118:59 PAL).
• R6 China- Excel Media - Yes, the cricket scene and train station scenes are both missing: it’s neither the US nor the International theatrical version (118:55 NTSC).

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 30/08/01
Comparison last updated by Vincent_Prendergast on 18/06/20

UPDATE LOG:

02/10/12: Addition of notes regarding both versions of the movie.
17/03/13: Addition of the R2 German and Japanese editions.
08/08/17: Added Greece.
18/06/20: Added Caps-a-holic link; added US SE runtime & Easter eggs; corrected US SE aspect ratio & audio tracks; updated Winner & Versions notes.