Region 4 Winners and Losers

    I will compare this local, all region release of Welcome To The Dollhouse with the R1edition, released by Columbia TriStar. The R1 edition is a dual sided disc, which contains both the anamorphic 1.85:1 and full-screen versions of the film. Subtitles include, English, French and Spanish. The extras are minimal, but they include, cast & crew bios with filmographies, production notes and the theatrical trailer.

    The R2 edition released by Artificial Eye in 2005 is similar in terms of extras to the R1 version. However the R2 does not contain any subtitles and it is a single sided disc, containing a 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer. All versions seem to carry the same Dolby Digital 2.0, surround encoded audio track. All versions also appear to be lacking a quality video transfer.

    Unless any of the above is important to you, there seems very little reason to track down a copy from overseas.