The Region 1 disc is a fully fledged collector's edition, chock-a-block with extras (the first disc I can remember with 3 pages of special features menu). The Region 4 is a rental disc with no extras. An uneven comparison... The Region 4 disc is missing: - French soundtrack
- subtitles in Spanish
- layer change (the R1 layer change is nearly invisible, though)
- featurette: Making Of (22:42)
- commentary: special effects team
- featurette: New Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park III (7:52)
- featurette: Tour of Stan Winston Studio (3:14)
- featurette: A Visit to ILM (17:44)
- dinosaur turntables (a look at each of the CGI models)
- featurette: Behind the Scenes (3 scenes - 4:29)
- storyboard to final comparison (3 scenes - 6:09)
- photo and poster galleries
- theatrical trailers (all three movies - 4:38)
- featurette: Finding New Dinosaurs (4:22)
- production notes (28 pages)
- cast and crew (13 bios)
- DVD-ROM features, including game demos
- recommendations (6 other Universal titles)
- special offers
- ads for a DVD newsletter and the Jurassic Park Institute website
- booklet showing comparative sizes of the dinosaurs
The Region 1 disc is missing: The Region 4 disc has a very good transfer, if a little over-compressed. The Region 1 disc has a superb transfer. If you want to rent the movie, the R4 is OK. If you want to buy it, then the R1 is your only option today. If the sell-through version of the R4 comes out with all the features of the R1, and a less compressed transfer than the rental disc, then I'll be happy to recommend it.
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