Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The Region 1 disc is a Miramax Collector's Edition, released in 1999. It has the same extras, a similar menu, very similar artwork (except that the R1's disc label is plain, not picture). The big difference between the two is that the R1 offers an NTSC transfer that is not 16x9 enhanced, while the R4 offers a 16x9 enhanced PAL transfer — that's already a big advantage for the R4, but then we add in the fact that the R4 is a cleaner transfer, with fewer film artefacts and no aliasing, moire, or shimmer — it's a clean KO win for the R4. Err, well, unless you need subtitles — if you need subtitles, then your only option is the R1, unfortunately.