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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Treasure of the Sierra Madre, TheR1

    Released late in 2003, Region 1 has a two disc Special Edition version of the DVD. In comparison to that release, the Region 4 is woefully lacking the following essential inclusions:

  • Gallery of 12 Humphrey Bogart Trailers
  • Featurette - Warner Night At The Movies hosted by Leonard Maltin (literally a recreation of the moviegoing experience in 1948 to show what the night would have been like for the original audience).
  • Feature - John Huston: The Man, The Movies, The Maverick (runs over two hours)
  • 1949 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film (nearly an hour long)
  • Treasure Trove Galleries - storyboards, set stills, cast and crew, publicity and posters
  • Animated Short - 8 Ball Bunny

    You seriously expect me to say anything nice about the package Warners have foisted on Region 4 when that veritable treasure trove of additional extras is being deprived us? What do we get instead? A couple of language soundtracks we don't really need and a bunch of subtitles that could cheerfully have been lost. Another travesty of the highest order from a major distributor.

    In Region 2, the DVD is only available as a part of their version of The Bogart Collection Volume 2 - partnered with To Have And Have Not and They Drive By Night. Staggeringly, in the promotional release for that set, the DVD is actually referred to as a Special Edition. Do they really think that people are that stupid that they don't know the lack of content of the Region 2/Region 4 release compared to the genuine Special Edition available in Region 1? This comparison is so far in favour of the utterly superb Region 1 Special Edition that the Region 2 and Region 4 versions don't even leave the starting gate. In fact, they probably have not even made the starting gate.