Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The Region 1 version of this disc was released some little time back. It is one of those R1 discs with a wide-screen transfer on one side, and a full-screen transfer on the other of a double-sided disc. It has the same extras as the R4, except that its trailers include the trailer for Cat Ballou, another Jane Fonda film (China Syndrome), and three other Westerns — all of those can claim some reason for being on the disc (unlike the trailers on the R4 disc). Still, I've never really counted trailers as making a heap of difference to a disc.

    The Region 4 version is missing:

• Theatrical Trailer
• animated menus with music
• full-screen version of movie

    The Region 1 version is missing:

• lots of languages in both soundtrack and subtitles

    You could count the R4 disc as being equivalent to the wide-screen side of the R1 disc, and much easier to handle (double-sided discs are a pain to handle). If you really want a full-screen transfer, then the R1 is the one to get.

    The two discs offer equivalent transfers, with the R1 being a little bit brighter, but a little bit harsher (the differences are small). Both transfers are more than a little grainy (most noticeable when the image is paused). I really don't think there's enough extra in the R1 to justify calling the two different.