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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Anna and the King

If you simply read the specifications for the R1 disc, and compare them with the specifications for the R4, you would get a list like:

The Region 4 disc misses out on:

seven deleted / extended scenes
French Dolby Surround soundtrack and Spanish subtitles
five Behind The Scenes featurettes (see below)

The Region 1 disc misses out on:

ten other subtitle languages

All six behind-the-scenes featurettes on the R1 DVD have been cut from the same material as the single one we got - each one focussing on a different part of it. On the R4 disc we get a single featurette that covers all of the material once - on the R1 they get a mish-mash that covers some of the material repeatedly. I was unable to find a single scene in the Region 1 featurettes that was not included in the Region 4 featurette, so I would not count that against the R4.

The deleted scenes make interesting viewing, although I agree that they were rightly removed - they can be viewed with or without the director's commentary. I would have liked to have had them on the R4 disc. In fact, I'd rather have them than the featurette.

In the end it comes down to a decision as to whether you consider the deleted scenes are more important to you than the PAL transfer. I feel that you may watch the movie many times, but you'll probably only watch the deleted scenes once - I'd award the gold-plated doohickey to the Region 4.