There is an equivalent Special Edition Region 1 release that in broad terms is very much similar to this Region 4 release. The only substantive difference, apart from the soundtrack and subtitle options, appears to be that the Region 1 version has a full 448 Kb/s bitrate soundtrack. I leave it to you to decide whether the extra bitrate soundtrack is worth the additional costs of getting the Region 1 DVD and worth NTSC formatting over PAL formatting. For me, there is nothing to favour one of the other. Mind you, this is a good example of the sort of DVD that should have the plethora of subtitle options cut back to something more sensible, thereby freeing up space for 448 Kb/s soundtracks.
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