Pulling out my Region 1 version of the film for a quick mind-jogging exercise, there seems to be little difference between the Region 1 version and the Region 4 version. This is not unexpected since the latter seems to be a direct copy of the former in every way, barring language and subtitle options. Since neither is in a truly acceptable format (that is, they both suffer from lack of 16x9 enhancement) I would suggest that we continue to await a release that does come in an acceptable format. If anything, the Region 1 release has a slightly more telling and acceptable colour to it, but this is offset by suffering the more for all the little jaggies that the NTSC format presents.
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