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The Region 4 version of this disc misses out on; - DVD-ROM content
- Featurette - A Beautiful Partnership: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
- Featurette - Development of the Screenplay
- Featurette - Meeting John Nash
- Featurette - Accepting the Nobel Prize in Economics
- Featurette - Casting Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly
- Featurette - The Process of Age Progression
- Featurette - Storyboard Comparisons
- Featurette - Creation of Special Effects
- Featurette - Scoring The Film
- Making Of Featurette - 'Inside A Beautiful Mind'
- Theatrical Trailer
- 'A Beautiful Mind' soundtrack TV spot
- Academy Awards reactions from Winners- Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (Best Picture), Ron Howard (Best Director), Akiva Goldsman (Best Adapted Screenplay) Jennifer Connelly (Best Supporting Actress)
The Region 1 version of this disc misses out on; Obviously, with this being the rental version, the Region 1 disc is the clear winner here. This rental disc however, is exactly the same as Disc 1 of the dual disc set of 'A Beautiful Mind' that is currently available in Region 1. This indicates that when this edition is released here later this year, both the R4 and R1discs should be identical in terms of their extras. When directly comparing the video transfers of the Region 4 and Region 1 DVDs, the Region 4 PAL transfer is FAR superior to the NTSC Region 1 disc. As this film has a lot of natural light, usually coming from the side of the screen, whenever an actor moves one way or another there are sickening amounts of NTSC-related artefacts such as '3:2 pulldown' or 'judder' haloing the actor's body. It almost makes the film completely unwatchable, and I personally am very disappointed that I bought it. Apart from this atrocity, the transfers seem identical with the same artefacts appearing in the same places. I would strongly advise that when the dual disc special edition comes out later this year in Region 4 that you purchase that version as it will not have the horrible artefacts associated with the NTSC transfer.
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