Region 4 Winners and Losers

    There is a Region 1 release from Warners that is similar in the film presentation to the Avenue One DVD and that has basically no extras other than a trailer. It has apparently a good transfer as the reviews found for it tend to emphasise how good the video transfer looks (which is by the way 16x9 enhanced). Whilst this Region 4 effort is probably a marginally better effort overall than the Avenue One DVD, it hardly would qualify as significantly better, which would mean that the Region 1 release is probably still the preference. The further reviews found have also included one for a Roan Region 1 version of the film, presented as a double bill with The Bat. From that review there is a suggestion that it is better than the Warners DVD, thereby increasing the preference in favour of Region 1. You should note, however, that another review does suggest that the Warners transfer is better than the Roan transfer!