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Cabaret (1972)R1

    The original R1 release is a similarly non-anamorphic transfer. It is also a particularly dirty and grainy transfer marred by MPEG artefacts and film-to-video transfer faults such as aliasing and moire. Having owned this disappointing version for some time now, I was hoping that the R4 release would better it. Sadly, no. The R4 release has slightly better horizontal resolution owing to its PAL format, but otherwise, most of the inherent faults are identical.

    The original R1 release distinguishes itself from the R4 release only in the extras it contains:

  • 25th Anniversary Documentary “Cabaret: A Legend In The Making”
  • ”Kit Kat Club Memory Gallery” Featurette
  • Original Production Featurette “The Re-Creation Of An Era”
  • Theatrical Trailers
  • Production Notes

   Warner Home Video have seen fit to release a new R1 version in August of 2003 but I am getting conflicting reports as to whether it is 16x9 enhanced or not and whether there has been any improvement in video quality. It still contains all the extras of the original release which puts it ahead of the R4 release.