icondude

You missed one that has been released in Brazil and the UK:

Edwin vd Zwaard

UK Region 2

Bottom LIVE 2001: An Arse Oddity

Edwin

Trencher

Sharkskin Man and Peach Hip Girl
(Samehada-Otoko & Momojiri-onna)
R2 Japan 16x9 DTS

Swallowtail Butterfly Standard and Limited Edition
R2 Japan 16x9

teorema

Three more DVDs missing from the list for Canada:

Once Were Warriors (1994) Lee Tamahori - Widescreen. Released by Séville. Region 1.

Three Seasons (1999) Tony Bui - Widescreen. Released by Séville. Region 1.

Decline of the American Empire, The (Déclin de l'empire américain, Le) (1986) Denys Arcand - Pan & Scan. Released by Séville. Region 1.

cynthia

Sorry I took so long.

Does anyone know which regions are assigned to Brazil and Taiwan?

cynthia

Region 2 / UK
Career Girls (1997)

Region 2 / Germany
The Barber of Siberia (Sibirskij tsiryulnik) (1998)
The Dancer (2000)

Region 3 and 0 / Hong Kong
Amityville: Dollhouse (1996)
Art Museum by the Zoo (Misuhlgwa yup dongmulgwon) (1998)
Attack the Gas Station! (Juyuso seubgyuksageun) (1999)
The Barber of Siberia (Sibirskij tsiryulnik) (1998)
La Belle (Mi in) (2000)
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (Belphégor, le fantôme du Louvre) (2001)
Black Silence (1995)
Blood Justice (1995)
Career Girls (1997)
Children of Heaven (Bacheha-Ye aseman) (1997)
Chocolate Inspector (Shen tan zhu gu li) (1986)
The Chocolate War (1988)
Christmas in August (Palwol ui Christmas) (1998)
The Couch Trip (1988)
The Dancer (2000)
Dark Breed (1996)
Elephant Juice (1999)
Executive Target (1997)
Fall (Fall: The Price of Silence) (2000)
Fanfan (Fanfan & Alexandre) (1993)
The Foul King (Banchikwang) (2000) - 2 VERSIONS

Zutton

The following DVDs are available in R2 (UK) in the OAR which are not OAR in R1:

TimeCop
Sudden Death (also 16x9 enhanced)
Karate Kid
Ace Ventura, Pet Detective
National Lampoon's Vacation (also 16x9 enhanced)
Police Academy (also 16x9 enhanced)


-Zutton

bboisvert

Battlestar Galactica: The Complete TV Series 8-DVD boxed set is coming to R4/Austrailia in June:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=183997

CHAOS666

hmm... i don't know if this count's, but i have the japanese version, region 2, of mad max, it has the original australian soundtrack and voice's on audio 2.
CHAOS

diesteldorf

Hello Chaos666,

Welcome to the forum. I also have this disc. Fortunately (or unfortunately),
this disc was recently released in Region 1 as a Special Edition and (99% sure)
contains the same Australian track as the Japanese region 2 release.

Please don't be discouraged. Your future contributions are welcomed and
appreciated.

CHAOS666

hmmm... you are correct!!
i just looked it up and low & behold..... there it is




MAD MAX
Special Edition

Edition Details:

• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Commentary by designer Jon Dowding, cinematograper David Eggby, special effect designer Chris Murray & Tim Ridge
• New Digitally Remastered Transfer
• New-To-The-U.S. Original Australian Language Track
• "Mel Gibson: The Birth Of A Star" Documentary
• "Mad Max: The Film Phenomenon" Documentary
• Theatrical Trailers
• "Road Rants" Trivia & Fun Fact Track
• Photo Gallery
• TV Spots
• Full-screen and widescreen anamorphic formats
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Production Company: MGM/UA Video
• Aspect Ratio(s):
• Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1
• Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
• Available Audio Tracks: Original Australian Language (Dolby Digital 5.1), Original Australian Language (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English Dubbed (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French

now i'm going to have to buy yet another dvd.....sigh........

dolphinboy

I'm new to this forum. I didn't even know it was here.

I just bought a region free player because I heard from friends about ALL that I was missing and after looking through this thread I'm beginning to panic.

There really didn't seem to be many titles at all that I even knew.

I found:
Jackie Brown
Jack and Sarah (not w/s in region 1)
The Last Seduction
and
Wish You Were Here

I didn't really see nearly the kind of titles I expected. Also, Amazon UK didn't have much info at all. None of the above titles were even listed as widescreen there and no extras info either. Well, they had Jack & Sarah at 1:66:1. Isn't that practically full-screen anyway?

Can or would anyone here help me out? Did I just waste $300 on a Malata DVD player or am I missing something? I don't want tons of DVDs from other region because I won't be able to watch them all on both of my players because the one I already have isn't region free. Still, I thought I'd easily find 10-20 titles.

Also, how do you keep up with new releases outside of region 1 and could someone suggest a few e-tailers that have good reputations and maybe more detail than the amazon.uk site?

Any help would be much appreciated.

thanks.

Zutton

Major League is available in R2 Japan, not available in the USA.
Aspect ratio of 1.78:1

-Zutton

cynthia

What kind of releases are you looking for? Star Wars, Indiana Jones? You're not going to find those, unfortunately.

Maybe you're looking for DVDs that have more extras than the R1 releases...? This list is only for movies that are non-existent in their original aspect ratio (or soundtrack) on DVD in the US. But there are a few very good region comparison sites out there.

Check these out:
Rewind
R4 vs. R1
Bytes and Bobs

And as for keeping up with new releases, there are quite a few. There's a lot of sites listed in the non-US e-tailers thread (link in first post). My favorite is R2/UK's DVD Reviewer. But I mostly rely on the members of this forum for new release news.

And I find that DVD Street is pretty good at having accurate details for R2/UK DVDs. I'm not sure about other regions and countries. It's always best to ask here, anyway, because you might find someone who knows the details of a DVD first-hand.

If you still don't find what you're looking for, how 'bout you give me your Malata?

dolphinboy

Well, it's hard to list what I was hoping for. But Jack & Sarah was the ONLY title that I really saw that I wished was out here, in the states. It's full-screen in the U.S. I couldn't believe Jackie Brown was a flipper and the Last Seduction was 1:33:1. I was looking for mainstream movies that seemed to have been overlooked like Beyond Rangoon and indie films like High Art. That sort of gives you an idea of my taste. Right?

Anyway, if it makes you feel better, I've cancelled my Malata order. There is no reason to spend $300 on a 2nd dvd player for a few titles. I know I'd like to have more of the Buffy set, but I already have the US season 1 and I don't want to have mixed sets and even that just wouldn't be enough to get the player.

I was hoping for more. Thanks for the VERY great and imforative thread, though.

movielib

Regarding The Karate Kid, it appears that the three KK movies are available in a box set but the films are not now available individually.

RichardW

I just came across a German DVD for Red Sonja. It's anamorphic 2.35:1, Mono sound in English, German, Spanish or Italian, same for subtitles. It also contains a trailer and photo gallery.

Here's the listing at Amazon.de:
Red Sonja

ke493

France/Region 2

Conte d'automne (Autumn Tale), dir. by Eric Rohmer (1998), DD 2.0, NO English subtitles

Fantomas, dir. by Louis Feuillade (1913), DD 2.0 (music only), probably only French intertitles

RichardW

According to The R2 Project, season one of Frasier is going to be released in the UK on April 22nd.

adam barker

The intertitles are french only, and at times they are rather complex - long letters and newspaper articles etc. But you can always pause the disk and take your time translating.
Fantomas is exceptionally good and the quality of the picture is amazing given that the film was made in 1913.

ScreachingWeasel

Von Trier's Europa is available in letterboxed format with eng subs from Spain. The picture was decent enough after I changed from progressive to interlaced. The color sequences seemed a little blah, but I had not seen the film prior to this, so I'm not sure how it normally looks. Also the when you use the eng subs they are on even when people are speaking English.

Dan Average

Many Godard films available in R2 Japan (none with English subtitles):

Band of Outsiders (Bande a part)
Helas pour moi
Histoire(s) du cinema
La Chinoise
Made in USA
Masculin-Feminin
Two or Three Things I Know About Her (Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle)
Wind from the East (Le Vent d'Est)

A few Greenaway:

The Belly of an Architect/Drowning by Numbers (available only in a three-pack with A Zed and Two Noughts)
A short films disc (Peter Greenaway with Michael Nyman) containing Making a Splash, 26 Bathrooms, and Fear of Drowning)

......and Jarman's Edward II.

Note that the Greenaway and Jarman titles have below-the-waist nudity that will most likely be censored (although I can't confirm it).

NavinJohnson

From R 2/Deutschland Over The Top (1987)
Its a Sly Stallone truck-drivin', arm-wrasslin', knee-slappin' good time.

bboisvert

Please add Kurt Vonnegut's Welcome to the Monkey House.

Canadian DVD will all 7 episodes of the Showtime anthology series.

bhomatude

This would be fantastic if it's NOT the CD set - I went to Amazon.jp and although I think it said DVD, the box art looked very similar to the CD set... Can anyone confirm whether this is indeed a DVD set??