OVERALL: R1

The R1 has English DTS, the original mono and the full, uncut two-hour documentary.

The R2 UK and R4 "30th Anniversary Editions" also have English DTS track, but lose the original mono sound and truncate the documentary by around 15 minutes. Please see cut notes.

R1 also includes "60 Page Commemorative Photo Journal", and the R2 UK has additional galleries on the DVD instead of the journal (UK LE box set is also available, with a few exclusive items).

Note that R1 (30th Anniversary Edition) doesn't have these from the earlier releases:
- Trivia game
- Shark world (educational featurette)
- Production Notes
- Cast and Crew Biographies
- Recommendations
- Screen Saver
- Theatrical Trailers

CUTS:

• R1 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition America- Universal Pictures - No cuts.
• R1 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition (DTS) America- Universal Pictures - No cuts (123:54 NTSC).
• R1 30th Anniversary Edition America- Universal Pictures - No cuts (123:55 NTSC).
• R2 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition France- Universal Pictures - No cuts.
• R2 30th Anniversary Edition France- Universal Pictures - No cuts on the film, but the "A Look Inside Jaws: Making-Of" Documentary is Shortened as per R2 UK.
• R2 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition Germany- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts.
• R2 Special Edition Germany- Universal Pictures - No cuts.
• R2 Holland- Universal / Columbia TriStar - No cuts (118:52).
• R2 30th Anniversary Edition Holland- Universal Pictures - No cuts in the film, but the "A Look Inside Jaws" Documentary is shortened as per R2-UK.
• R2 Re-release Holland- Universal Pictures - No cuts (118:51 PAL).
• R2 Collector's Edition Portugal- Universal Pictures - No cuts.
• R2 30th Anniversary Edition Spain- Universal Pictures - No cuts (118:52 PAL).
• R2 Collector's Edition Spain- Universal / Columbia TriStar - No cuts (118:21 PAL).
• R2 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Universal/Columbia Tristar - No cuts (118:52 PAL).
• R2 30th Anniversary Edition United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - No cuts on the film, but "A Look Inside Jaws: Making-Of" documentary is shortened:
  *0:00:00 Intoduction
  *0:00:30 From Novel to Script (missing 1:30 min)
  *0:17:22 The Live Shark Footage (missing 1:30 min)
  *0:25:15 Casting (missing 1:30 min)
  *0:36:50 Location (missing 1:20 min)
  *0:39:55 Production Stories (missing 5:00 min)
  *1:00:38 The Shark (missing 1:00 min)
  *1:10:23 The Shark is not Working
  *1:17:41 The Orca (F-word censored, timecode: 2:23 min)
  *1:21:03 Photographing Jaws (missing 1:30 min)
  *1:24:28 Scars
  *1:27:22 Climax
  *1:33:57 Finishing (missing 1:20 min, appears after “Mother Cutter” in UK-version)
  *1:38:33 Mother Cutter
  *1:40:00 Music
  *1:47:26 Sneak preview
  *1:53:25 Rating
  *1:55:35 Reaction
  *1:58:01 Phenomenon (missing 1:00 min)
  *2:01:00 Credits
  (2:02:37 finished) (Thank you for the Rewind user Sarah of this comparison)
• R4 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition Australia- Universal/Columbia Tristar - No cuts.
• R4 30th Anniversary Edition Australia- Universal Pictures - No cuts on the film, but the "A Look Inside Jaws: Making-Of" Documentary is Shortened as per R2 UK.

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Comparison added by Craig on 19/07/01
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 08/05/21

UPDATE LOG:

13/10/2012: Dutch re-release added.
15/06/2011: Fixed typo in the Overall.
08/05/2021: Addition of the Spain releases and Caps-A-Holic and DVDBeaver links.
08/05/2021: Updated tagline.