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Originally Posted by KevinStriker
I'm curious about one detail:
Is the Blu-ray the complete Australian version*, or is it a hybrid cut? An unrated cut is mentioned on IMDb and movie-censorship which has several seconds more dialogue from Pappagallo during his rousing speech, but was that footage present in Australian theatrical showings or added for the home video release? And by extension, should the 4K fix this too?
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Warner released the sequels in most places while Roadshow handled them theatrically in Australia. For Mad Max II, there were three versions, Australian theatrical, European/UK theatrical, and the US R-Rated "The Road Warrior" version cut for violence. The Aussie version (which came out first) and Euro cuts are very similar, but the Euro/UK cut trims a few shots for pacing reasons and most noticeably, Pappagallo's speech is shortened. Oddly enough, some PAL VHS releases are of the uncut Australian version and the R-Rated and TV versions of the Road Warrior cut also have the full speech.
The current HD master is at least 20 years old and despite being labeled as R-rated marketed under The Road Warrior title, is actually from an IP of the Euro cut with the "Mad Max II" card (which explains the missing Pappagallo footage and more violent content us Americans never saw before). Warner worked from the OCN (which should be fully uncut) for the new 4k HDR restoration, so it will probably have the full Pappagallo scene, Mad Max II title card, and the original WB Saul Bass logo.