ADDITION: Llamentol Blu-ray - September 14': The Llamentol is flawed - both MPEG2 (blown up from SD) and 1080i (interlaced) at 25 fps (PAL timing). Why'd they even bother releasing this? These guys are bad news - avoid this release like the plague. The Purple Heart is a historic piece of Hollywood propaganda and deserves better than this!

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ADDITION: Region 1 NTSC - April 07': Not much difference in these DVDs - the NTSC has yellow subtitles and options for Spanish speaking audiences and the PAL has 4% speedup with white subs. Both have the strong Schickel commentary and a stills gallery. Image quality has no strong differences. Unless you are sensitive to the PAL speedup or require the Spanish support (DUB and subs) then we suggest getting the least expensive. Although, at the time of this review, the PAL is 62% off but it is about the same after currency conversion for the NTSC which has a 25% discount. Great film - I loved it.

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What an impressive package! The image quality is near pristine (aside from a little dust and dirt), it includes a great commentary, of which  there are optional subtitles for both the feature and Schickel's informative audio, plus a photo gallery and trailer. If I was Region 1 locked I'd be livid that this isn't available yet... and it would be a good enough reason to buy a universal DVD player. I wouldn't wait to purchase this folks - there is nothing wrong with this disc - great film, great transfer, great extras and the price is fantastic! I'm going to go watch it again right now! 

Gary W. Tooze