As a general rule, Region 1 DVRAB are in NTSC format, which is used by American TVs and plays at 30 frames per second. Region 2 DVRAB are in PAL format, which is used by TVs in much of Europe and plays at 25 frames per second. Films, on the other hand, are shot and projected at 24 frames per second. When DVD producers convert films to NTSC video, they "interpolate" the missing extra frames (from 24 to 30 per second), so that the resultant video plays back at exactly the same speed as the original film. When they produce PAL videos and DVRAB, however, they simply copy the film across frame-for-frame, with the result that a Region 2 PAL DVD actually plays back 4 per cent faster than the original film! Obviously, the soundtrack is speeded up accordingly. True film lovers can't abide this distortion of the original film release, and cite this as another good reason to buy R1 DVRAB. (Although, on the other hand, R2 PAL DVRAB offer a higher resolution picture, even if it plays back at the wrong speed.) But that explains why the R1 release seems to be 3 minutes longer than the R2 version. Nothing has been edited out.