- There are technically three versions of this movie:
- The original version released in 1971. This version has not been released on any home media.
- The 1977 restored version, released after the success of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), which reincorporated 4 minutes cut by Warner Bros. from the original release. This version was later released on VHS and laserdisc.
- The 2004 George Lucas Director's Cut, which had many scenes revised using CGI, and some new shots added in by Lucas. This was later released on DVD and Blu-ray.
- Alternate German and Italian Broadcast-version: The sequential arrangement and partially the length of many scenes throughout the movie is altered. The reasons therefor seem to be unknown.
- The George Lucas director's cut DVD plasters the 1971 Warner Bros. Kinney logo with the 1999 Warner Bros. Pictures logo.
- The 2004 "George Lucas Director's Cut" contains several updated and revised sequences:
- The mosaic at the beginning of the film has been color treated and looks like a bank of video monitors
- The robot factory at the start of the film has been greatly expanded with CGI and shows much more detail of the creation of robot
- Many shots of the "city" have been greatly expanded with much more detail
- Several corridors in the film have been extended with more people
- The "mind lock" sequence has more shots of the robots being created and new eye effects on Robert Duvall
- A never-before-seen shot of the police station
- The train scenes at the end have been expanded
- The car chase scene is longer and more intense
- THX is attacked by shell dwellers at the end on his way out of the city
- A robotic arm now stimulates THX as he is watching erotic holograms
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