- In order to put the 126m. movie in 120m. video cassette, South Korean video distributor cut two scenes when the movie was first released on VHS. The first one is a whole sequence where The Joker kills Vinnie Ricorso with a quill pen in front of the city hall. The second is the arrival of Batman on the rooftop of the cathedral and a few fight scenes with the goons. After the police sweeps the cathedral with searchlights, the scene abruptly cut to the scene where a goon with rope (the third goon that attacks Batman) desperately seeks Batman. Also, the initial South Korean DVD release has only widescreen version of the movie, so it featured a strange cut where Vicki pretends to tempt The Joker. This scene has been fixed on the special edition DVD.
- The 4K remaster has is it's look change, with a new teal and orange palette, in addition to a new Sound mix which replaces old sound FX's with updated ones as changes in Volume to lines.
- The 4K remaster has an altered color palette, and a sound mix done in Dolby Atmos with new sound FX replacing old ones and changes to volumes in certain lines.
- Some TV airings were cut for violence. Cuts included Grissom falling dead after the first shot rather than the second, and the hand-buzzer scene ending as soon as The Joker has given Bob his assignment thus cutting out completely The Joker's one-sided conversation with Rotelli's corpse.
- The original (non Special-Edition version) Region-1 DVD actually contains two different versions of the film. The full screen version is the theatrical version, the widescreen version has one brief shot replaced. It is a small scene near the end at 1:54:06 just before Batman fights the Joker in the Clocktower. In the full screen version Vicki Vale gets a disgusted look when she kisses the Joker's jacket and pulls a lint out of her mouth, however in the widescreen version she really seems to like it.
- An unofficial version of the film has aired on Latin American TV at least once. Besides being dubbed into Spanish, the film's ending is heavily edited as follows: When The Joker puts on glasses and says: "You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses on, would you?" Batman punches him and knocks him over the edge. In the original version the climax continues beyond this point. But in this changed version, The Joker simply plummets to his death after the punch. This was achieved by cutting from the punch to the birds-eye-view shot of The Joker falling. The next shot is simply The Joker lying dead and the crowd of people looming over him. The entire struggle on the ledge and attempted helicopter escape are completely omitted.
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