- The IVE VHS under the name of "Beaks: The Movie" has 14 minutes of gore trimmed from the film. The Japanese VHS has the original 100 minute cut of the film.
- There are actually five different versions of the film. Runtimes are "1h 40m (100 min)"--the general theatrical release; "1h 30m (90 min) (DVD) (United Kingdom), 1h 26m (86 min) (IVE video print) (United States), 1h 40m (100 min) (video) (Japan)", and "1h 22m(82 min) (Québec) (Canada)".
- The German DVD by CMV contains two cuts of the movie: The German / Italian Version and also some kind of Alternate Version with English audio only called "Beaks". Since that is the US title, it is likely that the Alternate Version is actually the US Version. There are numerous but most of the time rather redundant alterations. In "Beaks", several scenes are recut which is not a problem per se because several subplots detached from the main plot. Often, the alterations are marginal. Here, the German / Italian Version is a few seconds, there the Alternate Version. The most striking alteration is probably the recut of the opening credits scene from the German / Italian Version. In the Alternate Version, that scene is not only later in the movie but it is longer as well: The woman manages to land and kill the hawk. In addition to that, the end credits are much longer in the Alternate Version (more than 2 minutes). Also, only the German / Italian Version shows Vanessa's private parts. Apparently too hot for "Beaks". All in all, neither of the versions stands out so one might as well stick to the version one already has resp. get the version easiest available. Duration: German / Italian Version: 78:42 min Alternate Version: 84:16 min
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