As an aside, when I was at college (late 80's) this film was kinda the Holy Grail of movies you had to see.
The first time I watched it was on VHS...in Italian Such was my desire to watch it I didn't give a hoot, from the superb opening sequence I could tell I'd love it even in a different language.
A few weeks later a friend and I ventured to Oasis in Brum where in the dingy downstairs store a guy sold us a copy of the UK version - the quality was appalling in comparison to the Italian one but hey, I'd finally watched it