- After the film's initial release, Washington National Cathedral asked sculptor Frederick Hart to join in a suit again Warner Bros. claiming that a large sculpture prominently featured in the film on the wall of Al Pacino's penthouse apartment is an unauthorized copy of Hart's work "Ex Nihilo", displayed at the entrance of the cathedral. When the court stated that film's video released would be delayed if the case went to trial, Warner agreed to settle the case in February 1998. For all future releases, 20 minutes of scenes where the sculpture can be seen were edited to remove similarities with Hart's work.
- The Blu-ray and digital prints plastered the Warner Bros. Pictures logo with the 2003 logo.
- In the version released for USA premium cable channels (premiering September 19, 1998 on HBO) as well as later releases on home video, the following changes were made in response to the lawsuit regarding the large white statue in Milton's office: in all the early scenes in his office, the statue has been changed. It looks much like the original with one major difference - there are no people in it. Instead, it's just an abstract swoosh of white waves. This was digitally inserted by Warner's effects department, and they did what must be said is an amazing job - the overlay is completely seamless, even following the random camera motions around the office. Later at the climax, when Lomax first arrives at Milton's office for the showdown and we hear Milton's voice bouncing around the office, the statue starts swirling to life. It comes to a rest in the form seen in the original version of the movie, with all the human forms in it, as Milton makes his appearance. From that point on, the scene remains the same as in the original.
- The German TV version is cut for violence. The sex scene is shorter, Eddie Barzoon's death isn't very violent anymore and Kevin Lomax's suicide is cut.
- The World Trade Center towers were taken out of the background of several shots in a version made for use on U.S. commercial TV after September 11, 2001.
- The UK widescreen VHS of the film is displayed in a more narrow screen ratio of 1.77:1 which does not show the full width of the picture as seen in its original theatrical 2.35:1 ratio. However, the UK VHS box set version contained a widescreen print that is in the original 2.35:1 ratio.
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