The new 2008 Region 2 release from Optimum Home Entertainment is the SAME one that was released in March 2007 as part of

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dlf20 — 17 years ago(August 18, 2008 12:47 PM)

The new 2008 Region 2 release from Optimum Home Entertainment is the SAME one that was released in March 2007 as part of the Julie Christie Collection - Screen Icons box set. It's the last DVD from this set to be released separately. It's a muddy transfer of a poor print with a cropped picture and not in widescreen. A proper quality widescreen DVD release in the correct aspect ratio of 2.35:1 is long overdue. Hopefully either Criterion or the BFI will release a proper restored version of this great film. Over the years my pleas have been falling on deaf ears. Avoid this one.

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timothy-king — 17 years ago(August 31, 2008 10:37 AM)

I agree with you. I have just bought the new one and was disappointed to see that there was no improvement on the last version. There must be a better print somewhere.