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USA / UK 1962

What a surreal, dreamlike world Stanley Kubrick creates with this intriguing film! The book, a recognized 20th century classic, is at times disturbing, hysterically funny, uncomfortably erotic, and heartbreakingly sad. The film, made in the 60s, captures many of the same feelings generated by the book--but the censorship of the time could only allow Kubrick to suggest the more intimate and erotic aspects of the book--which he slyly succeeds in doing. It is hard to believe now, but when this film was released, it was considered to be unbelievably provocative and absolutely for adults only.

The movie becomes its own artistic statement---Kubrick doesn't merely try to recreate the scenes and storyline of the book--although much of it is there--but he uses the period music, speech, clothes and mannerisms to create his own imaginative and fascinating world. At the same time, we sure do end up caring about the characters. Within the exceptional cast, note the special performance Shelly Winters gives--her character is at once funny and so achingly sad and pathetic. This is a real tour-de-force of acting. In several instances we go from laughing at her to really disliking her, to feeling so very sorry for her. She creates a truly memorable character.'

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DVD Comparison: Warner Original Version Region 1 - NTSC vs. Warner Re-issued Version Region 2 - PAL

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Distribution	Warner Original Version Video Region 1 encoded (North America)	Warner Re-issued Version Region 2 (Japan, Europe, Middle East)
Runtime	2:33:25	2:27:10
Video	Widescreen - 1.66:1 Average Bitrate: 5.63 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s	Widescreen - 1.66:1 Average Bitrate: 5.81 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
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Bitrate:	Warner Original Version Video:
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Audio	English (Dolby Digital 2.0), DUB - French (Dolby Digital 2.0)	English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono DUB - German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles	English, French or None	German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Turkish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Polish, Greek, Czech, Hungarian, Croatian, German (captions), English (captions)
Features:	Release Information: Studio: Warner Studios Theatrical Release Date: June 13, 1962 DVD Release Date: June 29, 1999 Package Type: Snap Case Aspect Ratios: 1.66:1/4:3 Letterbox WideScreen Discographic Information: DVD Encoding: Region 1 Layers: Dual Edition Details: • Original Theatrical Trailer (00:59 min) • Black & White, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby • 42 Chapters	Release Information: Studio: Warner Studios Theatrical Release Date: June 13, 1962 DVD Release Date: 23 August 2001 Package Type: Snap Case Aspect Ratios: 1.66:1/4:3 Letterbox WideScreen Discographic Information: DVD Encoding: Region 2 Layers: Dual Edition Details: • Black & White, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby • Original Theatrical Trailer (00:59 min) • 42 Chapters

Comments:

Aside from the glorious new transfer both discs are identical ( subs and audio aside ). The limited Extras are the same as is the solid Dolby Digital 2.0 sound. Even though the image quality of the new release is miles ahead of the old, and reported as being one of the best of the new group, it still has a shade of edge enhancement. Still, this will be as good as this film will look on DVD in our lifetime I'll wager. The R2 Warner disc ( same as the R1 re-issue ) is wonderful and the obvious choice.

Gary W. Tooze

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Stanley Kubrick Boxset	Eyes Wide Shut	Full Metal Jacket	The Shining	Barry Lyndon	A Clockwork Orange	2001: A Space Odyssey


Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worry and Love the Bomb	Lolita	Spartacus	Paths of Glory	The Killing	Killer's Kiss

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