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Title: A Wonderful Film RUINED by Synergy!
Review: This review only applies to the Synergy release. When Amazon said it was produced on demand, I figured it would be a refreshed, enhanced print, much as Criterion often does.The movie poster reproduced on the case cover says "You can expect the unexpected when they play 'Charade.'" Yuo certainly can. You can expect both muddy print and sound, jagged herringbone edges instead of straight lines on objects, a horrible score that has replaced Henri Mancini's masterpiece, and so on. It was so painful to watch I turned it off even before Cary Grant appeared, and watched instead an over-the-air VCR print of infinitely better quality.There are other reviews here recommending which versions to buy. But please, PLEASE, don't buy this one. Get the Criterion, get a videotape, get a book, get a good lunch, but stay away from this junk!
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