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Title: 2008 "reissue" is the old DVD in a new package
Review: Buyer beware: the 2008 "reissue" of The American President is simply the original DVD release in a new clamshell case. Although the new package describes this release as anamorphic (implying a new and hopefully better transfer than the awful original DVD release) it is not. You'll get the same, poor quality original release DVD. It IS widescreen, but in 4x3 letterbox format with a lot of artifacts. The movie is great, a real charmer, but it's hard to watch with such low picture quality. WHV has announced a Blu-Ray release of the film in late 2012, but I've seen nothing about a good quality DVD release to come. Four stars for the movie plus zero stars for the picture quality & misleading info about the transfer averages out to two stars. Skip this release.
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