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Title: Is this the same movie??
Review: After watching the splendid British 6 hour mini-series, I was interested in how Hollywood would do a 2 hour version. My simple conclusion - IT IS AWFUL. Beside the first two scenes and the names of the characters, little else is in common between the two versions. In the UK series, you have a professional newspaper team piecing together an set of seemingly unrelated events. In the US version, you have Russel Crowe as a 60s hippie quipping his way through two hours of nonsensical quips. Instead of a professional editor providing guidance, you have Helen Mirren's embarrassing role as a 'Katharine Graham' clone. Even though the movie is 1/3 as long there is 5 times as many shhot-em-up scenes. Don't waste you time with this version, get the UK series.
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