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Title: Drama Par Excellence
Review: Having viewed this movie several times in the cinema over the years and countless times (albeit the dreaded Pan and Scan)it was a pleasure to view it again on DVD on my Widescreen TV. Yes, it may have aged,might be considered by others as pure romantic dribble,but be assured this is movie making at its best. Hollywood was already jealous of Lean at this stage,they knew that this was another masterpiece after"Lawrence" and they proved it by giving that years best picture oscar to the "Sound of Music"instead. The DVD version is stunning,depicting all the Widescreen splendour and as for that theme tune,what else can one say. If there is a flaw it is in the casting of Sharif as Yuri and Chaplain as his wife who just weren't "Russian" enough. Rod Steiger and Tom Courtney were excellent (the latter should have won the supporting oscar)Julie Christie was tremendous in her role. This movie will always remain a classic
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