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Title: A fine film, but avoid this edition
Review: Printed below the credits on the rear cover of this DVD is "USA 1957" - this for a film made in England in 1939, and a clue that what's contained therein is not Carol Reed's original cut. Most conspicuously, the final scene, a poignant one featuring Nancy Price and Michael Redgrave, is gone, replaced by a shot of storm clouds with some highfalutin narration from Lionel Barrymore. Also, his portentous narration has been tacked onto the montage of miners gathering for a possible strike, all of this totally foreign to Reed's style.I love this film and was anxious to see it again, but watching this DVD left me feeling disappointed and angry. My hope is that Criterion might release this along with other early Reed in an Eclipse edition.
