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Rating:  - Music Box dvd
Thanks for sending the movie so quickly. Outstanding Serive. Thanks!!
Rating: - accidental admiration
I orginally bought this move because a school that I used to work at donated some of the furniture to the court room scene. I have really been moved by this movie in many ways. The acting is great and it is also wonderful to see the sights and the sounds of Chicago on film. I originally bought the movie in VHS and have now replaced it with a DVD.
Rating: - DVD and Product Review
Jessica Lange's greatest role, in a much underrated movie. The DVD version is wonderful. Delivered exactly when promised, and in superb condition.
Rating:  - Huge disappointment at the quality!
Having originally seen the film when it was released, and owning the VHS version ( which by the way has captions) I could not believe the extremely poor quality of the DVD. I have slowly been replacing my videos w/DVD versions. In this case I will keep the VHS and get rid of my just purchased DVD copy. The film, the director, actors, are all incredibly good. I would give it 10 if there were such a number available, but certainly a 5. However the quality of the sound is so poor that if there were minus numbers, I would use them. Others have already written of the format, etc. so I will not repeat all that, but I agree that it should have had the option of widescreen,etc. But for the sound, there is NO excuse. It is not only poor, but at times, when the actors are speaking in a low voice, the DVD is inaudible. There is NO such problem on the VHS, and if there were there is captioning to resort to. Since there is no problem w/the sound on the video, it never occurred to me that the DVD would have such a big one.
If you can find a VHS copy, I would recommend it over this DVD.
Rating:  - WHAT WERE THE DISTRIBUTORS THINKING?
I own this film on Laserdisc. It is in WIDESCREEN 2:35 anamorphic presentation. I once saw a VHS version in full screen. Awful! In a world where widescreen and 16x9 are common even for the most dopiest of films that Hollywood puts out, didn't anyone have the sense to care about its original aspect ratio? Guess not.
I did find a region 2 PAL DVD version from Spain that does offer it in WIDESCREEN; runs about $29 with shipping. I ordered it because it's unlikely this film will be redistributed here in widescreen anytime soon. Classic film with great performances.
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