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Technical information on this DVD is WRONG
This is one of my top 20, desert isle, favorite movies. Gibson, Weaver, Hunt, Weir, composer Maurice Jarre (with a track by Vangelis), are all marvelous. It's an adult romance, with conflicting desires ("All is clouded by desire, Arjuna," Billy recites to Guy), political obligations, and personal ambitions. Add to that, Weir directs this film as if the protagonist is passing through a dream, echoing the film's allusions to the wayang, Indonesian shadow plays, retelling myths as dreamlike performances.

Just bought this disc on closeout at Wal-Mart (unopened, sealed by the manufacturer). Alas, this release is mislabeled by Warner Bros. as containing an English stereo track. FALSE ADVERTISING! The Dolby Digital track is only one channel (as well as a French mono and Spanish mono tracks). Doubly disappointing because the soundtrack, and Jarre's music, were lush and vivid on this film. This DVD release (part number 65068) also states it contains pan 'n scan STANDARD as well as WIDESCREEN versions on the disc. The DVD only has a 16:9 anamorphic widescreen version. This isn't Amazon's fault, but something I will take up with Warner Bros. directly. Buyer beware....

No Quality Control
I picked up this film used after seeing this formerly advertised here new for $17.98. I'm a Peter Weir fan mostly of his Oz period, which I still consider this film. I don't remember from seeing this at a theatre years ago if this DVD has been edited, but the print except for a few blemishes looks good. However-- ignoring the package information-- this film has NOT been transferred with a stereo soundtrack. At least my copy is MONO. PS- where's a widescreen release of "Fearless"???

Good but not great
I have watched a lot of dramatic movies, but this one just didn't grip me. One of the things that I found awkward was the 1980's score -it was just too imposing. Also, the visual quality was not that great on the DVD. However, it's still a fair insight into what was going on in Indonesia in 1965.

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