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The Fall Of The Roman Empire [DVD] [1964] starring: Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer

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Rating: - Bad presentation.

Very disappointing DVD version of this epic. It is the same as the far cheaper VHS release, complete with print scratches and indifferent colour. Missing is the "cinema presentation" which other epic DVD's seem able to do. No Overture, Intermission Music or Exit Music. The laser disc version had all of this, so this is obviously taken from the VHS print. The widescreen ratio is also incorrect to the cinema presentation.Avoid, until they release the full cinema release with 5.1 remastering (it is only in stereo). Very sloppy and cheap. And why a "Gladiator" trailer? Huh?

Rating: - It's great to have this classic on DVD

This is one of the best classics ever im the cinema. And I am very happy to be able to enjoy this great movie finally on DVD, which does not but improve the quality of the image, sound, as for extension, the movie.

Rating: - It klunks

Actually the "greatest empire the world had ever seen" was the British, but we'll forego that. The underlying interesting story is ruined by an irrelevant and trite love story that mars the film. Loren is her standard quality, and the host of good names (Mason, Guinness, et al) do not pull it back and they should have known better. I believe that Edward Gibbon is still looking for a good screenplay adaption....

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