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| Julie Christie Collection - Screen Icons | 
 enlarge | Directors: Nicolas Roeg, Joseph Losey
Actors: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates, Peter Finch, Dirk Bogarde
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £34.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 13757
Format: Anamorphic, Box Set, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 489 minutes
Number Of Items: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 1.1
EAN: 5060034578871
ASIN: B000L42MU6
Release Date: March 12, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Synopsis
A collection of four films featuring one of Britain's most versatile actresses, Julie Christie. This set includes THE GO-BETWEEN, BILLY LIAR, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD and DARLING.
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 Prepare to be disappointed September 1, 2008
I decided to buy this collection, in spite of the other reviews that described its poor video quality, so I have no right to complain. However, I wanted to add some specifics that the other reviewers did not mention. Far from being re-mastered, all four titles appear to have been taken from pre-existing transfers to analog tape. 'Far From the Madding Crowd' has the same scratches on it as on the VHS tape that I already owned. On top of this, these poor analog masters seem to have been digitally encoded in someone's garage using a cheap capture device and an old PC that someone found on a dump. The non-widescreen 'The Go-Between' seems to be from the same source as the DVD given away free by the Telegraph a while ago. The black-and-white titles have been so badly digitized that they look as though they have been copied from YouTube. With such low-quality encoding, all four titles could have easily been placed on two discs, and sold without the pretty packaging for five pounds; then none of us would be grumbling.
 A far better collection than other reviewers here allow February 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm very chuffed with this collection of Julie Christie films - they're all excellent films, and I found 'Billy Liar' absolutely charming (never mind that Julie Christie has a fairly small if important role in that film). I was expecting not to enjoy 'The Go-Between' in light of comments from other users here, but have to say that I found myself loving the wonderful camera-work; the colour reproduction is more than acceptable, and I couldn't say I noticed any information being cropped. Indeed, on investigating messageboard comments at IMDB I see that the picture in this release *hasn't* been cropped, but has been presented open-matte, so in fact we get more picture than if it had been presented as widescreen. (One poster on IMDB has offered the very practical solution for those who are bothered with the picture ratio of zooming in on a 16:9 to crop off the top and bottom 'superfluous' info.)
I'll allow that the picture quality for 'Far from the Madding Crowd' is rather grainy compared to the other three pictures, but is not at all wearing to watch (there's far worse DVD transfers out there of other movies which regular punters seem happy with - far happier than I am, certainly). It's still a great film, and I think it would be a pity if people missed the opportunity of seeing this and the three other excellent films simply because they were led to expect poor quality visuals from other reviewers here. Really, with three out of four perfectly good or excellent transfers, and a fourth acceptable (at least as good as a decent VHS), this is a bargain.
Out of sync . . . May 18, 2007
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I have to agree with the other reviewers of this collection: on the face of it an iconic collection of British films, but sadly marred by quality defects. I have to add that, far from pristine, sequences in 'Darlimg', particulaly during earlier parts of the film, are badly out of sync - near to half a second in places.
 Poor Quality Transfer May 5, 2007
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
I agree with other comments regarding the transfer quality of the two colour films in this set.
I was in particular looking forward to the Go-Between, as the pre-release information and the DVD box indicated that this great film is at last presented in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
In fact it has been butchered to 1.33:1 (4:3) ratio.
Far from the Madding Crowd is presented in 16:9 ratio, as stated, which is a cropped version of the original Panavision film. This transfer is eye-wateringly blurred and must be the fuzziest DVD transfer of a movie I've ever seen!
A Mixed Bag... March 26, 2007
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
A mixed bag of quality mars this collection of classics...DARLING & BILLY LIAR are near pristine, while the quality of the FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD & THE GO-BETWEEN are quite poor. The transfer for MADDING CROWD is particularly muddy. The fact that all films are NOT widescreen is a disapointment as well.
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