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Old 15-11-2006, 11:02 PM
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Play.com has The Browning Version listed for a long overdue March 2007 release.

No clue which of the two versions this is, though. I am a fan of both the 1953 original (directed by Anthony Asquith) and the 1993 remake (Mike Figgis), although the original is by far the better. Both benefit from magnificently moving performances from Michael Redgrave and Albert Finney, respectively.

Anyone know which version is getting the release?
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Play.com has The Browning Version listed for a long overdue March 2007 release.

No clue which of the two versions this is, though. I am a fan of both the 1953 original (directed by Anthony Asquith) and the 1993 remake (Mike Figgis), although the original is by far the better. Both benefit from magnificently moving performances from Michael Redgrave and Albert Finney, respectively.

Anyone know which version is getting the release?
Michael Redrave was on the cover of the disk shown in yesterday's Telegraph.
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Must have missed that in yesterday's Telegraph. What page was it on?
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Must have missed that in yesterday's Telegraph. What page was it on?
Think the Asquith version is a giveaway in Sunday's Telegraph.
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Page 19.
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Think the Asquith version is a giveaway in Sunday's Telegraph.
Brilliant, I accidentally taped over it recently.
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There was a BBC version in 1955 with Peter Cushing as the Crock that I'd love to see, but it seems to be lost. I have the Criterion DVD of the 1951 original, which is a beautiful film and the transfer and extras are excellent (commentary by Bruce Eder; Mike Figgis interview; 1958 interview with Michael Redgrave; essay by Geoffrey Macnab). I haven't seen the Figgis version, which is stylistically contrasted against the black and white of Asquith's film, being shot in colour and widescreen Panavision, which seems wholly inappropriate for such material.
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