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    From Peter Jason@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 15 09:04:24 2022
    "The Last Duel" set in 1380s France. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Good action flick, but very soapy.

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  • From David Read@21:1/5 to Peter Jason on Sat Jan 15 02:57:32 2022
    On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 10:04:32 PM UTC, Peter Jason wrote:
    "The Last Duel" set in 1380s France. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Good action flick, but very soapy.

    How curious. The title, "The Last Duel" must refer to its being Ridley Scott's last "duel" movie. His first "duel "movie, "The Duellists", made in 1977, takes place around 400 years later :-

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/

    Great film.

    Cheers,

    David Read.

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  • From Peter Jason@21:1/5 to david.read1955@gmail.com on Mon Jan 17 07:22:13 2022
    On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 02:57:32 -0800 (PST), David Read
    <david.read1955@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 10:04:32 PM UTC, Peter Jason wrote:
    "The Last Duel" set in 1380s France.
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Good action flick, but very soapy.

    How curious. The title, "The Last Duel" must refer to its being Ridley Scott's last "duel" movie. His first "duel "movie, "The Duellists", made in 1977, takes place around 400 years later :-

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/

    Great film.
    The Napoleonic one "The Duellists"was great and I always get a buzz
    from historic costume dramas.
    I'm trying to get my hands on the 1976 "War and Peace", the one
    starring the whole Soviet army at a cost of $100millions or so, for
    the stirring Battle of Borodino. The trick is to find the
    remastered/restored version.


    Cheers,

    David Read.

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  • From Surreyman@21:1/5 to Peter Jason on Mon Jan 17 00:31:06 2022
    On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 8:22:20 PM UTC, Peter Jason wrote:
    On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 02:57:32 -0800 (PST), David Read
    <david.r...@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 10:04:32 PM UTC, Peter Jason wrote:
    "The Last Duel" set in 1380s France.
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Good action flick, but very soapy.

    How curious. The title, "The Last Duel" must refer to its being Ridley Scott's last "duel" movie. His first "duel "movie, "The Duellists", made in 1977, takes place around 400 years later :-

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/

    Great film.
    The Napoleonic one "The Duellists"was great and I always get a buzz
    from historic costume dramas.
    I'm trying to get my hands on the 1976 "War and Peace", the one
    starring the whole Soviet army at a cost of $100millions or so, for
    the stirring Battle of Borodino. The trick is to find the
    remastered/restored version.


    Cheers,

    David Read.

    I saw that for real at the time. Our wargaming group travelled up to London on two successive days to see it - it was such a long film that it was split into two halves!

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  • From David Read@21:1/5 to Surreyman on Mon Jan 17 03:18:35 2022
    On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 8:31:07 AM UTC, Surreyman wrote:
    On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 8:22:20 PM UTC, Peter Jason wrote:


    The Napoleonic one "The Duellists"was great and I always get a buzz
    from historic costume dramas.
    I'm trying to get my hands on the 1976 "War and Peace", the one
    starring the whole Soviet army at a cost of $100millions or so, for
    the stirring Battle of Borodino. The trick is to find the remastered/restored version.


    I saw that for real at the time. Our wargaming group travelled up to London on two successive days to see it - it was such a long film that it was split into two halves!

    I got the 1965-67 Russian Bondarchuk version of "War and Peace" last year on DVD but still haven't got round to watching all of it.

    There have been a couple of BBC versions now, from 1972 and 2016. I didn't care for the 2016 version much, and I certainly thought the "peace" bits in the 1972 version were far more engaging than those in the Bondarchuk version which seem rather
    ponderous to me. The battle scenes in the 1972 BBC version weren't bad either, but for sheer scale the Bondarchuk takes some beating (120,000 extras!)

    Cheers,

    David Read

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  • From Peter Jason@21:1/5 to david.read1955@gmail.com on Mon Jan 24 14:22:50 2022
    On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 03:18:35 -0800 (PST), David Read
    <david.read1955@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 8:31:07 AM UTC, Surreyman wrote:
    On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 8:22:20 PM UTC, Peter Jason wrote:


    The Napoleonic one "The Duellists"was great and I always get a buzz
    from historic costume dramas.
    I'm trying to get my hands on the 1976 "War and Peace", the one
    starring the whole Soviet army at a cost of $100millions or so, for
    the stirring Battle of Borodino. The trick is to find the
    remastered/restored version.


    I saw that for real at the time. Our wargaming group travelled up to London on two successive days to see it - it was such a long film that it was split into two halves!

    I got the 1965-67 Russian Bondarchuk version of "War and Peace" last year on DVD but still haven't got round to watching all of it.

    There have been a couple of BBC versions now, from 1972 and 2016. I didn't care for the 2016 version much, and I certainly thought the "peace" bits in the 1972 version were far more engaging than those in the Bondarchuk version which seem rather
    ponderous to me. The battle scenes in the 1972 BBC version weren't bad either, but for sheer scale the Bondarchuk takes some beating (120,000 extras!)

    Cheers,

    David Read

    I have tracked down what appears to be the Criterion version, all re
    mastered, in Russian with Eng subtitles.
    The are 4 episodes.....
    https://filmsgraded.com/reviews/2021/03/waran1.htm https://trailersfromhell.com/war-and-peace-1966/?fbclid=IwAR00vfj1bklIpoQjXhSsNmcSKKy3X4PEceq0VMKWIrDh_KHrKk38oN6e61M
    .... and I have finished viewing the first two.
    The restoration is magnificent.
    I have an average 40" Sony TV and I cannot fault the visuals.
    A must see!
    Watch out for the Grand Ball in part two, and I'll watch part III
    (Borodino) this week.

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  • From David Read@21:1/5 to Peter Jason on Mon Jan 24 07:48:42 2022
    On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 3:22:57 AM UTC, Peter Jason wrote:

    I have tracked down what appears to be the Criterion version, all re mastered, in Russian with Eng subtitles.
    The are 4 episodes.....
    https://filmsgraded.com/reviews/2021/03/waran1.htm https://trailersfromhell.com/war-and-peace-1966/?fbclid=IwAR00vfj1bklIpoQjXhSsNmcSKKy3X4PEceq0VMKWIrDh_KHrKk38oN6e61M
    .... and I have finished viewing the first two.
    The restoration is magnificent.
    I have an average 40" Sony TV and I cannot fault the visuals.
    A must see!
    Watch out for the Grand Ball in part two, and I'll watch part III
    (Borodino) this week.

    Cool. Looks to be much better than my non-remastered "Artificial Eye" version.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154568092352

    If this is a race, I think you'll win. :-)

    Cheers,

    David Read

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  • From Peter Jason@21:1/5 to david.read1955@gmail.com on Tue Jan 25 07:31:44 2022
    On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:48:42 -0800 (PST), David Read
    <david.read1955@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 3:22:57 AM UTC, Peter Jason wrote:

    I have tracked down what appears to be the Criterion version, all re
    mastered, in Russian with Eng subtitles.
    The are 4 episodes.....
    https://filmsgraded.com/reviews/2021/03/waran1.htm
    https://trailersfromhell.com/war-and-peace-1966/?fbclid=IwAR00vfj1bklIpoQjXhSsNmcSKKy3X4PEceq0VMKWIrDh_KHrKk38oN6e61M
    .... and I have finished viewing the first two.
    The restoration is magnificent.
    I have an average 40" Sony TV and I cannot fault the visuals.
    A must see!
    Watch out for the Grand Ball in part two, and I'll watch part III
    (Borodino) this week.

    Cool. Looks to be much better than my non-remastered "Artificial Eye" version.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154568092352

    If this is a race, I think you'll win. :-)

    Cheers,

    David Read

    I've had little luck with evilBay and I downloaded mine from eMule
    though Pirate Bay...
    https://pirate-proxy.cc/?nonroot=/search
    ... is a possibility.

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