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SLEUTH / (PAL DVD / IMPORT) 1972

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Zdravstvuj, this review is for SLEUTH / (PAL DVD / IMPORT) 1972. Be sure you are clear on the fact the front and back of the DVD box is all in Russian text (only the square insert shown above here is partially in English in the middle of the front), the DVD menu is all in Russian. You will need to select the third Russian word down to get into audio. Next select the word that starts with an A. Then the word below the default P word unless you want Russian subtitles. If you don't speak Russian it is very difficult to negotiate the menu to select Audio English. I was overly anxoius to get this out of print US Region 1 movie so I bought this PAL version.

If you don't mind negotiating a Russian menu, it is a fair price compared to what the greedy people are charging for the English Region 1 version. I suggest unless you are a huge fan of the movie like me you may want to wait for a reprint in English. The movie itself is a delicious game of cat and mouse. When an author played by Sir Laurence Olivier finds out a man of no means, played by Michael Caine, wants to marry his wife he sets out to do the perfect murder. These two great actors do an excellent job of trying to outwit and kill each other. Based on a hugely successful play, the whole movie mostly takes part in the confines of the authors house. I managed to get it set in English audio and the movie is an excellent copy, clear and sharp picture and sound. Great replayability. If you want an English PAL DVD instead, check out Sleuth [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]. Dos vidaniya!

CA Luster

I ordered this DVD as a gift for my father, when I received the DVD it was in a foreign language. At no time during the process of ordering did it inform me of this. I had to pay for shipping to receive it, and pay to return it, which cost me $7.00. Needless to say I was very disappointed.

I ordered this movie, "Sleuth" and was not told that it was in a foreign language. When i contacted the woman who sent it to me, she told be to try looking for the english overlay. I couldn't make it play in English, so the movie is of no use to me. I am greatly disappointed, but will keep it anyway because I work with people who may help me to get it voiced in English. Too much trouble for what I should have gotten. Nowhere on the site does it say that the movie is Polish, or Russian, or any other language than English.