Any reviews on his dvd yet? Also, is the movie a good blind buy?

...I'm assuming you mean the 1997 version of this oft-filmed novel... couldn't find a review of a DVD (is there a DVD?... what label?), but have seen the movie on TV and was rather underwhelmed...

"...The best element in this latest version is the soundtrack. Sir Georg Solti conducted the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in a few Tchaikovsky pieces, which were then excerpted to fit the action, and, though the sound has been souped up a bit, Solti's romantic surge comes through. Bernard Rose, the director-adapter, is deft with the camera, but his screenplay is a ragbag, nothing like a tragedy in which the nemesis is Time. And his casting! The French actress Sophie Marceau at first looks too young for Anna, but she soon seems so superficial that it doesn't matter. The unhappily named Sean Bean shows signs that there might be a Vronsky in him, but it never arrives. James Fox, usually a reliable actor, wants to make Karenin something more than a heavy but just makes him rubbery. Only Alfred Molina, as Levin, the character taken to be Tolstoy's vicar, comes near his role, with touches of empathy and devotion."
From Stanley Kauffmann's review in The New Republic

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actually, I was referring to the 1967 Russian version by Alexander Zarkhi. It is showing up at Amazon as:

Director: Aleksandr Zarkhy

Encoding: Region 1 (US and Canada only)
Format: Color, Widescreen

Rated: NR
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Features:
Widescreen anamorphic format

Number of discs: 2

ASIN: B0000714AV
Amazon.com Sales Rank (DVD): 3,560

I have a Madacy Version with Vivien Leigh in the title role, but I have never opened it in 3 years. It was, like, 5 bucks.

...ahh... the Russian version... that's a good one (the image release is the version from Ruscico)... didn't know that was available in R1, but going by the other discs from that source that I own, I imagine it will be rather better than just ok... I also have the 1948 UK version (on a PAL VHS tape) with Vivien Leigh and, on LD, the best version of all: the 1935 MGM movie starring Greta Garbo - and when will that (or any Garbo movie!) appear on DVD?...

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Hendrik....how's the transfer from Ruscico.....I am considering getting it since this is a monumental movie everyone needs to see!!

...erm... being in Europe, of course I got the PAL version (direct from RUSCICO)... and, although I haven't had time to watch the whole movie (am currently working my way through several Polish DVDs of Andrzej Wajda movies), a quick skip through both discs in the AK set seems to indicate that it looks fine...

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