As others have said, that's the exact way it was released. I hope it doesn't put you off of buying it, because I know some people are ridiculous about slipcovers coming with their films, and films that don't come in a standard BD case. :D It's an excellent film, and Criterion really did a great job on restoring it, and rescuing it from the hands of cheap Public Domain distributors.

I'm going to get shot for this, but wasn't there a guy who cut up the cover of The thin Red Line because he wanted to keep the movie in a standard BD case? Sorry to bring up that horror story guys.

I might get flamed for this, but I wish criterion would make available a clear replacement case for ben button. It annoys me everytime I see it on my shelf.

They do sell clear replacement cases, but you will have to size the cover yourself.

Except that it's nothing new. "The Maltese Falcon," a classic, was the THIRD film version of the same story in only 10 years, after "The Maltese Falcon" (1931) and "Satan Met A Lady" (1936). I haven't seen anything comparable to that in modern Hollywood.

Except "Benjamin Button". Which, I know, was a Paramount disc released by Criterion, but it still counts.

Duh...my bad...brought up the DVD listing...sorry folks! :o

Yeah, just buy a replacement case. I have a file that someone created on here ages ago to fit the Criterion case. You'd have to put the 2nd disc in a paper sleeve or something, though, since Ben Button is a 2-disc release.

Oh Dear God, you're kidding! :eek:

God help us all! :(

Enjoy it my dear! It's a great transfer and a wonderful release! :)

It bothers me endlessly.

Worst part?

The DVD version matches all the other Criterion DVD's.

I believe Videodrome is the only release with a slip...looks like a VHS cardboard case.

It happens.:p

Oh I will! I don't have to wait until Saturday afterall to watch it or High and Low, me mam's coming to the city tomorrow and will stop in at my office and give them to me. :D

Actually, it's even worse:

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James Marsden is in the remake, not Jon Herder.

Edit: I hate, hate, hate Napoleon Dynamite btw, so this is no way saying Jon Herder would be a better choice. The best choice would have been not to remake this movie at all. They couldn't even come up with a new poster for the asinine thing.

Watched it last night, and it's fantastic.
What a film, and great disc too. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the reply's to my question. I went back and picked up that used copy Charade. I have never seen the movie but I figured its only 12 dollars and the trailer looks promising.

I think the last DVD i purchased was Pierrot Le Fou in 2008. The only ones I own now are Antoine Doinel box and Hiroshima mon Amour.

It's the best Hitchcock film Hitchcock never did! At least, that's how I think the quote goes. It's one of my favourite movies of both Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. :D The Henry Mancini score is fantastic too.

Yeah, this. I'm not a massive Cary Grant fan but he's great in Charade, and Audrey Hepburn is delightful as always. And as you say, everything else about it is perfect too.

Reminds me of a time when movies had a lot more witty dialogue then most do today. Great film although its hard to believe AFightingPanda got the Criterion Charade for 12 dollars. Sounds like one made in China.

"Everything else is perfect too" doesn't cover them? :-P

Just finished watching The Music Room and all I can say is, wow! Such a beautiful, opulent film. A simple story (reminded me a lot of The Leopard) great acting and very well put together. This was a blind buy and was slightly hesitant but so glad I picked up. Got to give a big well done the criterion guys for the transfer, I saw the dvd screen caps over at dvdvbeaver and wow, this BD upgrade is the biggest improvement I have ever seen. Sorry, getting a little excited here, but if you haven't seen it, I recommend you do;)