i be 16 when i first saw the movie and and it have always be a huge favorite of mine . of course and you can not deny the appeal of kristofferson in the movie how fine be that man . sheesh . he still be . he the bad boy every woman secretly want . his acting be flawless . he play a drunk or druggie only the way someone who really have go through it could and he have in 76 he finally get on the wagon and so it be all very real . the music be great and even though in late year i think streisand be somewhat not the right person for him in a physical beauty sense and i think it more a problem for male viewer than female . u gal be just look at kris and naturally the guy be look at the female interest my husband can not watch the movie b or c of her he doesn not like her look . but i do make him sit through just the red ferrari scene on the road towards the end just so he could see how well do it be the camera work be so perfect and you be totally in the car with him with the music blasting you should have see it on my 50 plasma wow . and lastly and the transfer quality be great anamorphic widescreen and really clear with great color and very low noise except for dark area which be normal for all film . bring back some great memory of my mom and i love this movie together and i buy a copy for her for christmas . would have love to watch it together with her last night . i have try to sit through the original with judy garland and but i guess see this one first and i just can not get into the early era . watch all the concert footage in the 76 version be so much like what i be live at the time . i be work my way through the commentary by streisand and but she seem to only talk about herself and the song and so far she have barely even mention kris or detail about scene in the movie . her voice sound exactly the same now a then . check it out and if you grow up in the same era a me ( bear in 1960 ) you will love it . wendy .