Well Gordon Brown and the brits are officially on board. TheOne not only gives him a lame set of DVDs...but they won't even work in his player. Amateur hour.
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During the diplomatic kerfuffle over the President's gift to the British Prime Minister of a discount pack of The 25 Greatest Movies You've Already Seen A Zillion Times, I was happy to string along with the jokes that the US-format DVDs wouldn't work on UK machines. Yet, at the back of my mind, I didn't quite believe that even the Obamateur Hour crowd at the White House could be that clueless. Now it's official:
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While not exactly a film buff, Gordon Brown was touched when Barack Obama gave him a set of 25 classic American movies – including Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins - on his recent visit to Washington.
Alas, when the PM settled down to begin watching them the other night, he found there was a problem.
The films only worked in DVD players made in North America and the words "wrong region" came up on his screen...
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Ah, well. The White House spokesman is said to have "sniggered" upon hearing the news.
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