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ORIGINAL: KG Erwin
ORIGINAL: Didz
Would really love to get my hand on a DVD copy of the epic Russian made version of War and Peace.
Didz, my friend, I got Sergei Bondarchuk's film set from the public library today. It is five DVDs, one of which is a background and "making of" bonus disc. I've never seen this, and I have a three-day weekend in which to soak it all in. The sections that Soviet censors previously excised have all been restored.
I will tell you that I've seen "Alexander Nevsky", and Russian film-makers know how to make an epic production.
Quickly, the packaging of this is magnificent, with bonus materials on every DVD, and the movie is subtitled in FOURTEEN different languages.
Disc one is "Andrei Bolkonsky, parts 1 & 2"
Disc two is "Natasha Rostova"
Disc three is "1812"
Disc four is "Pierre Bezukhov"
Disc five is additional bonus material
Total running time is well over six hours.
ORIGINAL: Drex
I am facinated with the character of Hannibal. It is time for a good biography to be filmed and perhaps one of Scipio Africanus. Yoiu really can't do Hannibal without addressing his conquerer.
ORIGINAL: kev_uk
Does anyone remember a film about a crashed US bomber in the desert (WW2), and the crew were all talking about their escape, but they were in fact, dead? They were ghosts. I cannot for the life of me remember that film, but it made an impression on me at the time. Would really like to see that again.
Cheers
ORIGINAL: KG Erwin
ORIGINAL: Didz
Would really love to get my hand on a DVD copy of the epic Russian made version of War and Peace.
Didz, my friend, I got Sergei Bondarchuk's film set from the public library today. It is five DVDs, one of which is a background and "making of" bonus disc. I've never seen this, and I have a three-day weekend in which to soak it all in. The sections that Soviet censors previously excised have all been restored.
I will tell you that I've seen "Alexander Nevsky", and Russian film-makers know how to make an epic production.
Quickly, the packaging of this is magnificent, with bonus materials on every DVD, and the movie is subtitled in FOURTEEN different languages.
Disc one is "Andrei Bolkonsky, parts 1 & 2"
Disc two is "Natasha Rostova"
Disc three is "1812"
Disc four is "Pierre Bezukhov"
Disc five is additional bonus material
Total running time is well over six hours.
Sergei Bondarchuk's
ORIGINAL: Didz
ORIGINAL: KG Erwin
ORIGINAL: Didz
Would really love to get my hand on a DVD copy of the epic Russian made version of War and Peace.
Didz, my friend, I got Sergei Bondarchuk's film set from the public library today. It is five DVDs, one of which is a background and "making of" bonus disc. I've never seen this, and I have a three-day weekend in which to soak it all in. The sections that Soviet censors previously excised have all been restored.
I will tell you that I've seen "Alexander Nevsky", and Russian film-makers know how to make an epic production.
Quickly, the packaging of this is magnificent, with bonus materials on every DVD, and the movie is subtitled in FOURTEEN different languages.
Disc one is "Andrei Bolkonsky, parts 1 & 2"
Disc two is "Natasha Rostova"
Disc three is "1812"
Disc four is "Pierre Bezukhov"
Disc five is additional bonus material
Total running time is well over six hours.Sergei Bondarchuk's
You have prompted me to actually do something to aquire this film.
Unfortunately, I've uncovered a bit of a conundrum.
There is a four disk set by Ruscico for sale on Amazon here http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B ... TUCCVJ7DGE which doesn't sound like the full package you watched and also gets a bad review . Stating that:
"In plain english, the picture quality is fine in a still shot, but during camera pans and quick movement in a shot there are very noticeable jagged edges to the picture (the picture quality is similar to the bonus material on your average DVD). This problem is very apparent when this film is viewed on a big screen TV.
This defeciency coupled with the subtitles and the length of the film can result in quite a headache for the viewer. "
Also according to this site there are multiple versions of the film on the market and "Ruscico has issued their DVD of Sergei Bondarchuk’s 1967 film of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. The DVD’s 403 minute length is probably less than an hour longer than the original U.S. cut, and there have always been rumors of much longer versions, such as a Soviet premiere at 507 minutes. More than one American reference source, Halliwell’s 2003 Film and Video Guide among them, cite the 507-minute cut. Ruscico, however, avers that this version is the longest extant, which is shorter yet than the 431 minutes they initially promised" http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/u ... eview1.htm
Which suggests the Ruscico DVD's are missing at least 30 minutes of the film and possibly over an hour.
Do you have any more information of the version you watched as you stated it had 5 disks?
ORIGINAL: William Amos
yeah but where is RAT PATROL ?
(1960's War TV Show)
ORIGINAL: kev_uk
Does anyone remember a film about a crashed US bomber in the desert (WW2), and the crew were all talking about their escape, but they were in fact, dead? They were ghosts. I cannot for the life of me remember that film, but it made an impression on me at the time. Would really like to see that again.
Cheers
ORIGINAL: Sarge
Any of ya ever get the chance to see this one, I seen it some back years back. I don't know if its one of my must have movie's but from what I remember its a pretty good movie and not the usual Hollywood WWII war film.
ORIGINAL: KG Erwin
RE: "War and Peace"
I didn't sit through all five discs. I skipped forward to "1812", and the Battle of Borodino was unlike anything I've ever seen--literally a cast of thousands, and easily the longest battle sequence on cinema. I loved it.
Interestingly, the library's version has an opening screen that states that this particular reissue is not to be sold in the republics of the former Soviet Union. I didn't know there were different versions circulating. I'll have to ask one of the library's staff about how they acquired it.
After reading the MovieCityGeek review, the one I saw is the first set mentioned (the Rusico-Image Entertainment release), 5 discs. I would think that this is the one you need to buy to get the most complete current edition.
ORIGINAL: William Amos
Here is a few lesser know moves that others might like. If you liked 300 Spartans (which i did) these are more of the same.
THE LONG SHIPS
(1963)
Some of the acting is hammy, and some of the dialogue deliberately corny, but The Long Ships is the type of adventure film you see as a kid and never forget. If, like me, you bother to hunt it down in video after all these years, you'll find it still has scenes which pack a powerful punch.
The entire film revolves around the search for "The Mother of Voices," a legendary bell forged of solid gold and "as tall as three tall men." Suffice it to say that the people searching for it aren't interested in its musical value. Richard Widmark is the roguish son of a Viking thane, who seeks the bell to rescue his father from financial ruin. While caught in a maelstrom which eventually claimed his ship and crew, Widmark had heard the bell tolling off in the distance. As such, he's the only person alive who knows the bell really exists, and who has an idea of its whereabouts. By scrounging up a crew of believers and stealing his king's funeral ship under the cover of darkness, he sets out in pursuit of it once more.
Complicating matters is Sydney Poitier, king of the Moors in Africa. He too, has heard the legend of a giant bell of solid gold, and lusts after it with an obsession. When Widmark's ship gets wrecked on the African coast, the Vikings are taken captive by Poitier's soldiers. In exchange for their freedom, Widmark and his men agree to bring Poitier the bell.
Some of the scenes which make this film memorable:
1. When the Vikings wash ashore on the African coast, they are soon attacked by the Moorish army on horseback. Like true Norsemen, they hold their ground stubbornly, and the Moors beat a hasty retreat. But the retreat is only temporary, and when the second wave of the attack comes, we're treated to an awe-inspiring sight. The entire horizon is filled with Moorish soldiers on horseback rapidly advancing from the distance, the sun flashing off their shields up and down the line as they furiously charge forward. Widmark and his men wisely choose to surrender.
Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Oscar Homolka, G. Jackson, Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Colin Blakely
