Ignore the comment regarding the British Army by our foreign freind. I think he misses the point...it's a film and not actual footage of what went on during that period some 60 years ago. Anybody who loves a war film will love this, great for a sunday afternoon!
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lawrence of arabia is a successful work but as a Turkish citizen i find this movie too political and too one-sided.so i watch this movie as an epic and i enjoy it.certainly, i do not see the events in this film as facts but as fiction.this is a film that has no historical value but it is a fine film to watch.
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There are problems with this film. Firstly, it has an inadequate score. What it needs is a grand theme tune which recurs throughout, but it doesn't have one. Secondly, it has been clumsily edited together by what seems to have been a passing butcher. Both the editing and the lack of a decent soundtrack suggest that little attention was paid to artistic or aesthetic considerations once the actual filming had been completed. I would also say the quality of the acting is patchy, at best. Rod Steiger is actually quite good as Napoleon, managing to convey the multi-faceted nature of the man in spite of the occasional banalities of the script. Christopher Plummer looks alright as Wellington, but he never quite seems to inhabit the character or capture the substance ... Read More:
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The unrelenting echo of the sonar punctuates this understated J. Arthur Rank film with a taut atmosphere of suspense. Novelist Eric Ambler's intelligent script remains faithful to Nicholas Monserrat's novel about the last voyage of HMS Compass Rose and all who sailed on her. The splendid performances of Jack Hawkins as her captain and Donald Sinden as his #1 bring the novel to life, as do the performances of the entire ensemble cast, which includes Denholm Elliott. One of the best aspects of the Rank organization films of this era is the devotion that went into the delineation of even the minor characters.
Some viewers may shun this picture because it was filmed in black and white. This is a shame, because "The Cruel Sea" is so absorbing that such details ... Read More:
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It's definitely one of my favorites of all time because it's got stuff that most movies don't have: Everything. MGM and company unintentionally created a work of popular art that could only be fully appreciated in its original, pristine print, 70mm, super widescreen glory. It is no longer possible to make a film like Ben-Hur. Oh, George Lucas tries with all his computerized graphics, but this is a REAL spectacle, not some virtual one. 8,000 extras, tens of thousands of costumes, a $15 million budget (in the 1950's!), massive sets depict the power of Rome on the grandest possible scale. It took six years to complete production. Yet, its focus remains sharply on the detail, the private human experience of it all. The story doesn't get lost in the enormous vision of the work.
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i do not think zulu is the best epic but i can say it is a good film and also one of the most successful films of england.i gave this film 4 stars but i would give this dvd 5 stars because of its beautiful design.
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Angels One Five is one of the most accurate films ever made about the Battle of Britain. The depiction of a strong and self-confident England, centre of a world enbracing Empire; reluctant but determined to save the world, seems almost a parody now. Later films, although blessed with unlimited budgets, incredible special effects and even computer generated imaging; have so far been unable to recreate the tribal atmosphere that was the backbone of 1940's England. The calibre of the public schoolboy pilots, their emphasis on self control, duty and team spirit, can all be seen in this film as they were at that time. This authentic portrayal is due in no small part to the director George More O'Ferrall having served at Fighter Command HQ, with many others involved also having "done their ... Read More:
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Ben Hur is my favourite film of all time and I have seen it many times since I first saw it as a schoolboy in Dublin in 1960. Naturally when the 4 disc version became available I got it straight away. Everything was perfect, the film itself, the earlier version and the extras on the 4th disc but the documentary "Directed by William Wyler" which was widely advertised as being on the box set is literally nowhere to be seen. I'm slightly perplexed as to why nobody (including myself I must confess) has posted this query since the box set was released 2 years ago.
If anyone has information on this I would appreciate their input.
Michael.
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Ben Hur is my favourite film of all time and I have seen it many times since I first saw it as a schoolboy in Dublin in 1960. Naturally when the 4 disc version became available I got it straight away. Everything was perfect, the film itself, the earlier version and the extras on the 4th disc but the documentary "Directed by William Wyler" which was widely advertised as being on the box set is literally nowhere to be seen. I'm slightly perplexed as to why nobody (including myself I must confess) has posted this query since the box set was released 2 years ago.
If anyone has information on this I would appreciate their input.
Michael.
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Made at a time when Scotland Yard could have a simply frightful time catching a smash and grab raider, apart from anything else; when the old hands can remember criminals whole families and what prisons they are/were in; when an anonymous caller gives a tip off and all Scotland Yard swings immediately and earnestly into action; when crimes were recorded on index cards and a whole army of men employed to manually cross check everything; when department store sales clerks spoke with an Oxbridge accent; when everybody smoked; when kids thought it was wizard to have lemonade (with straws) at birthday parties; when your wife worried about you; and when you called your quarry 'chummy'...
This is so cheesy by modern standards that it's almost a self-parody - almost, but not quite. (In fact ... Read More:
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