All Quiet on the Western Front details
| Formats: | PG DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Dominic Jephcott, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence, Patricia Neal, Ernest Borgnine, Dai Bradley, Richard Thomas |
| Director: | Delbert Mann |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Historical, War, Drama - Historical, War |
| Studio: | 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO |
| Collection: | At War, Award Winners & Nominees, Battlefield Films, Book Adaptations, Decades: 70s, Extremely Quiet and Incredibly Far Away, Page to Screen, Wars & Warriors |
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All Quiet on the Western Front |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 3 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 14 Apr 2003 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Should have been better
By Mark Lawley from Bushey , 17 May 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
Given the time gap betwwen the original and this remake it was lacking in dramtic feel and missing an opportunity for the actors to provide a sense of reality. Whilst the original is dated and the acting and lines full of 'ham' this is quite acceptable from a film so old and quite in keeping with the period. For a modern remake to fail to build upon the original is possibly inexcusable with deaths coming straight from the theatre. Bring on another remake using unknown actors, the German language and subtitles.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(25)Not a patch
By RJNeb2 (922 reviews) from London , 27 Jan 2013It’s not entirely beyond the realms of reason why someone would want to remake the 1930 classic – the chance to do it in colour, make it more graphic, etc. So it’s a little hard to understand why this has been done as a TV movie where a curious blanket of blandness settles across the whole enterprise. If anything, Lewis Milestone’s original was much more graphic than this, much rawer, much more intense. The strength of the material pulls it through and Thomas is an engaging if rather inert lead but the bar was set too high for this to come anywhere near close.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Trench warfare: the real story
By gdoc (2 reviews) , 30 Dec 2012Really felt like you were in the trenches and sensed not only the fultility of it all but also the fear. Some of the scenes are startling in bringing the reality of the horrors. Hand to hand combat with bayonets, flame throwers, running directly into machine gun fire with your comrades dropping down dead or wounded, shells exploding on top of you. It really happened and this film depicts the detail of it all in a chillingly matter of fact way. No gratuitous violence and every scene highlighting all the individual horrors. Thomas, Borgnine and Holm were superb, though some of the supporting acting was a little wooden. However the overall power of the subject matter carried it through. A very powerful film that you can't fail to be moved by. If you aren't moved you have missed the whole point of the film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Accurately Good
By KISSMYFACE (1 review) , 06 Oct 2012Slightly dated with some clunky performances, however a moving story which successfully conveyed the hardship endured during the great war.
Definitely not mega lols.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Worth watching
By Viveka (57 reviews) , 26 Aug 2012I have only seen clips of the original so I can't compare this version to it but I felt this film worked. The futility of the trench warfare comes across. You see the complete culture shock of the new recruits beleiving they were entering a romanticised theatre of gallantry only to see bloodshed and wasted lives. I don't agree with other viewers that it dragged or lacked action as the pace gives you the story in relation to the characters not some ongoing series of special effects.
The thing people forget is that, as often is the case in a war, life in the trenches would have been relentless and monotonous interupted by moments of fear and horror. No wonder Hitler later banned the book declaring Eric Maria Remarque a traitor and commiting him to excile abroad. The book must have meant a lot to those readers of the time.- Was this review helpful to you?
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waste of time
By Colonel1968 (254 reviews) , 17 Jun 2012dragged a bit don;t knwo why you remake a film like this but hey they did and it failed, just average throughout- Was this review helpful to you?
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