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El Cid Reviews

1961

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El Cid, Bronston's epic movie masterpiece, is a tribute to one of history's greatest legends. This dazzling spectacle, with a cast of thousands, fills the screen with action and romance from knights in armour jousting on horseback to massive battles on sea and land, where columns of warriors stretch across the horizon. At the .. Read more

Starring	Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Genevieve Page
Director	Anthony Mann, Anthony Mann
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance

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- One of the very finest epics produced by Samuel Bronston, equally impressive in terms of script (by Philip Yordan, who... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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  El Cid
  
  A realy great film .Fight scenes are fantastic and the period in time captured very well. Realy worth the 3 hours of viewing.
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - barry beeston
  - Dorset
  - 21 Jul 2004 at 08:35
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  It's not as good as the usual high calibre of "epic" films.Pity : I generally really like the long epics.
  
  I normally love these epics , especially starring the 'king of the epics' ( Charlton Heston) and I prefer historical sagas compared to the biblical ... read more »
  
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- - roncoach
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  - suffolk
  - 05 Dec 2011 at 01:53
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  An epic if ever there was!
  
  If ever a film deserved the epithet 'epic', then that film is 'El Cid'. Anthony Mann's sprawling depiction of the struggle of an 11th ... read more »
  
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  - edinburgh
  - 03 Apr 2011 at 18:02
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  - 2
  Three hours and thousands of extras!
  
  Good sterling stuff; battles, intrigue, cast of thousands (literally), smouldering Sophia Loren, macho royalist Charlton Heston and both good and bad Muslims. ... read more »
  
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  - Manchester
  - 18 Jan 2010 at 18:06
- - 2
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  Sid sorts out the Spanish Senors!
  
  This is a long film at 9 minutes short of 3 Hours, but then that was the fashion for the great EPIC MOVIES of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
  
  '... read more »
  
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  - Charles Brickley
  - Andover, Hampshire England
  - 06 Oct 2009 at 18:40
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  el cid
  
  el cid a classic film, this is how films should be made, a great film to see, highly recommend this film to anyone for a good ending!!
  
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  - Swansea
  - 23 Mar 2009 at 13:40
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  el disappointment
  
  This is a terrific film given a shoddy region 2 release by Universal - where are the 'letterbox' vistas so lovingly created by Anthony Mann - why, they... read more »
  
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- - Jacuzzi
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  - Birkenhead
  - 12 Jul 2008 at 21:12
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  el cid
  
  what can I say call me old fashioned but they don,t make em like this anymore.
  
  an epic in every sense Charlton Heston at his best.
  
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  - Pontefract
  - 01 Jul 2008 at 15:32
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  Long time dying
  
  The last act in this film is a very well known one in cinematic history, but my goodness it took a long time coming. Nearly three hours of fanfares and an ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 589 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 17 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 1
  - 0
  Fantastic epic
  
  Some people may find this film a little dated as the way stories are told in cinema has changed so much since it was made, but I just love it - the action ... read more »
  
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- - Centuryfox
  - 11 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 18 Apr 2008 at 18:40
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  None more epic
  
  I'm not entirely convinced that either director or writers ever even begin to succeed in informing an audience not absolutely au fait with Spanish history ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 25 Mar 2008 at 11:00
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- - 7
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  El Cid
  
  A realy great film .Fight scenes are fantastic and the period in time captured very well. Realy worth the 3 hours of viewing.
  
  Report this review
- 11511
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - barry beeston
  - Dorset
  - 21 Jul 2004 at 08:35
- - 2
  - 0
  Sid sorts out the Spanish Senors!
  
  This is a long film at 9 minutes short of 3 Hours, but then that was the fashion for the great EPIC MOVIES of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
  
  '... read more »
  
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  - Charles Brickley
  - Andover, Hampshire England
  - 06 Oct 2009 at 18:40
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  Great Movie !!!
  
  When French playwright Pierre Corneille wrote El Cid, a fanciful version of the life of 11th-century Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, aka 'El Cid', ... read more »
  
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  - GLASGOW
  - 04 Mar 2006 at 15:10
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  El Cid - A CLASSIC FILM
  
  I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS FILM AT PICTURES AND TV , A CLASSIC FILM , GOOD ACTORS AND STORY.
  
  WELL WORTH RENTING.
  
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  - Peterborough
  - 06 Mar 2006 at 21:13
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  Fantastic epic
  
  Some people may find this film a little dated as the way stories are told in cinema has changed so much since it was made, but I just love it - the action ... read more »
  
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- - Centuryfox
  - 11 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 18 Apr 2008 at 18:40
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  el cid
  
  el cid a classic film, this is how films should be made, a great film to see, highly recommend this film to anyone for a good ending!!
  
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  - Swansea
  - 23 Mar 2009 at 13:40
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  Sound historical epic
  
  Lavish but not totally engaging.
  
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- - Gutterboy
  - 388 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 23 Feb 2006 at 10:55
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  None more epic
  
  I'm not entirely convinced that either director or writers ever even begin to succeed in informing an audience not absolutely au fait with Spanish history ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 25 Mar 2008 at 11:00
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  Long time dying
  
  The last act in this film is a very well known one in cinematic history, but my goodness it took a long time coming. Nearly three hours of fanfares and an ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 589 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 17 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  - 0
  el cid
  
  what can I say call me old fashioned but they don,t make em like this anymore.
  
  an epic in every sense Charlton Heston at his best.
  
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  - Pontefract
  - 01 Jul 2008 at 15:32

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  El Cid, Bronston's epic movie masterpiece, is a tribute to one of history's greatest legends. This dazzling spectacle, with a cast of thousands, fills the screen with action and romance from knights in armour jousting on horseback to massive battles on sea and land, where columns of warriors ...