Waterloo details
| Format: | U DVD |
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| Starring: | Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna, Ian Ogilvy, Orson Welles, Christopher Plummer, Rod Steiger, Michael Wilding, Rupert Davies, Dan O'Herlihy |
| Director: | Sergei Bondarchuk |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | SONY PICTURES HOME ENT. UK |
| Name | Discs | |
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Waterloo |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 8 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 18 Apr 2005 |
| Main languages: | English |
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War it its grimiest
By Simon Earle from Milton Keynes , 06 Jul 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
Waterloo, as the title suggests, retells the famous last battle of Napolean against Wellington. Having been exiled, and returned and gathered an army of his devoit french followers Napolean was able to fight a final campaign, that should he have won would very likely have seen him emperor of Europe.
Though the film harks bark from nearly 30 years ago the performances are still fresh. The battle scenes may not have all the shocking and stark brutality of recent releases but the overall battles with hundreds of men, horses and artillery are no less stunning.
On the whole if you are into your war movies then you can't feel to appreciate the magnificent splendour, the magestic ways in which gentlemen do battle, and the stunning bravery in which men meet their impending doom that is encapsulated by the marvelous gem.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(21)Boys own history
By ZTon (1 review) , 07 Jul 2012I was 10 years old when this film came out and in my ignorance I loved it. I still enjoy watching it occasionally despite the many anachronisms but the many historical inaccuracies do disappoint. Will anyone be brave enough to attempt a new, more accurate film for the 200th anniversary, I wonder, and would they be brave enough to challenge the English myths by consulting historians such as David Hamilton-Williams and Peter Hofschroer?
Having said all that, does anyone know where I can find the longer 3 hour Russian release of it?- Was this review helpful to you?
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He Met HIs Waterloo
By a customer from TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND , 16 Oct 2010Expensive war movie that spends more time at the front than in explaining the complexities of Napoleonic Wars politics. Instead, it opts for romantic humanist nods at an implausible pacifism that is rooted more in the times in which the film was made - 1970 - than in 1815. Moreover, Rod STEIGER plays Napoleon as a proto-Hitler without any real historical justification - just a dramatic one. The characterization is generally flat; exacerbating the lack of genuine political insight presented here.
Director Sergei BONDARCHUK's earlier version of War & Peace is far superior to this work, yet it is not merely a collection of edited together out-takes from that earlier movie and is pretty entertaining in its own right with frequent touches of greatness.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Waterloo - A spectacular film!
By a customer from Northamptonshire , 12 Sep 2010Excellent film, hasn't dated and is still perfectly watchable. Actually a lot better than many modern films as the story is told in a very straightforward way.
I assume there are no modern special effects in a film of this age and the use of so many extras to create the scenes must contribute to the sense of realism that is present in the film- Was this review helpful to you?
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waterloo
By a customer from London , 05 Mar 2009got this confused with the very reasonable channel 4 version yesterday. to repeat, this is a disastrous film with much spectacle and battle smoke but really dire casting and direction. nuff said.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Waterloo
By a customer from Cullompton , 28 Jan 2009For its day this film still has a lot to teach modern war movies in capturing the conflict, the history and drama of what unfolds. Very accurate to what happened, as given by historians, and the director also tries to incoporate a good attempt at the actual battle ground - though filmed in the Ukraine. Thousands of extras (almost) capture the look of the battle as given from paintings of the time; performances are a joy from Chris Plummer, and Jack Hawkins - but special star to Rod Steiger - guy has charisma to be Napoleon and having seen some French films with French stars in the role - Stieger wins handsdown. Couple of scenes show the films age - but great attempt and i have rarely seen better despite all modern compter graphics.- Was this review helpful to you?
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