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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780780625624
Feature: Edward Norton's Academy Award nominated role as a White Supremist who sees the error of his ways while jailed for murder. Unfortunately, he leaves prison to find his brother (Edward Furlong) heading down the same path.Running Time: 119 min. System Requirements: Directed by Tony Kaye Writing credits David McKenna Cast overview, first billed only: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D Angelo,
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305313687
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: New Line Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
MPN: N4739
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 06, 1999
Running Time: 119 minutes
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 30, 1998
Features:- Edward Norton's Academy Award nominated role as a White Supremist who sees the error of his ways while jailed for murder. Unfortunately, he leaves prison to find his brother (Edward Furlong) heading down the same path.Running Time: 119 min. System Requirements: Directed by Tony Kaye Writing credits David McKenna Cast overview, first billed only: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D Angelo,
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Here's a dramatic display of important events in the history of Black Americans, from the arrival of the first African slaves in Jamestown in 1619, to the appointment of Condoleeza Rice as Secretary of State. It's 8 1/2 inches high and over 14 feet long.
Amazon.com:
Perhaps the highest compliment you can pay to Edward Norton is that his Oscar-nominated performance in American History X nearly convinces you that there is a shred of logic in the tenets of white supremacy. If that statement doesn't horrify you, it should; Norton is so fully immersed in his role as a neo-Nazi skinhead that his character's eloquent defense of racism is disturbingly persuasive--at least on the surface. Looking lean and mean with a swastika tattoo and a mind full of hate, Derek Vinyard (Norton) has inherited racism from his father, and that learning has been intensified through his service to Cameron (Stacy Keach), a grown-up thug playing tyrant and teacher to a growing band of disenfranchised teens from Venice Beach, California, all hungry for an ideology that fuels their brooding alienation.
The film's basic message--that hate is learned and can be unlearned--is expressed through Derek's kid brother, Danny (Edward Furlong), whose sibling hero-worship increases after Derek is imprisoned (or, in Danny's mind, martyred) for the killing of two black men. Lacking Derek's gift of rebel rhetoric, Danny is easily swayed into the violent, hateful lifestyle that Derek disowns during his thoughtful time in prison. Once released, Derek struggles to save his brother from a violent fate, and American History X partially suffers from a mix of intense emotions, awkward sentiment, and predictably inevitable plotting. And yet British director Tony Kaye (who would later protest against Norton's creative intervention during post-production) manages to juggle these qualities--and a compelling clash of visual styles--to considerable effect. No matter how strained their collaboration may have been, both Kaye and Norton can be proud to have created a film that addresses the issue of racism with dramatically forceful impact. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  -
There is nothing new here just the usual Hollywood hype. Grossly exaggerating the threat of neo-Nazi's while ignoring California's minority gangs. More people are killed by gangs in one day than in the last 10 years from the nazi's. If you watch/buy this, just don't think. It aims soley at the emotional.
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So i dont really see the point in doing this. I wanted the movie, I bought the movie, it came in the mail, and now I own it. It was pretty simple and basic. I reccommend the movie to anyone who has not seen it.
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Edward Norton is a fabulous actor, yet his portrayal as an angry, hate-filled skinhead in AMERICAN HISTORY X may be his best, most powerful performance. Norton so immerses himself in the role of a young man feeling disenfranchised from his culture and society that his racist rants take on a surreal logic all their own; one of the primary reasons this is such a disturbing film.
The interracial interaction and tension is as volatile as it is believable, making the first half of the film ... Read More
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just a really deep movie & touches on rascism in the world & how you can make a change if you change yourself
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love this movie, looks amazing on blu-ray and the audio is outstanding, if you love this movie enjoy it on blu-ray you wont be let down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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