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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9781573628259
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 1573628255
Label: Vidmark / Trimark
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Vidmark / Trimark
Number Of Items: 6
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Vidmark / Trimark
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 11, 2000
Running Time: 300 minutes
Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
Theatrical Release Date: 1986
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
South African director William C. Faure (who died in 1994) originally created Shaka Zulu as a 1983 miniseries broadcast in the U.K. Later released for theaters, this is the best-known biography of, and certainly one of the longest narratives about, the legendary Zulu warrior-king, Shaka. The story follows Shaka's life in detail from his illegitimate birth around 1787 to a commoner, Nandi, through his tormented childhood at the Zulu court. Virtually disowned by his father Senzangakhona, the scrawny and introverted Shaka grows into a tall, commanding presence played by Henry Cele (The Ghost and the Darkness and The Light in the Jungle). Cele's subtle but powerful performance is fundamental to the impact of this epic--which, though slow here and there, commands our attention and humanizes the legend of Shaka appealingly. After proving himself a worthy warrior and rising in the ranks of a necessarily more militant society, Shaka lends his influential support to King Dingiswayo who unifies the Zulu Nation under the domination of his Mthethwa tribe. At Dingiswayo's death, Shaka accedes to the Zulu throne from which he expands the Zulu empire through successive military successes over all of Natal (today, KwaZulu-Natal). Faure's story is distinct from other pre-apartheid accounts of Shaka's life in its positive retelling of the Zulu Nation's rise to dominance in western South Africa and in its admixture of military and personal history. In this account, Shaka is not merely the intangible father of a nation but a common man whose life both challenged and taught him to lead. --Erik Macki
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Rating:  -
Henry Cele plays the South African Zulu King, "Shaka Zulu." Shaka - meaning in Zulu, "the disease of the beetle," was rejected by his Father, Prince of a small Zulu village, and his Mother, Nandie, put through humiliating public displays of disdain by Shaka's Father. That rejection made Shaka into a young man who would be King with a hardened heart. Though he unified all Zulu people, he became a tyrannical leader who ruled with absolute power and authority. This is a true story of a Warrior King ... Read More
Rating: -
"I was not very impressed by the caption", "The most Savage Warrior of all times" even after watching the movie. I never saw savage, I saw a very clever revengeful boy, who grew with much hate for the ones who had done his family: Mother, Grandmother and sister as well as himself, Wrong. This warrior, who became a King, as told in the movie was destined to become a powerful King and rule over all Kraal's, which is the word the British chosen to be used for the Africans instead of empire's. So when ... Read More
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I think I saw this on TV. The fighting is so realistic as to be terrifying. Not for the weak of heart or stomach. But like vampire films, it does have its macabre appeal. The movie fails to create any sympathy for the Africans who were colonized and suppressed by Europeans.
Rating:  -
Having watched and thoroughly enjoyed the entire miniseries on TV in the 1980s, I bought this set and expected it to be the same. I was very disappointed with the editing done to reduce the length from 8 hours down to 5 hours. The result is choppy, with dialogue frequently referring to scenes and sequences that were cut. In addition, there are editorial gaffes in some of the recaps of previous episodes where the cut scenes are recapped. These instances left me wondering what I had missed -- and ... Read More
Rating:  -
The video is great; the one unfortunate aspect being that it is edited from the original TV series to a degree in which some of the characters do not fulfill their personalities and impact upon the life of Shaka. Aspects of Shaka's childhood have been left out that appeared in the TV series and which greatly help to clarify some of his later actions and personality traits. Yet another thing I found disappointing is that it is told from the point of a white man, a needless aspect.
In spite ... Read More
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