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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MPI
EAN: 9780788606113
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Miniseries, NTSC
ISBN: 0788606115
Label: Mpi Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
MPN: MPID7647D
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Running Time: 810 minutes
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1988
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Mini series Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 08/31/2004 Starring: Robert Mitchum Hart Cochner Run time: 810 minutes
Amazon.com:
The ambitious TV event War and Remembrance was the final opus in the golden age of the maxi-miniseries. This six-disc set offers the first half (seven episodes) of ABC's mammoth 30-hour production of Herman Wouk's bestseller--itself a sequel to the landmark Winds of War--mixing fictional and real characters around the events of World War II. It starts a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor and abruptly stops in July 1943 with the fall of Mussolini. Only half of the first series' lead actors return, including Robert Mitchum as the patriarch Captain "Pug" Henry. Although Mitchum is too old and less dashing than he should be, his presence is exactly what the series needs as it wavers between pop entertainment and a graphic look at the atrocities of war. The series' multiple storylines branch from the Henry family tree, from his sons' naval battles to his daughter-in-law's (Jane Seymour) harrowing flight through Europe with her famous father (John Gielgud), witnessing firsthand the collapse of European Jewish life in the grip of Nazi power.
Director Dan Curtis said that after The Winds of War, the opportunity to show the Jews' plight led him to take on another daunting production. He takes the viewer into Auschwitz with unflinching realism (producer and former internee Branko Lustig returned to the subject a decade later with Schindler's List) and is just as deft with a few massive battle sequences combining models with colorized footage. Sometimes the soap opera of the characters' affairs seems pretty sappy, especially with some uneven acting. The DVD set also contains two featurettes from 1988 and 2002. --Doug Thomas
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World War II is in history books and a dying memory for so many. War is not just machines but human suffering and this special shows the best and worst of humanity.
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All the stars did a remarkable job.
This is a show everyone should see.
The only thing was it left us wondering how Natalie and the baby got out of the concentration camp.
Otherwise it was very well done.
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The very best War Film I have ever watched . Same review can be said for
War & Remembrance Volume 2 . Also The Winds of War, which I have also purchased .
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Superlative acting by all of the leading characters. Graphic and realistic protrayal of the Holocaust in all its horror along with the humanizing touch showing the impact on a specific family. This is, along with Vol 2 and the Winds of War, are a must-see for everybody as a reminder of the horrors of war and the incredible heroism and endurance of those who fought to survive and bring down the Nazi war machine. No reasonable and intelligent person can deny the Holocaust and its cost after viewing ... Read More
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Great continuance of The Winds of War. The whole series is a can't miss.
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