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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Turner
EAN: 0053939725124
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Turner Home Ent
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
MPN: TRNDT7251D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 22, 2005
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: October 18, 1935
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: 11/22/2005 Run time: 96 minutes
Amazon.com:
Fresh off their monumental success with King Kong, producer Merian Cooper and director Ernest Schoedsack teamed again on The Last Days of Pompeii, another big-scale offering with a special-effects emphasis. Nominally based on the Bulwer-Lytton book, the film invents a new storyline much in the spirit of the Cecil B. DeMille religioso-melodrama school. Preston Foster plays a pacifist blacksmith whose life is ruined by fate; he turns his fighting skills to the gladiatorial arena and raises a foster son. A cameo appearance by Jesus Christ affects the boy but not the man, and it all comes a-cropper years later when Mount Vesuvius gets restless outside Pompeii's city limits. Fond childhood memories of the volcano's eruption should be tempered by the fact that the effects (designed by Kong man Willis O'Brien) are limited to the final 20 minutes of the film, and that the preceding 75 minutes are a slow ride indeed. This film's creakiness makes you appreciate how good DeMille was at whipping up entertainment out of historical yarns. One definite bright spot: Basil Rathbone, bringing his equine deliberation to the role of Pontius Pilate. --Robert Horton
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It's always interesting to see how different directors, writers, producers and actors portray historical events over the decades. This is a great example of the hyper Christianization and moralizing that has been popular at various times. For it's period, the movie is pretty good in terms of acting and special effects though it will make the modern viewer laugh or roll their eyes I'm sure.
In terms of history, frankly the religious aspects are far over played and social dynamics ... Read More
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This is a timeless RKO classic. I must say the quality and sound - unlike many other Korean import versions - is excellent. One must remember this is a movie from the 30's and I must say looks & sounds brilliant.
The Korean subtitles can be removed and so do not fret there.
This is one for classic lovers only and a very interesting story regarding a gladiator (Preston Foster) who is forced to make hard choices - at one part of the story, one of which is not to offer aid ... Read More
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Co-producer/directors Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper's attempt to top their own KING KONG (1933) with epic THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII was not successful; the movie bombed at the box office.
An opening title card credits British novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton only with settings for this story. Cast members most familiar to latter day audiences are Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale and Ward Bond. (Watch for star athlete Jim Thorpe as he tosses coins to gladiator Marcus.)
SYNOPSIS ... Read More
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When THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII was released in 1935, the special effects industry was still in its infancy. Just a year earlier, FX wizard Willis O'Brien had audiences gasping at KING KONG and assorted dinosaurs on Skull Island, but here at Pompeii, the large scale destruction of a major Roman city could not take a back seat to a thinly disguised morality tale of the eternal battle between a man's lusting for money and his desire to accept Christ. The film, at least up to the climactic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, ... Read More
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Though this film strayed from actual facts, it was well made with it's special effects from the 1930's. All in all I enjoyed it once again after all the years that I first saw it and would recommend this film to be seen - owned by folks who like golden oldies.
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