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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0012236100669
Feature: In Homer's epic, Ulysses (Kirk Douglas) journeys home to Ithaca after 10 years of war. Along the way, the hero battles a Cyclops, resists the fatal singing of the Sirens, and enjoys a brief interlude with a seductive enchantress. Years later, he returns to his wife, who has long thought him dead, and must master one final challenge. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating:
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
MPN: 24300
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 04, 2009
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1954
Features:- In Homer's epic, Ulysses (Kirk Douglas) journeys home to Ithaca after 10 years of war. Along the way, the hero battles a Cyclops, resists the fatal singing of the Sirens, and enjoys a brief interlude with a seductive enchantress. Years later, he returns to his wife, who has long thought him dead, and must master one final challenge. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating:
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/04/2009 Run time: 104 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
This vintage Italian production of Ulysses is best enjoyed as Homeric adventure for kids. While The Odyssey is handled with admirable fidelity, you may suppress a chuckle when Kirk Douglas, as the titular Greek hero, speaks English and Italian, dubbing himself in English! Looking like a Spartacus wannabe, Douglas brings appropriate gravity to his classically mythic exploits. Having sacked Troy, Ulysses and his stalwart crew set sail for Ithaca, only to be delayed for a decade by such epic distractions as a giant Cyclops (a memorable highlight), the madness-inducing Sirens, and the deceptive Circe, who turns men into swine. Meanwhile, Ulysses's loyal wife Penelope (Silvana Mangano) is being wooed by suitors (including Anthony Quinn, fresh from Fellini's La Strada), making Ulysses's homecoming an urgent necessity. Resembling a Ray Harryhausen fantasy without "dynamation," this ambitious film boasts impressive special effects (for its time), and the kind of lavish sets and costumes that were once an Italian specialty. --Jeff Shannon
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i saw this movie 15 years ago. its more realistic than jason and the argonauts. it has a good story line. i am glad to own it on dvd.
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I have waited a long time for this movie to come out on DVD. They don't make movies like this one anymore. Kirk Douglas as always is a great actor. You can't go wrong with this movie. I was surprised at the quality of the movie considering its age. It's an old movie so don't expect the quality of a 2009 movie. However, the quality of the movie is better than when I saw it as a child. They did a great job at restoring Ulysses. You'd be a fool to pass it up. If you're a collector like myself I highly ... Read More
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Okay, maybe it`s not the greatest movie ever made, but Kirk takes an Italian film production of the classic Greek story and makes it memorable. There is good cinematography and some very good scenes, especially near the end when Ulysses (as the begger) picks up the bow, bends it, strings it and sends those arrows flying! Well worth seeing!
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ULYSSES starring Kirk Douglas is a classic I was really glad had finally been released in DVD format. If the only version of THE ODYSSEY you know is the more recent made-for-television film starring Armand Asante, admittedly good, you really want to see this earlier version. Kirk, one of the original great Hollywood stars, brings Ulysses (aka Odysseus) to life with a boisterous sense of humour Asante was lacking. Adventurer and king, braggart and military genius, nobody has done Ulysses better than ... Read More
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The word `epic' has become an overused adjective in these modern times, used to describe anything great or awesome. At its simplest definition, that use isn't incorrect, but it's not as correct as when used to describe a story charting the journeys of a hero like Odysseus (Ulysses) or Gilgamesh. But when the dust settles, Ulysses may lay claim to the title of the definitive epic. Homer's celebrated retelling of Ulysses's voyage home following the events of the Trojan War (as told of in the Iliad) has had ... Read More
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