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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Studio: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT Catalog: DVD Release date: 2003-05-20 Media: DVD released in theatres: 1964-06-17 Running time in minutes: 138 DVD aspect ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC DVD Region code: 1 released in theatres: 1964-06-17 Ean: 9780792855613 Book Isbn: 0792855612 Upc: 027616885807  Tip: compare prices with similar DVDsDirector:
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Written on September 6, 2007 Summary: One of the greatest adventure films of all time... ...but not one of the greatest DVDs of all time, which is the only reason this is rated four stars instead of five. MGM/UA's transfer is a definite improvement over the atrocious Diamond public domain release, but compared to Paramount's Region 2 PAL disc, which includes new documentaries and original trailers, it's a poor show. Zulu is one of those films that left an indelible impression of the unique power cinema can have on those of us who saw it on the big screen as children. Intellectually and emotionally other films may have the advantage over it, but as a purely cinematic experience Zulu is unbeatable. Siege epics were curiously popular in the Sixties - 55 Days at Peking, El Cid, Khartoum, The War Lord, The Alamo among them - but perhaps none have quite such a hold on the public's affections as Zulu, particularly in the UK. It's a celebration of national courage (but not nationalism) with its eyes wide open. The besieged men aren't there to build empires but because it's their job - "Because we're 'ere. There's no-one else," as Nigel Green's memorable Colour-Sergeant puts it to a young soldier. It's a film with dignity on both sides of the conflict but no self-importance, it manages to extol heroism without glorifying war. It's also one of the few films to show the sheer physical arduousness of prolonged battle - it ends not with triumph and jubilation but with sheer exhaustion. The narrative construction is deliberate and belongs to the days when films built up to a climax instead of throwing them in every ten minutes to keep the audience awake. John Prebble and Cy Endfield's script is strong, its subtle clash of egos between Stanley Baker and Michael Caine never over-emphasised and surrounded by memorable vignettes among the rank-and-file that gives the film a depth beyond the superbly handled battle scenes - Nigel Green struggling to maintain his composure as he takes the final depleted roll call, drunken missionary Jack Hawkins' truly irritating Bible-bashing unnerving a young private, Neil McCarthy's concern for a sick calf taking precedence over the ongoing battle. Co-producer Baker was never to get (or give himself) so good an opportunity in a mainstream movie again, and nor were Endfield and Prebble (the three had previously collaborated on the terrific 1957 thriller Hell Drivers). Mention in despatches to Green and Gert Van Den Bergh as a Boer fighting alongside the Welsh too among a splendid cast from the days when you could still fill a regiment with memorable British character actors. John Barry's epic score perfectly sums up the heroism and bloody turmoil without lapsing into jingoistic cliches, while Stephen Dade's superlative photography benefits from a good widescreen transfer (that said, the first appearance of the Zulus loses some of its impact even on a large widescreen TV). Definitely one to add to your collection, but you might want to go for the Paramount PAL DVD if you have a multi-region player instead. If you are stuck with Region 1, go for the MGM/UA disc.  Written on August 23, 2007 Summary: I love this movie! First, let me stress this: Buy the MGM release! All others are pan and scan public domain and do not do justice to this magnificent movie. Over 200 people have already had their say, and I have nothing very different. This is a fun, exciting, and deeply moving movie experience. An interesting sidelight is that it's one of Jack Hawkins last roles with someone else doing his voice--due to cancer. And it's the first major role for Michael Caine who does an incredible job of leaving all traces of his Cockney origins behind. If you already have an inferior pan and scan DVD, replace it. You'll be glad when you get that flat widescreen! Written on July 31, 2007 Summary: A Great Movie One of my favourite movies of all time. A must for any collection. It's basically a true story about 100 fit and 40 sick Welsh soldiers being attacked by 4000 of the world's bravest soldiers, the Zulu, and how they fought them to a standstill using single shot Martini-Henry rifles and 24" pig-sticker bayonets. Two scenes always stick in my mind. One is where the Welsh out sing the Zulu with "Men of Harlech" and the other where after the battle, the Colour-Sergeant tells Lt. Chard that it was won with "a rifle and bayonet with a lot of guts behind it!" Forty odd years on, it has not aged at all. One word to describe it? Fantastic. Buy and enjoy. Written on July 30, 2007 Summary: Great old war film It's a great movie, Michael Caine's first actually, based on a real british battle, it's a movie everyone should watch. Written on July 2, 2007 Summary: Zulu Endfield's breathless depiction of a rag-tag English force battling an implacable enemy remains one of our very best war films. Baker (who co-produced) was never better, and got his mystified Zulu extras to cooperate only after showing them an old Gene Autry Western, which helped them understand the nature of acting. In one of his final appearances, Jack Hawkins registers as a fanatical priest, and you can almost see the word "star" emblazoned on Caine's forehead. Like the heroes it portrays, the stellar "Zulu" richly earns a chestful of medals. |
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| Catalog | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| Release date | 2003-05-20 | 2005-09-27 | 2002-05-07 | 1997-11-19 | 2004-01-06 | 2005-09-27 |
| Media | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| released in theatres | 1964-06-17 | 1979-05-15 | 1966-06-15 | 1975-12-17 | 1975 | 1978-11-11 |
| Running time in minutes | 138 | 113 | 128 | 129 | 119 | 130 |
| DVD aspect ratio | 2.35:1 | 1.33:1 | 2.35:1 | 2.35:1 | 2.35:1 | 1.33:1 |
| Audience Rating | Unrated | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | NR (Not Rated) | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | R (Restricted) |
| Picture format | - | - | - | Anamorphic Widescreen | - | - |
| Format | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | Color, Full Screen, NTSC | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, HiFi Sound, Widescreen, NTSC | Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | Color, NTSC |
| DVD Region code | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DVD layers | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| DVD sides | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Ean | 9780792855613 | 9781598370263 | 9780792852551 | 9786304698648 | 9780790765297 | 9781598370249 |
| Book Isbn | 0792855612 | 159837026X | 0792852559 | 630469864X | 0790765292 | 1598370243 |
| Upc | 027616885807 | 844628010184 | 027616875808 | 012569085824 | 012569562226 | 844628010160 |
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