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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301704540 Format: Box set, Color, Dubbed, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6301704541 Label: Continental Distributing Languages: Manufacturer: Continental Distributing Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Continental Distributing Release Date: April 16, 1995 Running Time: 403 minutes Studio: Continental Distributing Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 1968 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Like Tolstoy's novel, this epic-length War and Peace is rough going, but worth the effort. Winner of the 1969 Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film and widely considered the most faithful adaptation of Tolstoy's classic, Sergei Bondarchuk's massive Soviet-Italian coproduction was seven years in the making, at a record-setting cost of $100 million. Bondarchuk himself plays the central role of Pierre Bezukhov, buffeted by fate during Russia's tumultuous Napoleonic Wars, serving as pawn and philosopher through some of the most astonishing set pieces ever filmed. Bondarchuk is a problematic director: interior monologues provide awkward counterpoint to intimate dramas, weaving together the many classes and characters whose lives are permanently affected by war. Infusions of '60s-styled imagery clash with the film's period detail; it's an anomalous experiment that doesn't really work. Undeniably, however, the epic battle scenes remain breathtakingly unique; to experience the sheer scale of this film is to realize that such cinematic extravagance will never be seen again. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - War and Peace (Special Edition)It is a masterpiece. The battle scenes are memorable. I watched this movie many years ago, on TV. It was worth watching it now on a big screen TV and from the Special Edition DVD. Rating:  - THE PHANTOM FIFTH DISKI just recieved and watched in one sitting the Special Edition of War and Peace. I first saw this film in 1968 at the Fine Arts Theatre in Los Angeles. It was shown in two parts in differant weeks. I went on the two days corresponding to the last day of Part One and the first day of Part Two. (This of course was the English dubbed version.)I was on leave from the Navy and later thatg year saw the film again in France in four parts. Each part dubbed in French with English Subtitles. I ... Read More Rating: - Monumental, Oustanding Film If "War and Peace" is arguably the greatest novel ever written, this has to be one of the most outstanding films ever made. The grandeur, the scope, the almost unimaginable battle scenes, the thousands of soldiers and horses and cannons, the tender love scenes and most of all, the depth of the Russian soul which,in the end, was the victor over the invading Grand Armee of Napoleon. This six-hour masterpiece is stunning in its magnificence. The one I viewed had substitles, thus letting the Russian ... Read More Rating:  - War and PeaceI bought this DVD for my husband who watched it years ago. He is an avid Napoleonic History lover and really liked the movie, the longer battle scenes. I watched it too, but thought it slow for someone not interested in this topic. The american version was enough for me. I still enjoyed it though. Rating: - War and Peace-a unique cinematic experiment and experience!It has often been said that this film is "problematic", hard to experience, and even difficult to digest. But I have wondered how familiar are some of these critics with the experience of World Cinema. Limiting one's cinematic experience and standards to Hollywood's formulas will certainly not help in appreciating this unique experiment and monumental film adaptation of one of the most complex literary works ever written. Bondarchuk's War and Peace is not important for the amount of money ... Read More |
