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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT EAN: 0013131494198 Format: Black & White, Full Screen, Mono, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Starz / Anchor Bay Languages: Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay MPN: DV14941 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 17, 2006 Running Time: 125 minutes Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay Theatrical Release Date: 1955 Editorial Review: Product Description: It was one of the most daring and controversial missions in WWII history: On May 17th 1943 an elite RAF squadron flew deep into Germany s Ruhr Valley carrying five-ton experimental spinning bombs that needed to be dropped from a height of exactly 60 feet at precisely 240 mph in order to destroy three key dams in the Nazi industrial heartland. Oscar® nominees Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd star in this gritty docudrama that depicts the infamous Ruhr Raid from drawing board to attack hailed by critics as among the greatest war movies of all time. Robert Shaw co-stars in this still-influential action classic directed by Oscar® nominee Michael Anderson (AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT DAYS) and based on the international bestseller by Paul Brickhill (THE GREAT ESCAPE) presented here in its uncut UK version featuring footage not seen in the original American theatrical release.System Requirements:Running Time: 125 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 013131494198 Manufacturer No: DV14941 Amazon.com: Something of a cult item among British war movies, The Dam Busters turns a minor World War II incident into a heroic saga in the classic British style. A bombing raid is proposed on a strategically vital dam, but its position is inaccessible. Enter eccentric inventor Dr Barnes Wallis (Michael Redgrave in best daffy professor mode) who comes up with a genius idea--a bomb that will bounce on water like a skimmed pebble. Naturally the top brass dismiss it, but gallant Wing Commander Guy Gibson (Richard Todd) is persuaded, and he and Wallis forge ahead. The touches of carefully understated emotion now verge on self-parody, but it's hard not to get caught up in the narrative sweep, especially when the bombers take off on their mission and Eric Coates' stirring march hits the soundtrack. The model work, state-of-the-art for its early 1950s period, still looks impressive, and a moment involving a pet rivals the shooting of Bambi's mother. --Philip Kemp Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Classics just get betterThe classic war story, unembellished and pretty much the way Paul Brickhill wrote it in his book. Why oh why movie makers today feel the need to remake films which frankly cannot be improved upon is beyond me. Watching this again makes me realize that Peter Jackson is setting himself a monumental task, but if it helps educate another generation about one of the great events of the second world war, so be it. I would still encourage everyone to watch the original. This is a great story, a true story ... Read More Rating: - The Dam BustersAnother true War time movie.The speicial affects at the dam attacts were a little fake but altogether a good film.A remake of th film was spokened of but the word nigger would have to be changed!! Rating: - Who Needs Special Effects?This film was exciting when I saw it in 1956 in Holland, and it is just as exciting now. How can one miss with the superb talent of Michael Redgrave, the stirring music of Eric Coates, and a gripping yarn that happens to be true? Much of the fascination of this film stems from its depiction of Barnes Wallis's process of planning and perfecting the bouncing bomb, and persuading Whitehall to go along with his eccentric idea. Equally interesting are the various makeshift devices, such as the range-finding ... Read More Rating: - Brilliant then, excellent stillI had the good fortune to first see this movie in the cinema in 1956 in Germany. Perhaps surprisingly, the German audience cheered wildly as the bombs exploded! On the other hand, maybe they just enjoyed a gripping tale, superbly acted. My father, after the movie, took me to see the (rebuilt) dams as we lived quite close to them. I vividly remember standing on the Mohne Dam, looking at the new concrete between the towers, and imagining the Lancaster bombers rushing toward me over the water. The movie has ... Read More Rating:  - Seminal British war movieThe movie deals with the attack by the RAF on German dams over the river Ruhr , destruction of which would inflict a blow to the German war machine by damaging its industrial capacity..It is a movie in two parts .The first details the invention and testing of the legendary "bouncing bomb"by the great inventor Barnes Wallis (Michael Redgrave).The second part deals with the training of the air crews chosen to carry out the raid ,building up to the night of the raid itself.The raid is lead by Wing Commander ... Read More |
