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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9780783120638 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 078312063X Item Dimensions: Label: HBO Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: HBO Home Video MPN: 99205 Number Of Items: 6 Publisher: HBO Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 05, 2002 Running Time: 705 minutes Studio: HBO Home Video Theatrical Release Date: September 09, 2001 Editorial Review: Product Description: Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company as well as soldiers' journals and letters Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elete rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties and whose lives became legend.Running Time: 705 min.System Requirements:Starring: Damian Lewis Donnie Wahlberg Ron Livingston Matthew Settle Rick Warden Frank John Hughes Scott Grimes Neal McDonough Rick Gomez Eion Bailey James Madio Kirk Acecedo Michael Cudlitz David Schwimmer Mark Lawrence Douglas Spain Michael Fassbender Jimmy Fallon Colin Hanks Tom Hanks. Running Time: 600 Min. Color. Copyright 2002 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 026359920523 Manufacturer No: 99205 Amazon.com: An impressively rigorous, unsentimental, and harrowing look at combat during World War II, Band of Brothers follows a company of airborne infantry--Easy Company--from boot camp through the end of the war. The brutality of training takes the audience by increments to the even greater brutality of the war; Easy Company took part in some of the most difficult battles, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the failed invasion of Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge, as well as the liberation of a concentration camp and the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest. But what makes these episodes work is not their historical sweep but their emphasis on riveting details (such as the rattle of a plane as the paratroopers wait to leap, or a flower in the buttonhole of a German soldier) and procedures (from military tactics to the workings of bureaucratic hierarchies). The scope of this miniseries (10 episodes, plus an actual documentary filled with interviews with surviving veterans) allows not only a thoroughness impossible in a two-hour movie, but also captures the wide range of responses to the stress and trauma of war--fear, cynicism, cruelty, compassion, and all-encompassing confusion. The result is a realism that makes both simplistic judgments and jingoistic enthusiasm impossible; the things these soldiers had to do are both terrible and understandable, and the psychological price they paid is made clear. The writing, directing, and acting are superb throughout. The cast is largely unknown, emphasizing the team of actors as a whole unit, much like the regiment; Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston play the central roles of two officers with grit and intelligence. Band of Brothers turns a vast historical event into a series of potent personal experiences; it's a deeply engrossing and affecting accomplishment. --Bret Fetzer Average Rating:
 Rating: - BEST MOVIE ABOUT WORLD WAR III teach American History in high school and this DVD gets the point across to students in a way that no documentary or the standard two-hour movie. The strongest points of the movie is it is completely true and story-lines not inserted to make it appealing to the public and it does not create super hero types though Major Winters and Mathew Settle's character showed the true spirit and toughness of the American GI. I do not mean to single out those two as more heroic because ... Read More Rating: - DVD purchaseDVD's came in excellent condition and on time. They were brand new as advertised. No problems at all. Rating: - Best WWII Mini-SeriesBy far the best WWII mini-series. Production qualities are excellent. Acting at times is weak, but main actors do cause you to empathize with their characters, and draw you in to the story. Rating: - Excellent, ExcellentThis is a wonderful series. If the language were a little cleaner it is an excellent classroom teaching tool. The two episodes over the Battle of the Bulge were really well done. Rating: - Band of Brothers DVDA well documented detail of history. It brings tears to my eyes every time my husband and I watch it. |
