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Summary: A Classic
Review: A true story of some British troops in the wrong place that do the unexpected.
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Summary: My DVD version was Quite Acceptable
Review: I had ordered this DVD and then read the reviews and was very disappointed. I almost returned it before I opened it. I'm very glad that I didn't. I had no problems whatsoever with this DVD. There was very little pixellation. I have found very few movies that don't have a tiny bit that is noticeable at some point or another. I ran into no problems with the first chapter of the movie not playing and I thought that for a 6 or 7 dollar DVD the transfer was very good. Also it was presented in letterbox format. I'm not sure why others had teh problems that they did, but they were nowhere to be found on my copy. Keep in mind that you are not buying the definitive criterion collector's edition here. This was a great bargain in my opinion. There were few, if any real extras. In the end, either I am very lucky, they have changed the version released on DVD or I have the lowest standards on earth (and I don't think the last one is the case), but I was happy with the DVD.
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Summary: Great Movie - DVD quality is not that shabby either!
Review: Despite many reviews commenting on the poor quality of this DVD, I have had no problems with mine, in general I would not say that it is a great transfer but on the other hand, it is much more than acceptable. And yes, it IS the widescreen version. Great historically correct story, GET THIS MOVIE!
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Summary: Mediocre DVD
Review: I actually found a widescreen DVD of this movie (from Front Row Entertainment)around Christmastime. This DVD is actually letterboxed to a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. However, the quality is so-so. The picture is slightly blurry and the color is somewhat faded, but it's worth it for the widescreen cinematography.
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Summary: Timeless entertainment
Review: Thank goodness I have the VHS version and not the DVD. The video version is fine...even though the copy I have is a few years old, it is ok. This movie is brilliant. It brings back so many memories of the first time I saw it, at the cinema in Sunderland with a group of friends. I was about 11 and I remember how spellbound I was. My younger brothers were too, and for months afterwards they would re-enact the battle scenes in our front room, with couch cushions for barricades and toy rifles. They even sang "Men of Harlach". Then I turned 18, moved to Canada, got married and had a son. And what was his favourite movie growing up? You got it...Zulu. When he was about 6 or 7 we visited my parents in England and they had this movie on tape and my son did just what my bros did all those years before. Re-enact the battle scenes in the front room in the same way. He even learnt the words to "Men of Harlach" and sang along with the movie every time. Some things never change. And good movies are always good movies. The fact, too, that this is based on a true story, makes it all the more exciting as well as a good history lesson. My son is now 21, and it's still the movie of choice that he puts on when friends come over...especially if they haven't seen this film before. This is a must have...but don't get the DVD version. It's crap! Read the reviews.
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Summary: A Bayonet, with some guts behind it..!
Review: Stanley Baker delivers a capable performance as Royal Engineer officer John Chard (we won't talk about Michael Caine's abysmal, rather effete impression of Gonville Bromhead) placed into an untenable tactical situation against several thousand pissed off Zulus in this 1964 classic directed by Cy Endfield. For my money though, pierecing green eyed Nigel Greene steals the show as the rock-solid Colour Seargeant Bourne, the archetypal ramrod-straight British army NCO which helped the English rob a quarter of the world from its rightful owners. As Greene's character replies to one youthful squaddie who has the temerity to question 'why us?' in the face of the asegi-waving black horde, "We're 'ere because you're 'ere son. Just us, and no one else!" Splendid Boy's Own stuff!
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Summary: missing
Review: I love this move. The problem with this dvd is like another pearson I saw here the first 35 minutes of the movie are missing from the dvd.
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Summary: Very Accurate Historical Piece. Very Intense
Review: For anyone who loves Southern Africa history, we all read in awe how fine an army the Zulu's were. They could run 20 miles with little food and water and fight a battle and run back home! Michael Cain's first big role! Excellent. The Colour Sargent was fabulous. Imagine facing 30 to one odds! The Martini and Henry boxer brass cartridge was black powder and in .51 caliber. If could penetrate up to three Zulu warriors at one. It is the most comparable battle for the British such as our American Alamo, only the British Army's fine discipline and supperior fire-power prevailed. There were 11 Victoria Crosses awarded, which is equivalent to our Congressional Medal of Honor. Great film and quite accurate. The battle depicted in the movie was really fought at Roarks Drift in 1879.
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Summary: Defective DVD Copy
Review: The move is 5 stars. I have purchased 3 different copies of the Diamond DVD and all 3 have the same problem. The 1st approx 34 mins. are not on the DVD.
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Summary: DVD buyers beware
Review: Anyone thinking of buying this DVD beware, I saw the 4 stars at the top of the page and placed an order, this being one of my all time favourite films and not available in the UK. Unfortunatly at the top of the page are only the glowing reviews of the video version, I did not see til too late the reviews of the DVD. The DVD is simply a scandal, do not purchase it unless you need another coaster, see all the other reviews of this disk for all the problems and avoid this like version the plague. Keep your fingers crossed that someone does a widescreen version that does this superb film justice.
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