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Summary: this one has to be on DVD
Review: This movie is one of my all time favorites and it has to be on a newly transfered DVD! My VHS copy is old and worn out and even worse, it is pan&scan! In these days they are showing a german-dubbed version in a 1.77:1 aspect ratio on german payTV. Awful! Pleeeease, give us the anamorphic 2.35:1 scope version of this unique masterpiece!
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Summary: Mulay Achmed Mohammed el-Raisuli the Magnificent
Review: This adventure centers on the grandeur of the time around the turn of the century prior to World War I and the great personalities who shared it. Sean Connery is a fantastic "Lord of the Rift and Sultan to the Berbers" despite his thick Scottish accented rendition. Candice Bergen is the American woman in an impossible predicament trying to protect herself and her children from harm while being ransomed in a far away land. Brian Keith portrays the larger than life Teddy Roosevelt who backs down to no earthly menace. Their strength of will, content of character and faithfulness to honor make this film a feel good story filled with people we wish we could be. This includes the U.S. Marines who give no quarter, take no excuses and betray all odds showing why they are the few.With it's big stars, great story line and touch of romance, I will never understand why this film is not given the recognition it deserves. When it comes out on DVD, I will have a copy for myself and one for everyone I know who has a DVD player.
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Summary: So Romantic
Review: This movie has been a favorite of mine since the first time I saw it on the big screen! Sean Connery out did himself. The Wind and the Lion is the perfect Sunday afternoon "get away"!
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Summary: A great all around package!!
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite movies!!! Candace Bergman, Sean Connery, Brian Keith...great actors!!! Best of all, one of Jerry Goldsmith's BEST soundtracks!!!! Fun story, tender moments, interesting relationships!!! Please release this on DVD!!! There is so much garbage out on DVD, while superb movies like this still languish on VHS!!!
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Summary: The Wind and the Lion
Review: What a great movie. When I'm feeling a little fearful about approaching something new in life, I watch this video. The courage and boldness of the characters is inspiring. And Brian Keith's excellent portrayal of Teddy Roosevelt's grit reminds me of current events. The relationship shown between Sean Connery and Candace Bergen's characters is so charming and touching that it makes me forget it's a movie. Seeing this movie just once will have you hooked on seeing it often -- very often. Come to think of it, you might want to buy two copies while you're at it, because you'll probably wear out the first one like I did.
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Summary: Great family adventure
Review: Loved this movie when originally released. I watch it about once a month. I have used excerpts from the movie in my Sunday School class. I recommend this movie to all.
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Summary: Great Action and Adventure
Review: This movie is based on actually events that occured in Morocco just before the advent of the First Wolrd War. While the historical content is subordinated somewhat for the cinema, this film nonetheless conveys the political confusion that existed in Morocco at that time. An accurate portrayal is made of the corrupt Moroccan leaders who cared little for their own people.
The Euroepan powers are also accurately shown in their greedy desires to carve up yet another incompetent Middle Eastern Kingdom. The United States gets pulled into the affair as well, and the movie does a fine job showing how Teddy Rosevelt advocated his walk-tall-and-carry-a-big-stick philosophy. The movie conveys well what was involved with old world power politics. Sean Connery does his usual best portraying a likeable Beduoin leader. I must say in lieu of 9/11 its a little hard to find much sympathy for him and his followers. The movie shows him and and his Berbers riding across the desert much as the early warriors of Islam did in the 7th Century. Its compelling stuff, but again, in light of recent events its a little less romantic than it use to be. The kiddnapping of the American woman and her family provides a convenient vehicle for Sean Connery and Candice Bergan to engage in their verbal dual as aging Islam encounters modern Western Womanhood! Its all quite innocent fun, and good adventure. The movie becomes a bit contrived by demonizing the Germans in the end, and the whole scene to rescue Sean Connery seems a bit over done. The best scene is probably the US Marines storming the Bashaw's Palace. If only it could be that easy today! Teddy Rosevelt gets positive imagery in his homey presidential style. It's interesting to note that he would be less gung-ho when his son was killed some years later in the First Wolrd War. Overall a fine period film, with good acting, sets, and high adventure. The image of Islam seems a lot less romantic now than it did 30 years ago, but the movie still works on many levels.
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Summary: BRAVO BRAVADO
Review: I WISH JOHN MILIUS WOULD DIRECT MORE MOVIES. HIS CONSERVATIVE YET ADVENTUROUS STYLE FAR OUT PERFORMS THE COMPETITION AND THIS ONE WILL LIKELY BE CONSIDERED HIS MASTERPIECE.
'CONAN' IS GOOD ESCAPIST ENTERTAINMENT BUT MILIUS SHINES IN HIS CLOSER TO REALITY PIECES.
THE ONLY BLOTCH ON THIS FILM IS LIBERAL CANDACE BERGEN WHO ACTS WELL ENOUGH BUT HARDLY RANKS AMONG THE TALENT FEATURED HERE.
YOULL NEVER SEE A MORE RIGHTEOUSLY PORTRAYED TEDDY ROOSEVELT.
WHY BRIAN KEITH DIDNT WIN AN OSCAR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS THE GREAT ONE IS BEYOND ME. COULD IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH HOLLYWIERDS LIBERAL LEANINGS?
THIS FILM IS CONSERVATIVE GUSTO AT ITS RICHEST. THE STORYLINE ALTHOUGH MORE FICTION THAN FACT PAINTS COLORFUL PORTRAITS OF EVEN MORE COLORFUL CHARACTERS.
SEAN CONNERY NEVER PLAYED BETTER. (SORRY BOND FANS) HE IS THE MAGNIFICENT "RISOULI." IM SURE THE SPELLING IS INCORRECT BUT OH WELL. HE IS A DELIGHTFUL DESERT BRIGAND PIRATE WHO TAKES AN AMERICAN WOMAN AND HER KIDS CAPTIVE IN AN EFFORT TO FORCE POLITICAL DEMANDS. BUT TEDDY ONLY WANTS TO KNOW 'WHAT KIND OF RIFLE THE MAN CARRIES.'
THE RHETORIC BETWEEN CONNERY AND BERGEN, THE AMERICAN CAPTIVE IS GENIUS DIALOGUE. AND THE SCENES FEATURING KEITHS ROOSEVELT IS PURE, UNAPOLOGETIC CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN AT ITS BEST.
ONE OF THE PATRIOTIC PLEASURES COMES WHEN MOUTHY POLITICS GIVE WAY TO RED, WHITE AND BLUE "MILITARY INTERVENTION."
A COMPANY OF MARINE RIFLEMEN MARCH UNABASHEDLY THROUGH THE STREETS OF AN ARABIC CAPITAL CITY TO SEIZE THE GOVERNMENT.
I GET GOOSE BUMPS EVERY TIME I WATCH IT. ANY REAL AMERICAN WILL.
HAIL JOHN MILIUS! THIS IS THE KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT THIS GREAT COUNTRY NEEDS.
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Summary: My all time favorite movie
Review: This movie has everything I love in a movie, action, romance, comedy...and a great musical score. I'm constantly searching for it on DVD, since I've worn out 2 VHS's already. Please MGM, get with the program!!!
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Summary: The glorious thunder of hooves...
Review: Even now, so many years after seeing it on the big screen and after dozens of re-viewings, there are moments that invariably bring tingles and tears.... This is a film about honor, more than anything else -- and with the setting, the score and a brilliant cast having a wonderful time, no wonder it's loved by so many of us. My all-time favorite movie.
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