All Categories
|
|
Christmas Shopping: DVD : Band of Brothers (Widescreen, 6 Discs) |
|
|
from: HBO
List Price: CDN$ 99.90Amazon.ca's Price: CDN$ 49.99 You Save: CDN$49.91 (50%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783120638
Format: NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
ISBN: 078312063X
Label: HBO
Manufacturer: HBO
Publisher: HBO
Release Date: November 05, 2002
Studio: HBO
Theatrical Release Date: September 09, 2001
Sales Rank: 121
026359920523
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
From 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
Additional Features:
HBO's impressive miniseries may have the most handsome DVD packaging to date: a tin container enclosing the accordion sleeves holding six discs. The extras on the set are just as classy. Besides the rudimentary 30-minute making-of, there's an hour's worth of video diaries by actor Ron Livingston (who portrays Lewis Nixon) detailing the tough "actors' boot camp." The first-person recollections of the real Easy Company soldiers that begin each episode are expanded in the 80-minute documentary We Stand Alone Together. The real footage and heartfelt recollections complement the series, but viewers may want more interaction between the lifelong friends. The documentary is better in the final minutes, when the veterans are not talking about the specific incidents depicted in the film. Another big help in this set is the "field guide," a dossier of maps, glossary, definitions of ranks, a timeline, and a who's who for each episode. --Doug Thomas
Average Rating: 
Rating: -
While this is an extraordinary series...I don't agree with it being listed in the kids section. Teens perhaps but there are lots of very realistic war scenes and it would be better off listed under adult DVD's.
Rating: -
I own this series on DVD boxset and let me tell you it is not in the least disappointing. Directors David Frankel, Tom Hanks, and Steven Speildberg come through beautifully to give us this remarkable story told through the eyes of soldiers in Easy Company. With such actors as Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Ron Livingston, Matthew Settle, and Rick Warden nailing their roles perfectly to deliver an amazing preformance. I could continue on like I was some kind of professional reveiwer but I'm not. ... Read More
Rating: -
I have to admit, before watching this series, I was somewhat skeptical. In the past I have been dissapointed in many World War II movies, historial inaccuracies, cheesy heroism and basically showing only one country in the war against the Germans, and not even mentioning that there are other multi-national forces contributing in the effort. So I thought "Will this be another chest beating, flag bearing Americania propagana machine?" . . .well surpisingly no.
While it does follow ... Read More
Rating:  -
This tripe just reinforces the idiotic opinion held by so many Americans that "America saved Europe" from the Nazi's. Rubbish. Read a good book instead.
Rating: -
I was lucky enough to catch this excellent mini-series on a replaying on the history Channel because 1.) I don't have HBO and 2.) I don't have over $100 to spend on this box set. But I wish I did. This is probably the best war movie I have ever seen. It follows Easy Company, probably the most famous platoon of world war 2 from their training in boot camp, to the very end at hitler's "Eagle Nest." They were a platoon that suffered 150% casulties.
With the exception of its length (over ten ... Read More
Browse for similar items by category:
|
|
