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When Trumpets Fade

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305161943
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305161941
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 10, 1998
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 4200
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 1998

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
First broadcast on HBO in June of 1998--shortly before the theatrical release of Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan--this World War II drama offers an equally intimate and devastating study of combat and its tragic aftermath. Set in Germany during the closing days of the war, the film uses a little-known episode of U.S. military history--the bloody battle of the Hurtigen Forest--as the backdrop for the story of a battle-weary private (Ron Eldard) who is the only surviving member of his platoon. Despite his request for dismissal on the grounds of mental disability and shell-shock, he is considered a promising soldier by his superiors, promoted to sergeant, and assigned to command a fresh platoon of young, inexperienced soldiers. The cycle of war continues, and the film ends as it began--with one soldier carrying a mortally wounded comrade from a scene of devastating loss. A veteran of several war films, director John Irvin emphasizes the gritty, physically exhausting realities of combat with keen attention to detail on location in Hungary. This film is decidedly downbeat (don't look for any Spielbergian uplift here), but its depiction of warfare is undeniably powerful, earning praise for Irvin and HBO for tackling such an uncompromising project. --Jeff Shannon




Rating: - well acted
When Trumpets fade is a well acted and well directed story that is sad in the loss of life that is ... Read More

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Rating: - When Trumpet Fade
Not your standard war hero movie. Lots to think about, if you let yourself. Plenty of action, touched ... Read More

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Rating: - Well Done
I am always very happy to see something created that is well done. In the same caliber as Saving Private ... Read More

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Rating: - Another HBO Home Run!
This movie, together with "The Lost Battalion", demonstrates that HBO excels at producing hard hitting, historically ... Read More

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Rating: - A Sleeper War Movie
I read a few reviews of When Trumpets Fade recently and figured it would probably be worth the six dollar asking price. ... Read More

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