War and Remembrance - Volume 1 - Parts 1-7
starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Polly Bergen
directed by: Tommy Groszman, Dan Curtis
directed by: Tommy Groszman, Dan Curtis
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788606113
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Miniseries, NTSC
ISBN: 0788606115
Label: Mpi Home Video
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Running Time: 810 minutes
Sales Rank: 7898
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1988
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The ambitious TV event War and Remembrance was the final opus in the golden age of the maxi-miniseries. This six-disc set offers the first half (seven episodes) of ABC's mammoth 30-hour production of Herman Wouk's bestseller--itself a sequel to the landmark Winds of War--mixing fictional and real characters around the events of World War II. It starts a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor and abruptly stops in July 1943 with the fall of Mussolini. Only half of the first series' lead actors return, including Robert Mitchum as the patriarch Captain 'Pug' Henry. Although Mitchum is too old and less dashing than he should be, his presence is exactly what the series needs as it wavers between pop entertainment and a graphic look at the atrocities of war. The series' multiple storylines branch from the Henry family tree, from his sons' naval battles to his daughter-in-law's (Jane Seymour) harrowing flight through Europe with her famous father (John Gielgud), witnessing firsthand the collapse of European Jewish life in the grip of Nazi power.
Director Dan Curtis said that after The Winds of War, the opportunity to show the Jews' plight led him to take on another daunting production. He takes the viewer into Auschwitz with unflinching realism (producer and former internee Branko Lustig returned to the subject a decade later with Schindler's List) and is just as deft with a few massive battle sequences combining models with colorized footage. Sometimes the soap opera of the characters' affairs seems pretty sappy, especially with some uneven acting. The DVD set also contains two featurettes from 1988 and 2002. --Doug Thomas
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- Sad, exciting, frightening but trueI have the DVD of Winds of War, and differ from some of the other reviews in that I liked Ali McGraw ... Read More
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- Not very happy!This shipment was received with the disk for Part I missing and a duplicate disk of Part V & VI. ... Read More
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- war and remembrance 1 and 2War and Remembrance - Volume 1 and 2 DVD Bundle
magnificent series,all the family loved the DVD's.
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- Accessible history at its best!I was enthralled with this from start to finish - I had loved THE WINDS OF WAR, but this was far, far better ... Read More
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- IWAS DISSAPOINTEDI HAD WATCHED THE WINDS OF WAR TWICE I LIKE IT SO MUCH. I WAS REALLY DISSAPOINTED ON THIS ONE. IT WAS PRICED ... Read More
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