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Sword of Honour

starring: Richard Norton (IV), Robert Daws, Robert Paterson, Geoffrey Streatfield, Lloyd McGuire
directed by: Bill Anderson (III)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0054961880690
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Acorn Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Running Time: 193 minutes
Sales Rank: 44051
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: 2001



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Description:
Thirty-five-year-old Englishman Guy Crouchback returns home from Italy at the start of the war determined to fight the good fight. Horrified by Nazi barbarism and emotionally shattered by a painful divorce, Crouchback eagerly accepts a post with the elite Royal Corps of Halberdiers. But nothing has prepared him for the absurd reality of life in the British army or the return of his alluring ex-wife.

Based on Evelyn Waugh’s semi-autobiographical World War II epic, Sword of Honour stars Daniel Craig (Casino Royale, Munich), Megan Dodds (Love in a Cold Climate), Richard Coyle (Coupling), and Leslie Phillips (Love on a Branch Line). 'More powerful and moving by the minute' —The Times (U.K.)

Amazon.com:
War is hell, but it can bring out the best in the unlikeliest of men. Sword of Honour, a splendid British miniseries, is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Evelyn Waugh. Waugh's alter ego in the film, Guy Crouchback, played with gravitas, fortitude, and a wee bit of vulnerability by a pre-James Bond Daniel Craig, joins the World War II effort as an older soldier because he feels a pure calling to fight evil. And fight he does, though the realities of war and army life are ultimately revealed to him in all their venality and haphazardness. The film sweeps across Europe, from pre-war England--where life for the upper crust is all crisp linen, martinis, and a fierce denial of the notion that the British Empire is, in fact, doomed--to Capt. Crouchback's missions in Vichy France, an utterly destroyed Crete, Egypt, and more. All the while, Crouchback fights his own demons along with the Nazis; his alluring ex-wife, Virginia (played with sultry sensuality by the American actress Megan Dodds, so memorable in the British series MI-5), to whom Crouchback is undeniably still drawn. The action and production values are topnotch, as is the ensemble cast. But the key is Craig, whose world-weary demeanor only barely masks the needs of a soldier--and a man--who is all too human. His performance is soul-stirring, and even those who think they aren't war-film fans will be captivated by the layered storytelling here. Extras include cast filmographies and a biography of Waugh. --A.T. Hurley



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - War story
Sometimes boring and too long, it is an interesting testimony to history of people winning wars for ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Immensely enjoyable adaptation... Highly abridged but true in spirit... Fine DVD
This is immensely enjoyable. It is a brilliant 3-hour adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's "Sword of Honour" ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Another disappointment
Another disappointment, as was "A Handful of Dust" starring Kristin Scott Thomas. Have to agree with ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not bad but not Waugh
Inevitability a novel, especially one that is reflective, suffers when made into a film. Even a film as ... Read More


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