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King Of Hearts
Jacques Balutin, Alan Bates
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
One of the five best movies ever made
+ an Alan Bates fan
+ The madness and madcap-ness of war
+ A True Classic
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Black Adder IV - Black Adder Goes Forth
Rowan Atkinson
BBC Warner, 2001
Black Adder IV
+ One of the greatest comedy series, ever!....
+ Formulaic, but it's a good formula
+ Blackadder... no more?
+ Comedy at its best
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Stalag 17
William Holden, Don Taylor
Paramount, 1999
A Classic
+ It lacks the pristine quality of most Wilder's other work, but it's still worth the time...
+ Stalag 17
+ Good entertainment
+ Excellent acting
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Band of Brothers
Damien Lewis, Ron Livingston
HBO Home Video, 2002
By far the best war movie ever
+ BoB Should Get 10 Stars
+ Band of Brothers
+ band of Brothers
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The Red Badge of Courage
Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin
Warner Home Video, 2003
Different from war movies in that era
+ Good even if older movie
+ Heroism, Stephen Crane's exploration
+ Nice B&W B Movie
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The Thin Red Line
Kirk Acevedo, Penelope Allen
20th Century Fox, 2002
Crossing the Line
Malik's epic anti-war treatise is less effective on repeat and its pitch at the sublime is best savoured on big-screen theatre darkness to work its magic. Much of the necessary swatches of sky through tree canopy, macro nature, and shifting light over sussurating grasses, the ephphanies experienced ...
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Dirty Dozen - Limited Edition Collector's Set
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine
Creative Design Art, 2000
Classic
+ A Classic
+ Excellent Blu package, includes a full-length 'The Next Mission' in DVD resolution as a bonus
+ "Wreckless Redemption"
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A Bridge Too Far
Dirk Bogarde, James Caan
United Artists, 1998
Operation Market Garden
+ Good Copy
+ A Bridge Too Far and Lessons Too Close
+ Excellent.
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The Big Red One
Stéphane Audran, Ken Campbell
Warner Home Video, 1999
A true masterpiece!
+ Fuller rocks
+ A Solid WWII Movie Which Went From Good To Very Good
No need to rehash plot points, but suffice it to say that The Big Red One - in all it's restored glory as Fuller intended - is a true masterpiece. One of the best WWII films ever made, with heartfelt performances and great action. Watching Mark Hammill empty a clip into the german soldier who ...
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Jacob's Ladder
Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña
Lions Gate, 1998
Was It A Flashback Or A Flashforward
+ Angels and Demons
+ First Rate Thriller
+ ...did anyone else notice the missing scenes?!?
+ No Spoiler Here
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Platoon (Special Edition)
Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
A Must See...
+ Vietnam. FUBAR!!
+ Truly Essential for War flick buffs.
+ The stars... there's no right or wrong in them. They're just there
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Shenandoah
James Stewart, Doug McClure
Universal Studios, 2003
Jimmy Stewart gives a great performance
+ Shining story
+ My 15 year old Newphew's Favorite Movie - Shenandoah
+ An individualist who finds himself unwillingly at war
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Paths of Glory
Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker
MGM (Video & DVD), 1999
Military injustice
+ All the Beauty and Monstrosity of Being Human
+ L'infamie
+ enough to make you weep...
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (Limited Edition)
James Donald, Harold Goodwin
Sony Pictures, 2000
Excellent Movie, Excellent DVD
+ The Bridge Over The River Kwai
+ "Whistle While You Work. . ."
+ The bridge...
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The Manchurian Candidate (Special Edition)
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey
MGM (Video & DVD), 2004
The Manchurian Candidate, a political thriller
+ A Classic...
+ Even in a Post USSR World the Original Still Resonates
+ The Manchurian Candidate (special edition)
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