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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404930605
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404930604
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledJapaneseSubtitled
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD00859D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: October 07, 2003
Running Time: 140 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Run time: 139 minutes Rating: G
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A good addition to any DVD library that traces a (quasi-)historical thread through Western Civilization. I started out collecting war movies but this has gradually matured into a library of films that string reasonably entertaining/enlightening pearls of Western political evolution. In truth I like movies I can watch attentively the first time, then re-watch downstream while cooking dinner or doing small repairs at the kitchen table. In Cromwell, the speaking voices of Richard Harris and Alec Guinness, even dear old Robert Morley, are wonderfully sonorous -- I don't even need to be eyes-on the screen to be warmed and chilled and floated away by the dialog. Guinness as Charles I has a wit and gravitas that steals every scene he's in. Although I thoroughly detest "top-100" lists of films -- especially since they seem to be venue-sponsored, or -- worse yet -- reflect a directed polling, I would appreciate greater visibility of critical, independent, category-specific library definitions that might, for example, also provides links into critically regarded works of written fiction and non-fiction. This would provide a basis for enhanced, disciminated choice, as well as the product tie-ins that seem so important these days. Having said this, I am disdainful of one-click teasers such as, "Since you liked Cromwell, you might also like Roman Holiday or perhaps Roman Bread." In one sense, this might seem intellectual snobbery, but I still sure do like watching Patton while making steak, salad, and french fries for dinner. "Discipline is pretty poor ...".
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This movie is absolutely fabulous. Great acting. Dramatic, with great storytelling. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Five stars.
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I know that some people call this movie a tribute to overacting, but I think that's what historical drama SHOULD be. Overblown, like Greek tragedy, because, say what you like about Cromwell himself, or about Richard Harris' portrayal of him, he DID change human history, and that's no small matter. Both Cromwell and Charles I were overplayed, and should have been, as the question being tested during the English Civil War settled, at least partly, the question, does the king exist to serve the people, or do the people exist to serve the King? And, if that question had gone the other way, the United States Of America would not exist, as the driving concept behind our country is the answer that Cromwell forced, that the King exists to serve the people. I found a dramatization of that question being debated to the point of the battlefield, to be entertaining and, obviously, thought provoking.
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Watch it just to see Richard Harris at work; masterful performance. Alec Guinness shines as well. Good battles scenes, recommended for history lovers and those who want to study a flawless movie.
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I bought this DVD along with a few other historical dramas and except for this one I had seen all the other films previously. My experience with this film confirms my going-forward plan to buy no DVD that I haven't already seen and approved.
The film was quite interesting and iluminative of the period but the value was greatly diminished for me by the ridiculously over-dramatic music which dates the film. This is not a DVD that I will watch more than once. If it were available I should have rented it first and then I would not have bought it.
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