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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PINK FLOYD
EAN: 9780738904900
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0738904902
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Running Time: 83 minutes
Sales Rank: 2059
Studio: Sony
Theatrical Release Date: August 13, 1982
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
By any rational measure, Alan Parker's cinematic interpretation of Pink Floyd: The Wall is a glorious failure. Glorious because its imagery is hypnotically striking, frequently resonant, and superbly photographed by the gifted cinematographer Peter Biziou. And a failure because the entire exercise is hopelessly dour, loyal to the bleak themes and psychological torment of Roger Waters's great musical opus, and yet utterly devoid of the humor that Waters certainly found in his own material. Any attempt to visualize The Wall would be fraught with artistic danger, and Parker succumbs to his own self-importance, creating a film that's as fascinating as it is flawed.
The film is, for better and worse, the fruit of three artists in conflict--Parker indulging himself, and Waters in league with designer Gerald Scarfe, whose brilliant animated sequences suggest that he should have directed and animated this film in its entirety. Fortunately, this clash of talent and ego does not prevent The Wall from being a mesmerizing film. Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof (in his screen debut) is a fine choice to play Waters's alter ego--an alienated, 'comfortably numb' rock star whose psychosis manifests itself as an emotional (and symbolically physical) wall between himself and the cold, cruel world. Weaving Waters's autobiographical details into his own jumbled vision, Parker ultimately fails to combine a narrative thread with experimental structure. It's a rich, bizarre, and often astonishing film that will continue to draw a following, but the real source of genius remains the music of Roger Waters. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description:
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Genre: Music Video: Concerts
Rating: NR
Release Date: 25-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Sharing
I wanted to share this movie with my son who loves The Wall audio cd. He seems to appreciate it.
Rating: - A Classic
I have watched this 20 or more times over the last 25 years. I never grow bored with it. It was a soundtrack for my teenage alienation. Absolutely brilliant.
Rating: - sweet
Forget that the film is a classic. This is a favorite of mine for what comes with it, and the beautiful artwork on the discs...If your a Floydian Overlord then this is a must have or you can't pop bubbles backwards while standing, giggling and smiling, really trying to let go...
Rating: - I hate Pink Floyd, but I dig the movie
I have never liked Pink Floyd's music- You know, maybe 2 or 3 songs, but otherwise I can't stand them- However, this movie is really something special. It's creative, and it's mind boggling. I'd suggest picking it up just based on the fact of its trippy nature. Any fans of art/sci fi/sick stuff, will definitely enjoy this movie. So watch it.
Rating: - A not too bad third telling of Pink Floyd's magnum opus
The film version of Pink Floyd's The Wall was released in August of 1982.
The movie did fairly well at the box office. It initially grossed $23 million which was alot of money back in 1982 considering it was competing against films like E.T., Rocky III and the first Poltergeist. I first saw the movie when my father rented this movie for me when I was 9 (I am not joking folks, this was in September, 1985 as I had been a fan for quite some time by then).
It is still a great film even today though some say too overdramatic. The screenplay was written by Floyd bass player/singer/lyricist Roger Waters amd the film was directed by Alan Parker (famed for the movies Midnight Express, The Committments and Evita) and starred Boomtown Rats frontman (and future Live Aid and Live 8 organizer) Bob Geldof in the leading role as Pink.
Originally, the film was to be footage of the band performing The Wall concerts at London's Earls Court but was scrapped at Parker's request (though this footage is available via bootleg in not bad quality).
The movie tells the story of Pink, a rock star whom had a traumatic life. His father died in WWII, had to contend with an overbearing mother, cruel sarcastic teachers, an unhappy marriage and a successful music career. One night after calling his wife and hearing she cheats on him, he invites a groupie into his hotel and loses it.
The character was based on part-Waters, part-Keith Moon, part-Syd Barrett and part fascism.
The film is noted ... Read More
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