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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Well-Restored Bulge,
By John Wilfers (Dublin, Ireland.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Battle of The Bulge [DVD] [1965] (DVD)
A sequel of sorts to "The Longest Day," (same director, some of the same actors like Fonda playing different characters), this is one of the best restorations of a film I've seen in recent years. The picture and sound have been digitally remastered and 17 minutes of previously-unseen footage has been added (you even get a hilarious 1960s intermission card onscreen halfway through, how's that for restoring everything!). The film looks and sounds brand new again and there are new things to enjoy.
Having said that, the film itself doesn't do justice to the real Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Offensive as it is also called. The real battle was fought in blizzard conditions, there are scenes in this film that look like summertime with not a flake of snow in sight. The tanks are also not the gigantic German Tiger and King Tiger tanks that were used in reality. Of course, it was hard to find all the real elements when making this movie 21 years later, but I'd love to see a Saving Private Ryan-style remake where they could put realistic-looking Tiger tanks in with CGI. Robert Shaw gives a strong performance, even if he does look like the stereotypical bleach-blond, blue-eyed Nazi. The Malmedy Massacre is well-handled, which is unusual for a film from 1965. There are also some interesting black-and-white interviews and "Making Of" documentaries from the time included on the DVD. I don't think the average viewer will worry about the historical inaccuracies too much. They'll just see an entertaining, old-school, all-star Hollywood war epic of the kind they don't make anymore. Recommended.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good film except for the cuts.,
By Richard (Axminster, Devon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Battle of The Bulge [DVD] [1965] (DVD)
The film at its original length was terrific, however this dvd has lost at least 20 minutes of footage, spoiling a lot of the build up and anti-war sentiment. A fierce argument over war between Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson has been cut out, as have some of the scenes of brutality by the Germans against civilians in a town. If you have never seen the full length original then you might not notice but a shame all the same.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
of questionable merit,
This review is from: Battle of The Bulge [DVD] [1965] (DVD)
By bringing in actors who had long passed their 'sell by date', i.e. Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews and George Montgomery, the studio no doubt assumed that these dinosaurs would add a little authority to a somewhat bland scenario. The 'Battle of the Bulge' deserved better than this. Viewers should watch the relevant episodes in 'Band of Brothers' before watching this dross. Robert Shaw does his best as the Panzer colonel, but is upstaged by a real German actor, Hans Christian Bleck as Conrad. Whoever decided to cast Ty Hardin as an American-speaking German conjured up a real tomato here. The best part of the film which still sticks in my memory is the brief scene where the colonel inspects his 'boys' and is treated to a superb rendering of the 'Panzerlied'.
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