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Restrepo [DVD]

Tim Hetherington , Sebastian Junger    Exempt   DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
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  • Directors: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Dogwoof
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Dec 2010
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003ZIZ2T8
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,072 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Winner of the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and heralded as possibly the best war film ever made, Restrepo focuses on the deployment of a US platoon in Afghanistan's hostile Korengal Valley . Over the course of 15 months, the two filmmakers Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger (author of 'The Perfect Storm') lived with the unit shadowing their every move, resulting in extraordinary footage. From spectacular combat and ambush scenes to difficult discussions with local village elders, civilian and military deaths, never before has such access been granted. Restrepo is as close as it gets to seeing what life as a soldier is really like.

The confirmed extras for the disc is below:

  • Trailer
  • Additional Soldier Interviews
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Where Are They Now Featurette

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Bob Salter TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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Sebastian Junger first won recognition as the author of "The Perfect Storm", after which he was touted as the new Hemingway. Now having read the book, and entertaining as it may be, that is stretching it a bit. But he has used his newly won fame to branch out into another direction as a fledgling film maker. Together with British photographer Tim Hetherington, Junger spent between June 2007 to June 2008 on the front line in Afghanistan, providing reports and pictures on an assignment for Vanity Fair. As a result of this experience he also wrote the bestselling book "War" 2010. "Restrepo" was also born through this same baptism of fire.

The documentary follows the daily lives of young soldiers from the second platoon, `B' Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, airborne of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, as they face a determined Taliban enemy in the Korangal Valley in the North Eastern part of Afghanistan. Junger himself says the film is no political or moral analysis, the camera simply follows the experiences of soldiers in daily front line contact with the enemy. This it achieves very successfully, and there are times when you want to duck beneath the parapet as the bullets fly. As an experiential viewer I was almost able to understand the fear that many soldiers must have regarding a bullet with their name on it. Tragically there was one for the platoon medic PFC Juan Restrepo, who was killed in early bitter fighting. Much of the action takes place at the besieged advanced outpost named after him, which had the feeling of a Fort Apache, Fort Zindernuff, being under constant threat of attack. It almost feels at times as if you are in an awful reality game, where your life is really at stake.

It was horribly fascinating to see American troops fighting in the same forbidding graveyard terrain that past armies from Britain and Russia had fought. The British are still of course fighting in Helmand. Korangal was dubbed appropriately the "Valley of Death" by US troops who fought there. On April 14th 2010, in a depressingly familiar story, the US military withdrew from Korangal having sustained unacceptable casualties for so little progress. Forty two US servicemen died fighting in the valley, and hundreds were wounded. Many more inferior equipped Afghan soldiers with poorer ballistic protection died. It was sad to see so many affable and impressionable young men thrown into combat in a totally alien environment, much as their counterparts would have done on D Day. One young soldier describes how his hippy parents prevented him from watching anything violent on TV. The camera then shows him putting down heavy fire into the valley. Life is full of strange contradictions, and it appears as if the mistakes of the past are being eternally re-enacted in a horrible merry go round. If you wish to understand what it is to be a front line soldier then this is the film for you. The film deservedly won the Grand Jury prize for a domestic documentary at the prestigious Sundance Festival in 2010.
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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I saw this film yesterday at the Harbour Lights cinema in Southampton, one hell of a film. Beatmessiah has already summed it up pretty well, it was visceral and emotional but also inspiring. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the war in Afghanistan there is no doubting the fine character of many of these young people fighting the Taliban is such difficult and confusing tactical and cultural conditions. And yes without a doubt the impromptu disco to Sam Fox's "Touch Me" is hilarious!
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44 of 51 people found the following review helpful
One Helluva Ride! 19 Oct 2010
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The best documentary so far on the most useless war since the Great War.
Absolutely fantastic film, giving an insight into the daily horrors and impossibility of the war in Afghanistan.
Every interview with the individual soldiers involved is extremly moving. Listening to them describe the horrors and fear of battle - then to actually SEE the battle on screen, as the film makers are right there, is incredible and at times very emotional ( the scene where one of the sergeants is killed is very painful to watch).

There are also many light moments - watching hardened warriors dancing to 'Touch Me' is hilarious, the conversation over the radio between 2 soldiers about one of them living on a ranch is surreal and many of the moments during firefights, close up of a hot shell falling into one of the guys soft shoe, are very funny!

Totally unmissable, hope there are extras on the DVD!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Restrepo
DVD arrived swiftly, and in perfect condition. It's a superb film - though actually, the book on the same subject, War by Sebastian Junger (who, with the late Tim Hetherington,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Arsenal Fan
Hit and Miss
Whatever your views on 'why we are there' are, war will always be harrowing, shocking and an alien entity for those who have not experienced it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Fin Mckiernan
Keeping Wall Street Safe
One otherwise excellent review makes a comparison with D-Day. This powerful movie shows the hopeless guerilla war fought by our finest against hordes fighting for country, home and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by A Robert Miller
Heartwrenching
I purchased this after reading "War" by Sebastian Junger who co-directed this film/Documentary with Tim Hetherington. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nat Gall
one of the best
A magnificent film, another Dogwoof gem. One of the best alongside "A

Walk in the Sun" -fiction but with the ring of authenticity, "Seven

Samurai". Read more
Published 7 months ago by mitchum
As near as you'll get to war - from your sofa
Is this a five star piece of filmmaking? No. Is it a film of five star importance? No doubt at all.

'Restrepo' follows a US Army Company as it secures an outpost in the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by M. Harrison
review: Restrepo and Armadillo compared
The Anglo-American military involvement in Afghanistan has now dragged on for ten years, and sadly a lot of British and American soldiers have been killed, and that's not to... Read more
Published 8 months ago by G. Heath
Ok - but not up to the hype
Read the reviews about this and thought it would be great. In reality it is fairly pump! The editing is fairly poor and jumps around quite a bit. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Airborne Rat
futile
While it is the expected norm to sympathise with anyone fighting the Taliban, it is hard to do so here. Read more
Published 10 months ago by fergus
Another film about the futility of war
I'd like to create an academy for politicians which forces them to watch films like this. Tim Hetherington's death made watching that much more poignant. Read more
Published 11 months ago by William Cohen
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