- Actors: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall
- Directors: Steven Spielberg
- Writers: Steven Zaillian, Thomas Keneally
- Producers: Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen, Irving Glovin, Kathleen Kennedy, Lew Rywin
- Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: Spanish, French
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Universal Studios
- DVD Release Date: 9 Mar 2004
- Run Time: 195 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (113 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00012QM8G
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 105,293 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Steven Spielberg had a banner year in 1993. He scored one of his biggest commercial hits that summer with the mega-hit Jurassic Park, but it was the artistic and critical triumph of Schindler's List that Spielberg called "the most satisfying experience of my career". Adapted from the best-selling book by Thomas Keneally and filmed in Poland with an emphasis on absolute authenticity, Spielberg's masterpiece ranks among the greatest films ever made about the Holocaust during World War II. It's a film about heroism with an unlikely hero at its center--Catholic war profiteer Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who risked his life and went bankrupt to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps.
By employing Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army, Schindler ensures their survival against terrifying odds. At the same time, he must remain solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant (Ben Kingsley) and negotiate business with a vicious, obstinate Nazi commandant (Ralph Fiennes) who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa overlooking a prison camp. Schindler's List gains much of its power not by trying to explain Schindler's motivations, but by dramatising the delicate diplomacy and determination with which he carried out his generous deeds.
As a drinker and womanizer who thought nothing of associating with Nazis, Schindler was hardly a model of decency; the film is largely about his transformation in response to the horror around him. Spielberg doesn't flinch from that horror, and the result is a film that combines remarkable humanity with abhorrent inhumanity--a film that functions as a powerful history lesson and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the context of a living nightmare. --Jeff Shannon
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Steven Spielberg had a banner year in 1993, scoring an artistic and critical triumph with Schindler's List as well as one of his biggest commercial hits with Jurassic Park. The black-and-white film, which Spielberg called "the most satisfying experience of my career", was adapted from the bestselling book by Thomas Keneally and filmed in Poland with an emphasis on absolute authenticity; this Spielberg masterpiece ranks among the greatest films ever made about the Holocaust during World War II. It's a film about heroism with an unlikely hero at its centre--Catholic war profiteer Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who risked his life and went bankrupt to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps.
By employing Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army, Schindler ensures their survival against terrifying odds. At the same time, he must remain solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant (Ben Kingsley) and negotiate business with a vicious, obstinate Nazi commandant (Ralph Fiennes) who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa overlooking a prison camp. Schindler's List gains much of its power not by trying to explain Schindler's motivations, but by dramatising the delicate diplomacy and determination with which he carried out his generous deeds. As a drinker and womaniser who thought nothing of associating with Nazis, Schindler was hardly a model of decency; the film is largely about his transformation in response to the horror around him. Spielberg doesn't flinch from that horror, and the result is a film that combines remarkable humanity with abhorrent inhumanity--a film that functions as a powerful history lesson and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the context of a living nightmare. --Jeff Shannon
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
History in Black and White,
By Jay "The Amazon Reviewer" (Mauritius) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Schindler's List - Special Edition [DVD] (1993) (DVD)
Thomas Keneally's bestselling book was made into a movie of awesome power and emotional impact. Oskar Schindler was a Catholic war profiteer during World War II. He initially prospered because he went along with the Nazi regime and did not challenge it. But Schindler ultimately saved the lives of more than 1,000 Polish Jews by giving them jobs in his factory, which turned out crockery for the German army. Schindler lost his wealth, but gained salvation for many lives and the descendants that would spring from those lives.
Like Raging Bull and Rumblefish, this film is shot in black and white which accentuates the impact whenever there is the odd colour scene as in the end with the girl in the red coat after liberation of the prisoners. Despite the movie's considerable length, it is never slow or dull. It is hard to believe that Hollywood, which so often churns out mindless drivel aimed at making money, could produce something so important and powerful as this film. Much credit is due to the three main actors -- Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ben Kingsley as his Jewish accountant (and, on occasion, Schindler's conscience), and Ralph Fiennes as the frightening Nazi commandant. The film won seven Oscars, but its best accomplishment may be reminding us that we must never forget what happened.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
overwhelming,
This review is from: Schindler's List [DVD] [1994] (DVD)
Spielberg is not the first one to make a movie about the cruels which havebeen comitted in the Third Reich against a part of their own citizens, thejews. A homicide took place, and everybody is aware of this.The scriptis based on facts, as many other similar movies about "KZ" are too. As other most directors tried to teach us lessons, Spielberg went a different way. His expertise as director of successfull entertainment movies enabled himto use this armamentorium of experience and technical skills, to lead usinto the time of WW II. Whithout moralizing Spielberg catches theviewer with this story. It is the auditory, starting to think about and first of all to developdeepest sympathy for the victims, the mistreated jews. In my Schindlers List is not only Steven Spielbergs masterpiece, butone ofthe best movies ever: As a reminder it makes young people who never experienced such times tothink, as well as it meets the feelings of those who actually lived in theThird Reich. (It should bee seen on a big screen if possible and without crisps andbeer. It was not Steven Spielberg's intetion to produce a TV-Film, madeto be seen on a couch)
78 of 84 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Five stars for the film but this boxed set is only worth 2,
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This review is from: Schindler's List (Special Edition) [DVD] [1994] (DVD)
Important note - this review is of the boxed set contents for this limited edition release of Schindler's List and not for the film itself, which is an absolutely essential buy.The boxed set really adds nothing to the standard release of Schindler's List on DVD, which is beautifully packaged and has some interesting extras. On top of this standard release you also get: Soundtrack of the CD - John Williams' excellent score is strong enough to be listened to aside from the film but can be found separately and doesn't justify the additional cost. A book containing stills from the movie - whilst the book is beautifully produced and the stills are evocative, the question has to be - what is the point? The images within the book mean far more as part of the movie itself. A more sensible approach would surely have been to produce a book containing real documentary evidence of the Holocaust. A "limited edition" stenotype of a scene from the film - one of Universal's favourite extras in their limited edition DVD releases. Everybody gets the same film still, and the number on the back of mine was 188843, which suggests the limited edition isn't particularly limited. This sort of thing only has any value if it is genuinely scarce. A "certificate of authenticity" - somewhat tackily containing a quote from Roger Ebert about the film, moderate quality printing on thin paper. Very cheap indeed. It's a shame that a film as important as Schindler's List receives the same treatment from Universal's marketing department as usual and this boxed set is definitely not worth the extra money that you'll pay over the price of the standard release which, ironically, does show genuine effort having been made to match the product to the quality of the film within.
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