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She [DVD] [1965]

Ursula Andress , Peter Cushing , Robert Day    Universal, suitable for all   DVD
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Rosenda Monteros
  • Directors: Robert Day
  • Writers: David T. Chantler, H. Rider Haggard
  • Producers: Aida Young, Michael Carreras
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Oct 2004
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005NMWA
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 74,107 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Hammer's She might be a travesty of Rider Haggard's epic adventure novel, scaling things down to fit into a budget lavish only by the studio's low standards. At least the film opens with the unexpected sight of Peter Cushing and Bernard Cribbins in a dive in Palestine in 1919, shimmying with belly-dancers and brawling with the locals John Ford-style. Less entertainingly the film then switches attention to blonde clod John Richardson who is dreamily visited by blonde goddess Ursula Andress--her eerie beauty enhanced by the usual Hammer trick of dubbing the foreign crumpet with a posh voice.

Our adventurers are given a map which leads them through deserts and mountains to the lost city of Kuma, an Egyptian-style civilisation ruled by Ayesha. This immortal She-Who-Must-be-Obeyed has been unaccountably waiting for Richardson to be reincarnated ever since she pettishly killed him thousands of years ago. In this reading, She is an Aryan fascist given to tipping those who displease her into a pit of molten lava. Her final comeuppance--as she bathes again in the blue flame of immortality and finds the process reversed so she suffers one of Hammer's patented Dracula dissolves to dust--takes place during a native uprising which overthrows her whole corrupt regime.

The leads look terrific but can't act for beans so it's a mercy that stalwarts Cushing and Christopher Lee (as the treacherous High Priest) are on hand, not to mention Cribbins (comedy servant in bowler hat), Andre Morell and Rosenda Monteros.

The James Bernard music is enchanting in a way Robert Day's direction sadly isn't, but the sets and (especially) costumes are splendid and the film has its moments of magic and terror: as the centurion pours out the remains of Morell's daughter from a jar, as the flame burns blue and the lovers bathe in it.

On the DVD: the 2.35:1 widescreen print is in very good shape. Otherwise, there's not even a trailer. --Kim Newman

Product Description

Another classic Hammer film, shot in Israel and based on H. Rider Haggard's fantasy novel. While on an expedition, Major Horace Holly (Peter Cushing) and his team discover the secret kingdom of Ayesha (Ursula Andress) - she who must be obeyed. Condemned to eternal life, Ayesha wishes Holly's colleague to join her in her eternal existence; believing him to be the reincarnation of her former lover, an Egyptian high priest whom she murdered two thousand years ago.


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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars She is waiting for you...and She must be obeyed 24 Aug 2008
Format:DVD
For me, this is one of Hammer's finest productions and the best film version of Haggard's classic novel.
No other actress at the time could possibly have enacted the part of Ayesha more effectively. The posters proclaimed "Ursula Andress...the most beautiful woman in the world" and they didn't exaggerate. The rest of the cast is uniformly excellent. There are liberties taken with the original story but the end result is faithful in spirit. And that wonderful James Bernard score!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars What? please watch the film. 5 Dec 2010
Format:DVD
On this page (above) it says..."Synopsis. She, the immortal goddess, leads her band of female warriors against mutants and warlike tribes who roam the land establishing their own laws and codes for survival. She needs to conquer the Norks, the strongest of all the tribes, in order to establish her supremacy over all."

Surely Amazon can employ somebody to actually watch the film before just making something up like this? Having said that this would make a great basis for another movie... any investment bankers out there daft enough?

I love both the original book and this movie it's well worth the money and please ignore the synopsis above...
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars She Who Waits 25 July 2008
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Hammer's 1965 version of She can't match Merian C. Cooper's 1935 version for spectacle but it's still rather more handsomely mounted than you'd expect from the studio: location shooting, numerous sets and more extras than usual even if these descendants of Ancient Egyptians seem to have an army consisting of Roman legionaries. The most commercially successful adaptation of `the famous novel by H. Rider Haggard' (as the credits bill it), even inspiring a dreary sequel, The Vengeance of She, it's also surprisingly good, with rather more substance than you might expect.

Played partially as an old-fashioned adventure with far more action than any other version, the story is updated to post-WW1 Palestine, its explorers (Peter Cushing, John Richardson and mild comic relief Bernard Cribbins) now reimagined as demobbed soldiers uprooted by the war. "She who waits" is introduced into the picture surprisingly early and long before they reach her domain - here it is Ayesha herself who urges Leo to make the hazardous journey to prove that he is the reincarnation of her lost love. The second half makes more of the battle for Leo's soul, with more of an argument made against the temptations of eternal youth than in other versions, and the film goes to much darker places than its predecessors: this time Leo is lost long before the blue flame appears, and the end remarkably bleak. Being Hammer it also ups the sadism, not only in a mass execution of chained slaves but in the manner in which one character is `returned' to their family.

With Haggard's novel touching on the worship of beauty and youth above character or even basic humanity (She is so in thrall to her image of a lover that she blames herself for his infidelity) it's actually rather fitting that both leads are dubbed: Ursula Andress because of her thick accent - but then, no-one ever cast her for her voice - and John Richardson because, well, with his zombie-like vocal delivery that made him the Clive Owen of his day: acting never was his forte as long as he had the looks to get away with not having to. It's left to the bearded Peter Cushing's Holly to provide the weight of authority and make the case for growing old gracefully, which he does with effortless professionalism, while Christopher Lee's ambitious high priest Bilali is a far more interesting and less blindly devoted character here, adding another layer of moral decay to the crumbling kingdom. The production design makes a virtue of its relative economy, Kumar past its prime and on the edge of rebellion, the lost city itself long crumbled and the kingdom retreated into the very mountains, though the fact that the sets are smaller than they look and shot with long lenses to look larger is occasionally given away by distortion in some of the panning shots thanks to the still far from perfected Scope lenses. The special effects, though not always photo-realistic, are rather good in their old-fashioned way while James Bernard's score features a particularly memorable desert trek theme. All in all, one of Hammer's finer hours, and still highly enjoyable.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars Ratio wrong, collectors beware!
The opening titles proudly tell us that this film was shot in "Hammerscope" which means 2.35:1 to most Hammer collectors. Read more
Published 9 months ago by cocteautwin
5.0 out of 5 stars she dvd
this film is so elegantly done and the characters and the plot are so intreging as the mystery unfold itself. Read more
Published 11 months ago by christina
5.0 out of 5 stars part two
Produced in 1965 this is an excellent hammer film featuring a strong cast and good directing from robert day. Read more
Published 14 months ago by PD
5.0 out of 5 stars she who must be obeyed
a great adventure romp starring ursula andress ,cushing, lee and bernard cribbins.andress provides the eye candy magnificently while cribbins plays the stooge with great ease. Read more
Published 15 months ago by jed
5.0 out of 5 stars for eternity
a hammer classic ursula andress is fantastic as is the cast if you have never seen this i recommend you do
Published 15 months ago by crewestew
2.0 out of 5 stars b-movie
Those familiar with Haggard's novel will be rather disappointed to find crucial aspects (both plot- and characterwise) changed beyond recognition. Read more
Published 19 months ago by scribbler
4.0 out of 5 stars Ursula or Rosenda?
This,brief review, applies to the "Hammer Collection" released by Optimum, version. Full wide screen, but just slightly washed out colour, and some poor voice synchronization at... Read more
Published 23 months ago by A. W. Wilson
3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable 'lost world' 'epic' from Hammer!
Adapted from Haggard's novel 'She', immortal Ayesha (Ursula Andress) lures her long dead but now reincarnated lover Killikrites (John Richardson) back to her lost city to join her... Read more
Published 24 months ago by K. J. Greenland
5.0 out of 5 stars She, who must be watched!
What can one say? A rip-roaring adventure! Ursula Andress is magnificent, John Richardson is quite dashing, and Peter Cushing & Bernard Cribbins are a delight - the scene with the... Read more
Published on 9 May 2011 by Sarah P
2.0 out of 5 stars She and Bubbles
Compared to the earlier Hollywood version, this one is Horror with Bubbles.
Andress doesn't hold the same power as Helen Cahagan in the original. Read more
Published on 7 April 2011 by John A. Hunter
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