- Actors: Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins, Ian Holm, Reinhard Kolldehoff
- Directors: Peter R. Hunt
- Writers: Alastair Reid, Stanley Price, Wilbur Smith
- Producers: Michael Klinger, Robert Sterne, Tony Klinger
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Prism
- DVD Release Date: 1 Sep 2003
- Run Time: 150 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005RZSK
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 75,847 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Shout at the Devil was Roger Moore's second starring role in an adaptation of one Wilbur Smith's bestselling African adventures (the first being 1974's Gold, also directed by Peter Hunt). Taking its mixture of comedy and drama, and part of its plot, from The African Queen the movie finds Moore's decent, upright Englishman teamed with Lee Marvin--in a variation on his Cat Ballou drunken brawler comedy persona--fighting the Germans in colonial East Africa at the beginning of the Great War. Moore plays it straight and makes a most heroic and handsome matinee idol hero. Produced between Moore's second and third outings as Bond, Shout at the Devil was staffed with various 007 regulars, including Hunt who was had edited the first three and directed On Her Majesty's Secret Service, title designer Maurice Binder and director John Glen. It even has a ticking clock-gigantic explosion finale. This is an exciting, beautifully shot escapade which deserves to be much better known.
On the DVD: The original Panavision 2.35:1 image is incorrectly letterboxed at around 2:1, cropping so much picture information that the credits disappear at either side of the screen. The print used is of very variable quality, with some scenes looking fine, others washed out and lacking detail, with long shots often being slightly out of focus. Adding to the problems is the abysmal digital encoding which, despite anamorphic enhancement, has left many scenes swarming with compression artefacts. The sound is adequate mono. Unfortunately this disc uses a heavily re-edited and shortened version of the film--cut from 147 to 119 minutes following poor reviews--and the losses in continuity, especially in the early part of the film are very noticeable. The extras are the original trailer, which reveals the entire plot right up to and including the ending, comprehensive filmographies of Marvin, Moore and Hunt, and a seven-minute compilation of posters and publicity stills set to the main themes from Maurice Jarre's score. --Gary S Dalkin
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Aside from the details noted in the other reviews, it should also be pointed out that most of the scenes featuring German characters have been re-dubbed into German. Therefore much of the plot's exposition in those scenes is lost on those of us not fluent in both english and german.
There are no subtitles (not even those for the hard of hearing)
There are no subtitles (not even those for the hard of hearing)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The film is a good, rip roaring tale based on fact as other reviewers have pointed out. The distortion of the truth can be excused if the film is considered entertainment. What was inexcusable, however, was the deletion of so many scenes. Buy the film on VHS rather than the DVD version. With a couple of flicks of his scalpel, whoever edited this film for DVD would reduce Tolstoy's works to a flimsy pamphlet. OK if you sell the product as an abridged version, bordering on scurrilous if you do not.
For those that have never seen the full version (which merits four or five stars), this version is still highly entertaining. Roger Moore is famous for being a wooden indian but his role, certainly during the early parts of the film, as a stuffy, naiive Englishman suited him to the ground. Lee Marvin used his undeniable talent to milk his part for all it was worth but the result is an amusing pastiche of the romanticised hard drinking, tough Great White Hunter and plantation owner. There is a grim part to the film, but it is still good, honest family entertainment and one which the whole family could sit down to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon. Sadly, there are too few films like that nowadays.
For those that have never seen the full version (which merits four or five stars), this version is still highly entertaining. Roger Moore is famous for being a wooden indian but his role, certainly during the early parts of the film, as a stuffy, naiive Englishman suited him to the ground. Lee Marvin used his undeniable talent to milk his part for all it was worth but the result is an amusing pastiche of the romanticised hard drinking, tough Great White Hunter and plantation owner. There is a grim part to the film, but it is still good, honest family entertainment and one which the whole family could sit down to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon. Sadly, there are too few films like that nowadays.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you like a good adventure story then Shout At The Devil is for you! While it is based real events some of the action has been changed but it is still worth watching.
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shout at the devil
good delivery, great price and not too bad a dvd definately not as good as the wilbur smith books but not a bad effort.
Published 20 months ago by C J Boyd
Gung ho adventure in 70's mould
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