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Classic Tony Richardson Film starring Vanessa Redgrave,Trevor Howard,John Gielgud and David Hemmings
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98 of 101 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I would have given this 5 stars, had it not been for the fact that this film has been quite severely cut, with various scenes edited out from the original cinema release. This was presumably done to include the extra 28 minutes of 'extras' such as the irrelevant 1912 featurette. This is a great shame, as this film should have been shown in its entirety as it is a film deserving of recognition. A missed opportunity
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I've always found this a classic film - with some flaws but hugely enjoyable with excellent performances from Trevor Howard, John Gielgud and Harry Andrews in particular. So I welcome the chance to own it on DVD but be prepared for really dreadful sound which will have you straining to follow some of the dialogue - and no subtitles either. A shame and a missed opportunity.
70 of 73 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
......... I have now acquired two versions of this brilliant film only to be disappointed by the senseless cutting ........ again in this version the wedding scene between Clarissa (Vanessa Redgrave) and William Morris (Mark Burns) has been cut to the bearest intention and fails dismally in projecting the viewer into the cultural glimpse of Victorian England and the comradery and 'glue' of the Regimental social structure as depicted in the original Richardson ........ where paymaster Duberly (Peter Bowles) plays the piano mounted on a hay rick ... CUT ........ the picket scene where Raglan (Sir John Geilgud) has is hat shot through is vital for establishing the charatcter of Raglan and enlightening the viewer about the social structure of the Victorian officer corps and the anomolies of command by placing inept officers by recommendation of family and title rather than by (h)ability (Mog- Alan Dobie) ....... CUT .......the scene where Nolan(David Hemmings) and Morris (Mark Burns) are out riding beyond the Allied piquet lines and come across three troopers cooking breakfast, among them trooper Corbett of the 17th Lancers, nee Sergeant Major 11th Hussars (Norman Rossington) flogged, broken and disgraced by the unscrupulous Cardigan (Trevor Howard) when he refused to spy on Nolan at Cardigans order and made Cardigans intention known to Nolan ..... now has his breakfast pinched by Nolan and Morris ...... adding injury to insult !!! ...... important in establishing the general disregard of the enlisted man's sensibilites by the officer class at this time ... interestingly dressed as comradery .. CUT ... the second flogging scene where the trooper (Credit unknown)found asleep on Guard Duty is flogged ........ this scene is vital in enhancing this mans character (as well as that of Cardigans) when later we are shown his inability to accept the death of his horse after the charge ....... by willing the animal to rise again ...... a vital illustration of the sinewy tough character of the men who actually charged .. CUT ...
.......... please oh please will somebody release this marvellous film in its entirety !!!! ????????? ........... with all the aformentioned wounds dressed and restored to visual health !!!!!!!!!
Phillip Flockhart May 2009
.......... please oh please will somebody release this marvellous film in its entirety !!!! ????????? ........... with all the aformentioned wounds dressed and restored to visual health !!!!!!!!!
Phillip Flockhart May 2009
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WHA..?
This film has just been recommended to me by Amazon as a western!
On what planet, in which universe is this a western?
So, no real review, just confusion. Read more
On what planet, in which universe is this a western?
So, no real review, just confusion. Read more
Published 1 month ago by CAPT A
Inaccurate and void of key events
A lot of reviews focus on the cutting of certain scenes and focus on the fabric of Victorian popular and military social structure, but since the film is supposedly about the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. R. Shillitoe
Over Charged
Bearing no resemblance whatsoever to the 1930s Errol Flynn version, this Charge of the Light Brigade is a truly strange enterprise that takes a long and winding route to deliver... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Cowboy Buddha
US release 139mins
I see the US release is 139mins. Why do British distributors have to mutilate films?
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. Susan E. A. Andrews
Oh god they've done it again
If ever a company chose an inapropriate name OPTIMUM it was you. Go and sit in the corner.
BFI lets be having you, on blu-ray this time.
BFI lets be having you, on blu-ray this time.
Published 24 months ago by whiteside
a brillant film ruined for no good reason.
this film which i saw first in the cinema when it first came out was always in my mind a very good film well acted with good actors in fact some the very best of british actors has... Read more
Published 24 months ago by N. M. Thorogood
Not what I expected
This DVD was a disappointmnet. -I found it badly made with a story that was difficult to follow. Wouldn't recommend.
Published on 20 Jan 2010 by S. A. Smith
How the turkish cavalry did it!
Filmed in Turkey with their serving "Cavalry" costumed as extras. Note at end of movie an officer walks about dispatching wounded horses with a pistol. He's really doing that! Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by K. James
You've Lost the Light Brigade!
Even in its abused, neglected state (hence the three-star rating), Tony Richardson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is still a fantastic piece of cinema and a sadly overlooked... Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2009 by Martin Greaves
Truth Hurts
Compared to the earlier Errol Flynn version which provides a highly romanticised version of events, this production is true to the historical facts. Read more
Published on 2 July 2009 by Tom Reilly
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