- Actors: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Emira Nusevic, Kerry Fox
- Directors: Michael Winterbottom
- Writers: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Michael Nicholson
- Producers: Damian Jones, David Ball, Graham Broadbent, Ismet Arnautalic, Ivo Sunjic
- Language English, Serbo-Croatian
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Cinema Club
- VHS Release Date: 27 Dec 2000
- Run Time: 103 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CW5C
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,306 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Whether as a subject for historical investigation or social drama, the war in the former Yugoslavia is made for film, as 1997's Welcome to Sarajevo demonstrates. Inspired by the book Natasha's Story by ITN reporter Michael Nicholson, this takes very much a human-interest angle on the conflict. Stephen Dillane plays a journalist whose involvement moves from the professional to the personal as he faces up to marauding Serbian mercenaries, then family ties, to get the apparently orphaned Emira out of Sarajevo and back to the security of his own family in the UK.
It could have been awash with journalists-are-good-guys-really sentiment, but director Michael Winterbottom is mindful to present the story in the context of the siege--some of the filming here is harrowingly realistic--and draws responsive performances from a cast including Woody Harrelson as a hard-living American reporter and Marisa Tomei as an aid worker determined to save children's lives at all costs. As a film about the "why" of the Yugoslavian war, Pretty Village, Pretty Flame is unsurpassed, but Welcome to Sarajevo is a potent look into the "how".
On the DVD: Welcome to Sarajevo comes to DVD with a decent 16:9 anamorphic picture and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound that has the necessary immediacy. English subtitles are included, rightly so in a film of this nature. Special features include 30 minutes of interview snippets with cast and crew, "on location" sequences and three theatrical/TV trailers. --Richard Whitehouse
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This movie shows the truth of the agression by the serbian forces, it isn't a biased movie by any stretch of the imagination, rather it doesn't take a political viewpoint, it instead focuses on combining real life footage with a strong true to life story.
If you can't believe that serbs really planed this attack, and don't want to believe they are guilty for mass murder, you should find a more fictional movie or book, but history has what happend and this movie shows a large part of that history.
by the way it's actually an excellent piece of film making and it takes you on an informing and very good emotional journey.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This film, based on fact, is one of the most moving docu-dramas I have ever seen. The editing between drama and news clips was masterly and the acting was superb. If you took no notice of the events in Bosnia when it was going on (and lets face it our news bulletins were dumbed down) watch this and prepare to be shocked! The political comments used in the film had me gasping with horror and the open air concert moved me to tears. I felt ashamed that I never took much notice of the events in the Balkans at the time all this was happening. This film never got the recognition it deserved. Why? Perhaps we just didn't want to know what was going on!
Format:DVD
I bought this video approximately 2 years ago having been on a day trip to Bosnia whilst on holiday in Croatia.
I was appalled at what I saw in Mostar about 2 hours south of Sarajevo and this was confirmed by the film.The use of actual newsreel in the film of the siege of Sarajevo fitted in well with the story line.
I came back from a holiday in Sarajevo 2 weeks ago and the film conveys something of the horror that happened there.I recognised parts of the city from the film and I left with a better understanding of what happened.
See the film and if you want a holiday with a difference go to Sarajevo.The city is fascinating, the people, are very, very friendly, and even though I cannot understand the mentality that caused the war I admire Sarajevans immensely.
Just a final thought, this was a country with a multi cultural population,cultured, civilised and progressive.It disintegrated into a barbarity not seen since the Eastern Front of 1941 to 1945.Dont think it could not happen where you live, because it could.
I was appalled at what I saw in Mostar about 2 hours south of Sarajevo and this was confirmed by the film.The use of actual newsreel in the film of the siege of Sarajevo fitted in well with the story line.
I came back from a holiday in Sarajevo 2 weeks ago and the film conveys something of the horror that happened there.I recognised parts of the city from the film and I left with a better understanding of what happened.
See the film and if you want a holiday with a difference go to Sarajevo.The city is fascinating, the people, are very, very friendly, and even though I cannot understand the mentality that caused the war I admire Sarajevans immensely.
Just a final thought, this was a country with a multi cultural population,cultured, civilised and progressive.It disintegrated into a barbarity not seen since the Eastern Front of 1941 to 1945.Dont think it could not happen where you live, because it could.
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hmmm...
I was dissapointed in this, it seemed a little black and white and a little overstated for the American audience... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2009 by babycat
Brilliant but biased
Winterbottom's film is a feast of harrowing imagery sustained by a relentless emotional intensity and convincing performances. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2004 by Petrides Antonis
tramatic
This film is very touching and good fact value.It has been one of the best films i have seen ever and anyone who wishes to know what it was like in the bosnian war should watch... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2003
Oh My Bosnia
It is all I expected it to be. After a recent visit to Sarajevo, and conversations I had with people there who are now my friends, I felt compelled to see this film. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2003 by RabT1952
Unforgetable.... and you wouldn't want to.
This film is an amazing, shocking, and original.
If, like myself, you've ever looked deep into the war in Bosnia-Herzigovina, then this film is a hard-hitting reminder. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2002 by Aoife
An excellent film, truthfull and simple.
One of the best things about this film is that it does not try to be clever or something that its not, its rawness makes it the beautiful piece of cinema it is. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2002 by Mr. Christian J. Bradshaw
A harrowing tail reporting the war in Sarajevo
This is one of the most moving war films to come from the 90's. It's a gritty drama following a news reporter who becomes emotionally involved in the war. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2000
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