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  • Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, David Keith
  • Directors: Jonathan Mostow
  • Writers: Jonathan Mostow, David Ayer, Sam Montgomery
  • Producers: Dino De Laurentiis, Hal Lieberman, Lucio Trentini, Martha De Laurentiis
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • DVD Release Date: 22 Jan 2001
  • Run Time: 116 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000505IM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,351 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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If you've never seen a submarine drama before, then U-571 will probably make a good impression as a tautly choreographed piece of entertainment. A strong cast led by Matthew McConaughey's sympathetic Lt. Tyler undertakes a perilous mission to seize a German Enigma machine, and encounter many dangers along the way. For anyone who has seen any other submarine movie, however, U-571 quickly turns into a succession of genre clichés: there's the depth-charge dropping scene, the diving so deep the reading goes off the scale scene, the near-mutinous tension among the crew, the sacrificial lamb who must save the day, the one torpedo left in the tube, assorted pipes bursting, and so on. The formula is set up by Bill Paxton's hard-nosed Captain, who tells Tyler what he must be prepared to do if he ever has his own command: a series of prophecies that, of course, all come true before long. From then on it's predictable action all the way.

Where U-571 scores highly is in its wealth of period detail: every cog and lever that operates the U-boat is dwelt upon lovingly. It looks and feels completely authentic. The central historical inaccuracy, that the first naval Enigma machine was in fact captured by a British ship, is apologetically mentioned in the end credits. The movie makes no claim to be a true story, admittedly, but other fictional dramas have dealt with the same subject more effectively. Try the magnificent Das Boot, for example, then The Cruel Sea, after which U-571 will seem very unambitious indeed. --Mark Walker

On the DVD: The director himself interviews two naval officers, one American and one British. The British officer is Lt. Commander David Balme, the very man who captured the first naval Enigma machine from U-110 in 1941; the American is the movie's technical adviser, Vice Admiral Patrick Hannifin. The Enigma machine itself is described briefly by an American cryptologist. There's also an old American documentary short about the 1944 capture of the U-505 in the Pacific and a "making of" featurette. The director provides a detailed commentary. --Mark Walker

Video Description

DVD Special Features:

Story of U-571
The Enigma
Director's Commentary
Anamorphic 16:9
Dolby Digital
English Subtitles

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worse war movies I've ever seen, 13 Jan 2008
By Antonio Moncayo (Zaragoza) - See all my reviews
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Apart from some very good sound effects this is one of the worse WW2 movies ever made in Hollywood.

Firstly is grossly inaccurate and is a painful distorsion of what really happened , the acting is dreadful and the action scenes are SO BAD.

From the point of view of the accuracy of military actions you can see how a cruiser fires 10 or 20 shots a close range ( 800 yards ) and misses then hits a submarine in the pro and ( the submarine ) continues sailing as it nothing had happenned ie it does not blow up , then a torpedo hits a cruiser in the pro and it ( the cruiser ) desintegrates in a second ( !!?? ).

What were they thinking ? I have watches many action /war films but this is one of the that will earn the wodden spoon , if you are really thinking about watching it please consider renting it.
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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Pathetic, idiotic travesty of truth, 12 July 2003
By N. A. Simpson-zuraw "nasz" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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What can I say except this is a typical Hollywood-view of History, based on American Patriotism rather than the factual events of World War 2.

Consider the facts!

1. America had not even entered the War when the events contained in the film took place! Pearl Harbour had not occured yet!

2. The Enigma Machine was captured using information gained from the Polish Free Army and British forces!

3. The Germans had the best trained Submariners in operation until 1944. So how a U-Boat could not be repaired by its own crew is a mystery, even more so the fact that an American Submarine crew can fix it!

4. The U-Boat was crewed by 37 crew, how can the Americans operate a submarine in battle conditions with eight people is amazing!

For once I agree with the French on the grounds that Hollywood should be stopped from rewriting history and promoting the insane fantasy that America won the war solely!

Besides that the film contains one of the most irritating soundtracks that seems to conjure up the the typical expressions of American Patriotism at every opportunity!

If you want to see an accurate portrayal of World War 2 submarine life watch Das Boot - a mature, honest account!

If you really want to swallow the American Dream watch this and remember people died in capturing the Enigma machine - this film does not pay any respect to those individuals nor credits them!

Shame on you Hollywood!

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A disgraceful rewrite of history, 14 Mar 2004
By P. Harris "lordharris" (Dunstable) - See all my reviews
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I think this film is best summed up by the writing on the front of the DVD packaging: "nine ordinary men are about to change history." - yeah, literally.

Why? What is it that makes Holywood producers want to piss on the memory of the heroes of the Royal Navy by pretending that it was someone else who did it? In fact, why does Holywood seem to want to write the British out of just about every single war movie?

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1.0 out of 5 stars It made me angry then I fell asleep
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1.0 out of 5 stars Hollycrud!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Actually our Polish Allies deserve much of the credit.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute rubbish
A poor attempt to re-write history...

The US had nothing to do with the capturing of the enigma machine, add this to poor acting and directing, a rubbish script and... Read more
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