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Welcome to Sarajevo [DVD] [1997] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Stephen Dillane
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Emira Nusevic, Kerry Fox
  • Directors: Michael Winterbottom
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English, Serbo-Croatian
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Miramax
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000DZ3GD
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 52,698 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Shows Nothing But The Truth, 31 Aug 2005
This review is from: Welcome To Sarajevo [DVD] [1997] (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.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterly piece of editing, 6 Aug 2001
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This review is from: Welcome To Sarajevo [VHS] [1997] (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!
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unforgetable.... and you wouldn't want to., 29 Aug 2002
By Aoife (RAMSGATE, KENT United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Welcome To Sarajevo [VHS] [1997] (VHS Tape)
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. If, like many, you paid little attention, then this film is a hard-hitting eye-opener.

All the acting is impeccable. Special commendation goes to Goran Visnjic (from TV's ER), for his role as the reporters' driver and translater- his performance was captivating.

The recognisable events I know happened, and the real footage carefully woven in added to an already for a compelling tale.

Gut-wrenching stuff- but wholey unmissable.

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1.0 out of 5 stars hmmm...
I was dissapointed in this, it seemed a little black and white and a little overstated for the American audience... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 7 Jun 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars 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 ayr13

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 zargon13

5.0 out of 5 stars 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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