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Schindler's List (1993) [43277]?

Julien

Going to double Julian here, but I prefer the boxset with the CD and original novel, and photo book- DTS be damned. Schindler's List: Collector's Edition (1993) [42132]

"Michael Collins" is a sobering look to 100 years ago when the troubles in Ireland were very tangible.
The executions at the beginning of the movie drive home how serious and high stakes this conflict was destined to become.
Liam Nesson and Aiden Quin portray the stark division after the British terms were offered partitioning Northern Ireland and giving sovereignty to the rest of Ireland as part of the commonwealth.

Also, "In the Name of the Father" a film about the Guildford Five.
A true recollection of one of the biggest travesties of British Law corruption exposed by truth and time and the unrelenting support of a brave journalist.

Both these films underscore the struggle for freedom and autonomy of the Irish people in a contemporary chapter of recent and semi-recent history.

Check both these movies out.
Entertaining and sobering, each in their specific account....

Cheers to the members

Has anyone seen Bounty, The (1984) [ID2593OR] ?

Amistad and Titanic come to mind. Murder in the first is a good movie with Kevin Bacon that I believe was based on a true story.

Is it worth watching?

Strangely was taught about that at school

I've never seen that one but I have seen the several decades earlier Mutiny on the Bounty, presuming this is a more modern remake of that movie? btw. should this one be dated 1994?

The films cinema release was in 1984, the US widescreen LD was issued in 1994 - the earlier LD was pan & scan.

Supposedly it's based on a book that follows the actual events more closely and and paints the main characters in a more neutral light, as opposed to the earlier ones that portrayed Christian as the hero and Bligh as the villain.

Also it has a score by Vangelis which enough to attract my interest.

Might be because there is a New Zealand connection, with descendants at least (but if you studied it maybe you know of more connections).

Malcolm Eadie Champion, who is credited as being New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist is a descendant of one of the mutineers (Matthew Quintal). He took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm as part of the Australasia team (Australia and New Zealand combined, a very common thing back in those days as I'm sure you know, eg The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps formed in 1914).

I actually bought said laserdisc a few years ago. It came as a bonus to a different order that I had originally made. Anyway I did not expect much because we all
know how the story ends, right ? But I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised as it is a fantastic film that I have watched four times ever since and I am not
the type of guy that rewatches films a lot. First of all I loved the cinematography. There are so many positive things I can say about this particular film:

- excellent score by Vangelis, I have always loved the Blade Runner soundtrack but I think that the work he did for The Bounty isn't any worse. The music fits perfectly
the various scenes in this film. Unfortunately, the score was never released on vinyl/CD, etc., which is a huge shame. There is an unofficial CD release but the source
were some old tapes as far as I understand so it is far from genuine CD quality but it is nonetheless a nice item to have. i listen to this soundtrack quite often. It is that good.

- the performances are excellent. Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, there are so many great actors in it. Of course, Anthony Hopkins is in a league
of his own but Daniel Day-Lewis also gives a very memorable performance. We all know he is a fantastic and very capable actor.

- the sound is very well mixed and this particular laserdisc release sounds fantastic. I prefer it over the recent Shout Factory Blu Ray release in terms of audio quality. On the ship you
can clearly here all the different objects moving on deck during a storm, for instance. The aforementioned Blu Ray however has a fantastic transfer and looks incredibly good. The laserdisc
looks OK but I just find that 2,35:1 non anamorphic simply doesn't look that good on a modern TV, in general.

The Bounty is in my list of Top Ten favourite films. I think it's mostly the excellent Vangelis score, the cinematography and Anthony Hopkins that made me become such an ardent
aficionado of The Bounty. They simply do not films like that any longer

The Bounty was/is a perhaps rather underrated feature.

It was a poor performer on its initial cinema release here in the UK. I did a little better in the US but not showing good returns, it did not make the original production costs back losing quite a bit of money for the Dino De Laurentiis Company - it played to very small audiences in cinemas for most of its run in the UK.

A pity as it was a good feature & looked great on the big screen, I though Anthony Hopkins was very good & it was one of his best performances.

I have not seen this since exhibiting it years ago, perhaps time to revisit.

I agree. I think this is one of Hopkins' best roles and Daniel Day-Lewis was very good, too.

I am certain it looked fantastic on the big screen. That is why this is not a film to be watched via laserdisc on a small TV screen. Yet as I have already
stated the 1994 laserdisc release sounds excellent with fantastic dynamics. It sounds to me than the 5.1 audio track on the Blu Ray release.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Return of the Living Dead

Well, this one *is* based on a true story.

=> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein

Which makes Psycho or Silence of the Lambs also "based" on a true story.

Julien

Star Wars

You mean "based on Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress"?

Julien

No it is true story in a galaxy far away

there is no way in any universe a creature like Jar Jar Binks can exist. You smoking something Substance

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how is My Brilliant Career not on Laserdisc? I have the Criterion BD and love that film. also reading the book.