- Format: NTSC
- Number of tapes: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
- VHS Release Date: Nov 29 2001
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6304460260
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#11,493 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
- #8 in Video > Action & Adventure > Action Stars > Burt Lancaster
- #13 in Video > Action & Adventure > Action Stars > Bruce Lee
- #85 in Video > Military & War > Action & Combat
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Massive amounts of shame on Columbia
July 22 2004
Format:DVD
No need to buy this DVD, a Panavision title released in pan & scan? Yep, we're back in the stone age.
Columbia pictures should be ashamed, heaping this crap on the public,the movie is no classic, but it's worth a look, but this transfer is awful. At least you get the opening credits in letterbox ;)
Columbia pictures should be ashamed, heaping this crap on the public,the movie is no classic, but it's worth a look, but this transfer is awful. At least you get the opening credits in letterbox ;)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
An incredible piece of ...
July 16 2004
Format:DVD
Yes it's true, Columbia has released this excellent movie in pan & scan! And to make it worse, contrary to what was said by an earlier reviewer, the original aspect ratio was not 1,85:1 but the full Panavision 2,40:1 framing (that's easy to check out, because the opening credits actually are shown in widescreen on the DVD). Well, that's it, folks, what we have here is another useless disc which all movie lovers should stay away from until Columbia finally understands what customers want.
1 star because I don't have any other choice (please Amazon, make it possible to give a 'Zero star' rating!)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A lousy Pan & Scan transfer and a waste of money!
July 11 2004
Format:DVD
"Castle Keep" is an interesting early film by Sydney Pollack that, I'm sorry to say, is absolutely ruined by Columbia's foolish decision to release it pan & scan rather than in the correct aspect ratio. The film's beautiful widescreen cinematography is one of its greatest assets, but on the DVD parts of the film are actually hard to make sense of because half of the image is cut off. (...). With so many other great films out there to see, I recommend that you don't waste your time with this one until Columbia releases a better version. Too bad.
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Unfortunately...
... Columbia-Tristar had an opportunity (really, an obligation to its movie-going and disc-buying audience) to remedy 30+ years of pan&scan broadcast/tape versions of CASTLE KEEP... Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by panjandrum
Pity no one wants it on DVD.... It's a masterpiece!
I review this movie, basing myself on a VHS copy I recorded from Cinemax some years ago. The only copy I own and which I cherish jealously. Read more
Published on Mar 25 2004 by Patrick Selitrenny
The Multiple Realities of War
As I saw this film and Midnight Clear again recently, I thought about Stanley Weintraub's book Silent Night in which he discusses a brief period prior to Christmas in 1914, on the... Read more
Published on Mar 22 2004 by Robert Morris
THE PAINS OF WAR
War and a few misfits. They don't have to fight any longer. They have to protect art. There is a castle full of rare art. Read more
Published on May 15 2003 by Boris Zubry
Underrated war movie
Castle Keep is a very good war movie with an excellent storyline that is a little different from other war movies. Read more
Published on May 3 2003 by T O'Brien
An Artsy Take on War?
It's tough to tell whether "Castle Keep" is groundbreaking or just plain pretentious--it's one of those films that features an explosion of ideas that on first glance seem to dart... Read more
Published on April 30 2003 by Stephen Kaczmarek
Patton at the Alamo
Like "Moby Dick", an allegorical tale suffers when it is translated to a visual medium; yet this film DOES capture the surrealism of war that author William Eastlake must have... Read more
Published on April 17 2003 by Thomas H Ross
Where's the DVD?
How existential do you want to get in describing this story? Passions during war? Lancaster gives one his best performances -- but then again, when was he bad? Read more
Published on Aug 30 2002 by Ross
A Masterpiece
Burt Lancaster gives a brilliant, measured performance in this anti-war film that features a top notch director ( Sydney Pollack), first rate cast ( Patrick O'Neal, Peter Falk,... Read more
Published on April 17 2002 by M. Sermon
Too Bad the Battle Sequence is at the Conclusion
Another of the bizarre World War Two movies to have been filmed in Yugoslavia. The film hosts quite an impressive cast attached to a very strange story. Read more
Published on Feb 24 2002 by Kevin R. Austra
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