Das Boot (The Original Uncut Version): Amazon.ca: J�rgen Prochnow, Herbert Gr�nemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Martin May, Heinz Hoenig, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Jan Fedder, Wolfgang Petersen, Edward R. Pressman, G�nter Rohrbach, John W. Hyde, Mark Damon, Michael Bittins, Lothar G. Buchheim: DVD

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The original DVD release for Das Boot featured a fabulous digitally remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. In addition, that DVD included one of the more informative director commentaries and making-of documentaries yet. The only complaint was that the movie was so long that it was spread over two sides, and the viewer had to get up to flip the disc over halfway through. This Superbit version won't remove the inconvenience of getting up off the sofa; it spreads the movie across two separate DVDs. However, the picture is slightly less noisy, something that will only be noticeable on larger screens with high quality A/V equipment due to the already murky, shadowy cinematography inside the submarine. The Superbit version of the movie has both a Dolby Digital 5.1 and a new DTS 5.1 mix of the soundtrack which is very similar to the digitally remastered soundtrack from the original DVD, but both are at a higher bit rate. Whereas the original DVD had a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix of both the original German and an English dubbed soundtrack, the Superbit DVD's Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS mixes are both of the German soundtrack. The English dubbed soundtrack only comes in Dolby Surround.

Is the higher bit rate audio and video worth losing the commentary and documentary? For anyone without the right A/V setup, it won't be, but a submarine movie is so much about the audio experience that Das Boot might be one of the movies most worthy of the Superbit treatment. --Eugene Wei

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This is the restored, 209-minute director's cut of Wolfgang Petersen's harrowing and claustrophobic U-boat thriller, which was theatrically rereleased in 1997. Originally made as a six-hour miniseries, this version devotes more time to getting to know the crew before they and their stoic captain (Jürgen Prochnow) get aboard their U-boat and find themselves stranded at the bottom of the sea. Das Boot puts you inside that submerged vessel and explores the physical and emotional tensions of the situation with a vivid, terrifying realism that few movies can match. As Petersen tightens the screws and the submerged ship blows bolts, the pressure builds to such unbearable levels that you may be tempted to escape for a nice walk on solid land in the great outdoors--only you wouldn't dream of looking away from the screen. --Jim Emerson

How do you expect other sub movies to compete? Nov 23 2006

By bernie TOP 500 REVIEWER

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By now you know everyone thinks this is one of the greatest movies in the cinema. It is described as realistic, and has great camera work. You could probably go on forever about the actors and the directors and so forth. What is really interesting is they are all correct; this is one of the best sub movies ever. And you do get swallowed up in the action. There are other movies that can rival this one. Yet it does not diminish what was accomplished here.

The base story is the daily lives of an Unterseeboot crew. It shows the trials and tribulations they must go through to accomplish their missions. One thing you can be sure of is that this is not an anti war movie. They would not be there if they were not hunters.

You do get the feel of what it is like when the hunters become the hunted.

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Gosh!!! May 22 2004

By Chan Tun Tai

Dang i just bought the superbit edition...which is 3.5 hours long.. and i thought this version will never be release.

oh well, screw it, i might as well buy it again..Das Boot is the BEST WW2 related movie ever. its a Masterpiece.

An Unerring View to Life Inside a U-boat of the Kriegsmarine

Das Boot (The Boat) presents us with a view of German submariners as was never done before. Forget the two-dimensional, semi-robotic Nazis perpetually portrayed in Hollywood films. Read more

Published on Nov 30 2009 by Three Black Cat

A Historical note

This review is entirely of a historical nature. By reading this one can understand how and where Lothar-Gunther Buchheim formulated the experiences he related later in the novel... Read more

Published on Sep 9 2006 by U-boat Historian

A Matter Of Perspective

The first time I saw director Wolfgang Petersen's epic film, Das Boot, I was about 13 years old. My cousin had a copy on laserdisc. Read more

Published on July 17 2004 by T. Lobascio

"Does he go to God?"

My 4 1/2 year old daughter walked in and out of the room as I was watching "Das Boot." In the climactic scene in which British bombers spread death and destruction in the... Read more

Published on July 15 2004 by S. McCrea

One of the best war movies EVER!

This is not only one of the best war movies ever, but among the very best films period. The story is based on a true story of a German Submarine and its crew during WWII. Read more

Published on July 10 2004 by Josh Page

What it was really like - as opposed to U571 Hollywood BS --

what I am writing here is not really intended to review this excellent film, but rather to rebut the comments made by: Steve Hildermann from Vancouver, WA USA. Read more

Published on Jun 30 2004

Do your laundry instead!

This movie is horrible! If I hadn't paid $30.00 for it I'd toss it in the trash. The depiction is about a German u-boat on patrol and it does a great job of replicating the harsh... Read more

Published on Jun 26 2004 by ***Zakk***Attack

Thinking of buying the Uncut Version?

This review will attempt to assist those who already own the Director's Cut (or Superbit version), but who are thinking about also buying the newer "Original Uncut... Read more

Published on Jun 25 2004 by ashurbanapli

Great movie, so-so transfer

"Das Boot" stands as Wolfgang Petersen's best movie bar none. No movie he's directed before or since can match it in terms of the sheer scope and power of this... Read more

Published on Jun 21 2004 by WTDK

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