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The Big Red One (Widescreen/Full Screen)

Lee Marvin (Actor), Mark Hamill (Actor), Samuel Fuller (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
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In Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg depicts the D-day landings with a realism lauded by veterans. The Big Red One depicts the D-day landings, too, and it was made by a veteran. Writer-director Samuel Fuller, who served in the First Infantry Division from North Africa to Czechoslovakia (including the Normandy landings), made a career out of swift, punchy B movies, such as Pickup on South Street and The Naked Kiss. The Big Red One became Fuller's nod to A-movie filmmaking, yet it has the solid, matter-of-fact perspective of the ground-level infantryman. The episodic action ranges all over the European theater, as a tough squad of American GIs (including Mark Hamill and Robert Carradine) follow their hard-bitten sergeant (Lee Marvin, at his best) and try to stay alive. Filmed mostly in Israel, the film delivers on the requisite war-movie conventions and tough-guy humor but also introduces notes of poetry. Fuller's D-day doesn't match the pyrotechnics of Spielberg's version, but it creates power from the simple image of a dead soldier's watch, ticking away in blood-soaked surf. A fine and memorable picture, The Big Red One might have been even greater had it been released in Fuller's full-length cut--someday perhaps a restoration will allow the director's vision to be seen for the first time. --Robert Horton

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3.0 out of 5 stars Everything you could possibly ever want to know. Feb 23 2013
By whitefire390
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This re-construction of the hacked up mess that was 'The Big Red One' is the pet project of film critic, Richard Schickel. I have other DVDs with Schickel doing commentaries. He's okay. He knows his film history, but I always find his comments sort of on the surface. He doesn't achieve the depth of analysis that I like when I listen to someone like Christopher Frayling. And, since this is his project and he loves Sam Fuller, he's a bit blind to the merits of the film itself. In my humble opinion, except for David Lean, film directors working prior to the 1990s make better films from short, tight, concise scripts than sprawling, boring, never-ending Epic screenplays and Mr. Fuller is no exception. This film simply has too much in it... Sam's actual experiences in WWII, from N. Africa to Sicily to France to Belgium to Germany to Czechoslovakia. Way too much. Spread too thin, Lots of short choppy scenes. Think about "Private Ryan". They land on the beach, they get the mission, they go 50 miles inland, they find Ryan, they defend the bridge... end of story. You know? Less is more.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not Great... Jun 5 2005
By A Customer
Format:DVD
One of my all time favourite war movies. Unfortunately, the re-edit seems a little choppy with scenes that were cut out of the original for a reason (they took away from the pace or the acting was just plain bad) being added back in for no apparent reason other than to lengthen the movie. Still, a must have for the war movie collector.
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4.0 out of 5 stars OVERALL SCORE: (B+) Dec 31 2003
By Pequegnat
Format:DVD
This is one of the more stunning and profound cinematic portraits of the Second World War. It is an unflinching window into the surrealistic exploits of warriors in combat. This is by far a more worthwhile movie then many later attempts, that fail to emotionally grip you, instead relying on computer effects for drama.

OVERALL SCORE: (B+)

PLOT: (B), ACTING: (B-), DIALOGUE: (B-), SETTING: (C), ACTION/COMBAT: (B), ANTAGONISTS: (B), ROMANCE: (n/a), AGE LEVEL: (PG)

Other great war movies; The Longest Day (1962), We Were Soldiers (2002), Gallipoli (1981), Attack Force Z (1982), Cross of Iron (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), or The Dirty Dozen (1967).

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1.0 out of 5 stars movie sucks
this movie sucks...i'm glad i did NOT buy it...don't even bother with it...waste of time.
Published on Dec 23 2009 by pinoymetal
1.0 out of 5 stars Worst war film ever?
This film is a disgrace, the combat is unrealistic and i'm sure the tanks in it are all the same for americans and germans alike. Read more
Published on April 20 2004 by "wiseguychris"
1.0 out of 5 stars The "Definitive" Bad Review
This is one of those movies that you either love or hate. I'm guessing the lovers like the interesting combat action and episodic nature of the movie, which keeps up a fast pace... Read more
Published on Dec 6 2003 by B. Dalton
1.0 out of 5 stars The "Definitive" Bad Review
This is one of those movies that you either love or hate. In this case, the haters are the players. I'm guessing the lovers like the combat action and episodic nature of the movie,... Read more
Published on Dec 6 2003 by B. Dalton
1.0 out of 5 stars The absolute worse war movie I have ever seen.
Words cannot do justice to how bad of a portrayal of war this movie is. Even comparing it to other war movies made around the time of this one and before it is bad. Read more
Published on July 3 2003 by Mark Schmidt
2.0 out of 5 stars Awe Inspiring Title, Segmented Movie
In World War Two the US 1st Infantry Division earned its colors in constant battle from North Africa, Sicily and Northern Europe. Read more
Published on May 21 2003 by Kevin R. Austra
5.0 out of 5 stars nearly forgotten and underappreciated
After finally seeing this wonderful movie,I am stunned anyone would not consider it one of the great films. Read more
Published on Jan 23 2003 by Sonicboy
3.0 out of 5 stars Um, little reality check
P>As a child growing up and watching this movie, yes, I felt the John Wayne-esque drive to mimic the "stormin' the beaches of Normandy", but this film also taught the various... Read more
Published on Jan 22 2003 by Z Miller
2.0 out of 5 stars "For Fuller's honesty and verve"?
Now that's funny. I'm quoting boydjt below of course. Looks like another one slipped through that pesky 'dont ask, dont tell' policy. Read more
Published on Dec 11 2002 by Jake Boyd
1.0 out of 5 stars Sorry I bought this.
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Published on Oct 23 2002 by Scott Wilson
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