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beautiful transfer
El Cid has always been one of my favorite movies. This DVD release is like seeing it at the movie theatre again. Both the sound and picture are remarkable. The scenery is incredible as well as the acting by the great stars of the 60's. The story holds your interest from beginning to end. I highly recommend this release.
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El Cid
The movie itself is one of the best of it's kind The stars are great, the locations accurate, and the story very good and inspiring. My main complaint is with the video itself. I had the priviledge of seeing this film in it's original format when it was first released, and am very disappointed that it has not been restored to it's original format. This kind of film can...
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beautiful transfer, Fév 3 2008
El Cid has always been one of my favorite movies. This DVD release is like seeing it at the movie theatre again. Both the sound and picture are remarkable. The scenery is incredible as well as the acting by the great stars of the 60's. The story holds your interest from beginning to end. I highly recommend this release.
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Preservation of a magnificent, splendidly cinematic event, Juil 19 2004
My sentiments are pretty much identical with the ones of the gentleman Sri, from India. I am very disapointed that this magnificantly depicted story has not found favor with the DVD formating industry. After all stories such as 'Tale of two cities', 'Count of Monte Christo', 'Man in the iron Mask','Scarlet Pimpernel', the list goes on..;has been formated in DVD format. I can only wonder if the reason for not having 'El Cid' on disc was a matter of preference or economics at time of decision? I understand that not everyone may enjoy this 'Genre'but personally I believe it's one of the best re-telling of a magnificent, by-gone era and is certainly worthy of DVD formating-if for nothing else but to retain History. I truly wish that this masterpiece of cinamatic splendor would be re-formated and re-mastered digitally. It is such a great story and so masterfully depicted that it most certainly worthy of telling to future generations-and what better way to preserve this on DVD format, since it keeps a lot better than Tape?
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DVD available on amazon.fr, Juil 4 2004
This film deserves a Criterion DVD complete with a restored print. It certainly is a timely film and I find its vision of mutual tolerance and charity between Christians and Muslims particularly welcome at the present moment (especially with all those frothering neocons yapping about a clash of civilizations). It will be interesting to see Ridley Scott's forthcoming Crusades film, which looks to be an avatar of El Cid.
There is curently a DVD available from amazon.co.uk, but do not buy it. It is full screen, not widescreen. There is a DVD available from Amazon.fr, however, which does have widescreen. I saw the film when I was eight (for my birthday) in 1962 and saw it on television (wth a pan and scan edit) which butchered the 70 mm Technirama print. The fullscreen (tv) format gives one only less than two thirds of the actual frame. It's a wonder to see the French DVD version on my 23 inch flat computer screen. the only problems with htis DVD are that the print is not a great one--there are scratches every now nad then, and hte sound track is momentarily off for a few seconds. More troublesome is that the French subtitles were burned into the print, so they can't be removed when you watch the DVD in English (there is also a French dubbed version). And the various menu features don't work except for film and language tracks. Still, I'm glad I got it and recommend it until a DVD here becomes available.
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a massive, glorious spectacle, Mai 23 2004
The imagery in this film is magnificent, with lavish, spectacular sets and vast battle scenes. The cast is great, with beautiful performances by Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren; they have terrific chemistry together, and how the camera loves them ! This was Heston's follow-up to Ben Hur, and he is equally heroic as Spain's hero El Cid. Others in the cast of note are Raf Vallone as Count Ordoñez, the man who also vies for Loren's love, and Genevieve Page, as Princess Urraca, who is secretly enamoured with El Cid. Herbert Lom, though one can only see his eyes, is marvelous and fiery as Ben Yussuf, the Moorish invader who says to his followers, "burn your books, make warriors of your poets, and make your doctors invent new poisons for our arrows !".Directed by Anthony Mann, the 11th century pageantry and medieval feel of this film has been meticulously created, and the cinematography, shot on location in Spain by Robert Krasker, is superb. The war-torn history of a divided Spain has been skimmed over and highly romanticized, but is very entertaining. There are family conflicts galore, murders and treachery, and lots of sword fights, where what amazed me was the sound of metal against metal; it has never to my knowledge been rendered so well, and adds much reality to the action. Surprisingly, the art/set direction and song/score were nominated for Oscars, but did not win. The score by Miklos Rozsa is fabulous, but unfortunately it was up against Mancini's "Breakfast at Tiffanys". Sophia Loren received a Best Actress Oscar for this year, but not this film; she won it for "Two Women", which was also released in 1961. Total running time is 180 minutes. History has many versions of El Cid (1040 ?-1099), depending on who wrote it (the Moors of course, painted him with a harsher brush), and at one point it seems he was a soldier of fortune, but based on the epic "Poema del Cid", he was both man and legend, and "one who lived and died the purest knight of all". This marvelous film has not been given the attention it deserves, and it will be enjoyed by everyone who likes historical dramas, and for Heston fans it is a must.
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CHUCK'S FINEST HOUR, Mai 8 2004
They should have stopped making the epic after EL CID. How can any filmmaker really think he can top this masterpiece of the cinema? What makes EL CID different than all the rest that followed is that it remains watchable. BRAVEHEART is great the first few times, but the humor is anachronistic and makes the film wear out fast. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA has to be seen on the big screen (and only once) to be appreciated. A second viewing on tv is practically impossible. And GLADIATOR is just plain bad and stupid. I can't think of a single thing I dislike about EL CID. It is not about revenge or flag-waving patriotism, which seem to be the "in" things in recent Hollywood epics (GLADIATOR/THE PATRIOT). It's about love, loyalty, unity (yes, unity. Remember that not all the Moors in this film are depicted as "the enemy" a la SAVING PRIVATE RYAN where ALL the Germans are bad). Watch this movie and see for yourself.
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DVD/widescreen lovers take note, Mai 4 2004
While we all wait for the US/GB distributors to pull their fingers out with a top-notch DVD release, fanatics can get the best yet 'El Cid' from Amazon France's marketplace sellers. This DVD comes with an English soundtrack, the only problem being that you can't erase the accompanying subtitles. However, the print quality is fair, it's in the full Cinemascope aspect ratio, and at a cost of only a few Euros is bound to rate as a steal even with postage to the US included.
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Me encanta "El Cid"!, Mars 4 2004
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I too am saddened by the fact that this marvelous film is still unavailable on DVD. I immediately bought the VHS version when it first came out for almost $100 way back when and, boy, am I glad I did! I have enjoyed it for years and years! It is also starting to wear out; thus began the search for a DVD of this terrific movie. Sigh... Maybe someday soon someone will give it the attention it deserves and finally put something, anything together for us who know it for the wonderful film that it is. With Charlton Heston and Sofia Loren, how can one go wrong? Help us, dvd production land, you're our only hope!
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El Cid, Juil 14 2002
El Cid is the greatest medeval period movie ever made,barring none. Heston and Loren are at their best. 5 stars are not enough to rate this movie. I seen it in the movies in 1961,and have it on vhs. Its a must see. I rate this movie from 1 to 10, a 10 1/2
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El Cid - Heston at his best, Mai 25 2002
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Ths is a GREAT historical epoch , in my opinion , with Heston at his best just as in Ben Hur .
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One of my all time favorites!, Mai 18 2002
I've just been watching my murky video copy of this classic epic from 1961 and had hoped to find that a better copy has been released. Sadly, it has not. [I would like to] get a few things straight about this film. First, it's NOT history, nor is it a filmed version of "El Poema del mio Cid" as I discovered, 40 years ago when, fresh from having seen it 3 times in rapid succession, I turned to that great epic poem. What it is, is a filmed version of another classic work of art "Le Cid", a play by the 17th century French playwright Pierre Corneille (easily recognized when one realizes that the heroine's name "Chimene" is the French version of the Cid's wife's name, "Jimena". Indeed, last spring I saw another version of the same work as a 19th century opera by Jules Massenet starring Placido Domingo as Rodrigo. In other words, it is a work of art based on other works of art, not on history. And all art takes license. However, with that caveat in mind, the film contains some really wonderful things, especially in the visual area. Although trained as a historian of Baroque art, I have a sub-specialty in and grand passion for medieval art. And what we see in El Cid has surprising elements of reality. What we see is what I believe late 11th or early 12th century Spain might have been like (with some intrusions from later medieval or even later). Spain at that time was one of the most artistically advanced countries in Europe, in both its Christian and Moorish areas. I'm not a specialist in medieval weapons so I can't really comment on the armor and swords ... But I can comment favorably on most of the mural decorations used throughout, on the scene in the chapel as clerics pray over the body of King Ferdinand and on the costumes and jewelry worn by Genevieve Page as Princess Urraca. There are many compelling scenes. Among them are the march of the African troops along the seacoast and the wonderful panoramas of Spanish landscape. I agree that there is a lack of chemistry between Sophia Loren and Charlton Heston in many of their scenes together, but, when apart, I think they give good performances (especially Ms. Loren, who was at the height of her astonishing beauty). And I still confess to having a lump in my throat during the final scenes, as the mounted "corpse" is led out to ride at the head of the army. This picture has been a favorite of mine since I was 13 and it will always remain so. I only hope it will be remastered some day and that I will again be able to see the clear and beautiful movie I saw repeatedly in the spring and summer of 1962.
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El Cid par Anthony Mann (DVD - 2008)
CDN$ 26.29 CDN$ 23.49
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