El Cid (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (The Miriam Collection)
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Actor: Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Everest, Carlo Giustini, Charlton Heston, Sophia LorenBrand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Cinematographer: Robert Krasker
Cinematographer: Manuel Berenguer
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 188 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Miriam Collection
Movie Reviews of El Cid (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (The Miriam Collection)
Movie Review: Classic Film
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an old film but a good one. I have seen it three times, first when it was released in 1961, then at an "arts" theater in Houston, TX in about 1990 and just recently as I viewed the DVD version that I purchased on Amazon. I highly recommend this film, especially for those who remember and relish how movies were made a few decades ago.
Admittedly, I have not yet reviewed all of the bonus features on the second disc, so I won't comment on their quality at this time.
Summary of El Cid (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (The Miriam Collection)
Anthony Mann masterfully directs this classic tale of the 11th-century hero (Heston) who fought to unite Spain. Known as history's "compassionate warrior," the film follows El Cid's remarkable journey from peace-broker accused of treason to the King's fighting champion, and later from exiled hero to legendary martyr.Technically ambitious but artistically underwhelming, this 1961 epic by Anthony Mann (Man of the West) stars Charlton Heston as an 11th-century hero who drives the Moors from Spain. The film has been described as "glum," and that is indeed apt for a story that focuses so much on its central character's losses in the face of his simultaneous, mythic approbation. Then again, Mann has always been interested in the hidden weaknesses in prevailing myths, so that's not unusual. What is unusual in El Cid is the degree to which technology takes over his filmmaking, as it does here with so many grandiose and bravura moments with a roving camera that don't add up to anything beyond spectacle. As an achievement of Hollywood's technical advancements in the postwar years, and also as part of the filmographies of Mann and Heston, the film is well worth a look. But it is not the artistic equal of other epics of its day, such as Lawrence of Arabia. --Tom Keogh
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