Quo Vadis [Blu-ray]

Quo Vadis [Blu-ray]
by Mervyn Le Roy

Quo Vadis [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Patricia Laffan, Peter Ustinov, Robert Taylor
Director: Mervyn Le Roy
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: John Lee Mahin
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Restored
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 171 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-03-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Robert Taylor plays Marcus Vinicius, commander of Rome's 14th Legion and in love with Lygia (Deborah Kerr), a member of the Christian sect accused of undermining Roman values. Peter Ustinov, wrapped in purple-robed petulance, is the all-powerful Nero. The destinies of these three and of the Empire play out in a tale whose visual highlights include the parade of triumphant legions, the burning of R

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Movie Review: bluy ray is the best version yet but.
Summary: 5 Stars

The blu ray version is the best yet of this classic epic movie. A very large budget epic based on a novel. And it features the monstrous nero as played by peter ustinov as a true sociopathic madman. We do know that nero did indeed fiddle as rome burned but he in reality didn't start the fire. However he needed scapegoats and found them in the christians. The movie has him set the city alight but who cares it's still great entertainment! Robert taylor does a great job here as the roman commander and leo glenn as a cynical confidant of NERO is also brilliant. Deborah kerr who never had a bad performance in her life also shines as a roman slavegirl. But back to the print , the blu ray looks alot better than a standard print but they didn't remove artifacts in some scenes. These are rare , like a few lines in the print in a few scenes and several jumps do to loss of movie frames. This should have been fixed (studios need to grasp that fact!) but these instances are rare and mostly the flick just looks outstanding! This movie was a major hit and it still has a great story and great acting that makes it a great color movie to watch. In black and white spectacle and period shows unless they are film noir ,look flat and take away from the production. This is full color and it was never shot in widescreen so that's not a issue. It's at the ratio it was filmed here. And lastly why doesn't amazon.com seperate vhs, dvd, and especially blu ray reviews? this needs to be fixed. This movie is a great movie that is closer to the novel that true history and that's ok because in any version of reality NERO is the antichrist. His number is 666 after all!. So sit back and enjoy the spectacle of a expensive mgm masterpiece. With deluxe sets and top notch acting. And the best look yet on blu ray , even if there are a few flaws they are not around too much so grab this one instead of a standard dvd.

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Summary of Quo Vadis [Blu-ray]

Robert Taylor plays Marcus Vinicius, commander of Rome's 14th Legion and in love with Lygia (Deborah Kerr), a member of the Christian sect accused of undermining Roman values. Peter Ustinov, wrapped in purple-robed petulance, is the all-powerful Nero. The destinies of these three and of the Empire play out in a tale whose visual highlights include the parade of triumphant legions, the burning of Rome and the martyrdom of Christmas before cheering, bread-and-circus throngs.

"Welcome to Nero's House of Women" greets a concubine to a slave girl, Lygia (Deborah Kerr). Later this self-same greeter reveals that she, too, like Lygia, is really a fellow Christian neophyte. And it's that mixture of tawdry Hollywood sex and a strong Christian message that makes this film an enjoyable "gentiles and gladiators" flick. Marcus Vinicius returns home after conquering the Britons to find that Rome is infected with a crazy new sect called Christians and that his beloved emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov, roly-poly and wicked) has become increasingly wacky. Marcus tries his centurion wiles on Lygia, and she's smitten, but she's also a Christian convert and begs Marcus not to force her to choose between him and her god. The Christians have a tough go of it, with martyrdom in the Coliseum as punishment for belonging to the new religion in town. Though three hours long, director Mervyn LeRoy's film always has something going on. It could help you enjoyably kill any rainy Sunday afternoon. --Keith Simanton

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