Sword of Honour
by Bill Anderson
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Actor: Christopher Benjamin, Jane Bertish, Nick Bartlett, Peter Blythe, Will AdamsdaleDirector: Bill Anderson
Brand: Acorn
Producer: Catriona McKenzie
Producer: Gillian McNeill
Producer: John Chapman
Producer: Peter Fincham
Producer: Ronaldo Vasconcellos
Writer: Evelyn Waugh
Writer: William Boyd
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 193 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Movie Reviews of Sword of Honour
Movie Review: As realistic a war story as Evelyn Waugh's book is his semi-autobigraphical war story
Summary: 5 Stars
Evelyn Waugh, writer of "Brideshead Revisited" and other books, never failed to weave the bitter in with the honey. Life can become the unexpected but never the uneventful in his tales. This film is about as true to a book as a movie can get. Any book adaptation has to leave something out even though they did spend over 3 hours (193 min) telling the story in this film version. Excellent British war drama, a period work that also covers many countries.
Guy Crouchback (Daniel Craig [James Bond], an actor who can draw empathy) soon after joining the military, meets his ex-wife, Virginia (Megan Dodds) a blond bombshell who is now divorced for the 3rd time. Crouchback is yet devastated over his divorce, obviously not his idea being Catholic (like E. Waugh) where divorce unacceptable within that faith. Guy had never remarried. Catholic religion had a huge part of Waugh's books, and of course those books converted to film.
Guy's outfit, Royal Corps of Halberdiers, goes into action in W. Africa where a maneuver goes bad. Guy's military duty becomes as disastrous as his marriage. Military misadventure, often comedic incompetence, continues in an array of world locations including a new Commando assignment and action in Crete. Officers seem a shameful waste, and committed only to themselves. All of the characters met during the time of military duty play a large part in the success of this story, book or film.
Couchback struggles to find goodness and fairness and moralities in life or in people. He'd also like to do something to make his own life appear worthwhile. A military position in Croatia could be the answer. Will war find Guy a kind of honor? A Sword of Honour he can live with?
Extras to this DVD 2-disc set includes an Evelyn Waugh biography, filmographies, and closed captioning for the hearing impaired. I appreciated the captioning even though I'm not hearing impaired.
Also recommended is "Evelyn Waugh Collection" DVD set of 2 stories. And of course Brideshead Revisited, but I'd advise buying the longer 25th anniversary version. See my reviews.
Summary of Sword of Honour
Thirty-five-year-old Englishman Guy Crouchback returns home from Italy at the start of the war determined to fight the good fight. Horrified by Nazi barbarism and emotionally shattered by a painful divorce, Crouchback eagerly accepts a post with the elite Royal Corps of Halberdiers. But nothing has prepared him for the absurd reality of life in the British army or the return of his alluring ex-wife.Based on Evelyn Waugh?s semi-autobiographical World War II epic, Sword of Honour stars Daniel Craig (Casino Royale, Munich), Megan Dodds (Love in a Cold Climate), Richard Coyle (Coupling), and Leslie Phillips (Love on a Branch Line). "More powerful and moving by the minute" ?The Times (U.K.)
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