The Charge of the Light Brigade
by Tony Richardson
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Actor: Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Vanessa RedgraveDirector: Tony Richardson
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 131 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie Review: MOST REALISTIC WAR FILM I'VE EVER SEEN
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all let's say that this is the most realistic war film I have ever seen. The sets and costumes are simply marvelous. One cannot but believe we are viewing a cinema verite of the Crimean War and not a commercial film production. Who cares about the story? Just look at the cavalrymen in their tight red pants and blue blouses with four vertical rows of buttons and the red caps with the chin straps. Think of the research that went into giving us such magificent period detail. Yes, there is Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave all fine actors who who give excellent performances off a good script but the real star of this film is the stunning camerawork by David Watkin (Chariots of Fire) and the person(s) in charge of the costumes and sets. Hurrah for them!
Summary of The Charge of the Light Brigade
From director Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) comes this brilliant retelling of tragic events during the Crimean War. Starring Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave, this epic political satire is an "impressive achievement" (Boxoffice) that will forever be revered as movie making at its best. British Captain Nolan (Hemmings) is a devoted officer disgusted with his commander, Lord Cardigan (Howard). Lord Raglan (Gielgud) is a foolish officer with misguided war strategies and a fading memory. Together, they are sent to Turkey in response to a Russian invasion. Driven by arrogance and ineptitude, they send hundreds of cavalry to certain death in aclimax that is both "harrowing [and] magnificent" (Time).Tony Richardson's film about the colossal Crimean War blunder combines his sociopolitical anger with the splendors of a David Lean epic for a fascinating artifact of that boiling-point protest year, 1968. Like America's contemporaneous Vietnam War, Britain's mid-19th-century conflict with Russia in defense of Turkey made less sense the deeper they sank into it; John Gielgud's Lord Raglan keeps referring absentmindedly to the enemy as "the French"! Aside from a peripheral romantic triangle involving apparently the single sane officer in Her Majesty's army (David Hemmings), his friend (Mark Burns), and the friend's wife (Vanessa Redgrave--Mrs. Richardson), the film is really about the profoundly jingoistic Victorian imagination; transitional animation sequences by Richard Williams seem to plunge us directly into the British national psyche. Somewhat muddled as drama, but irresistibly persuasive in its historical detail and stunning camerawork (David Watkin, Chariots of Fire), The Charge of the Light Brigade is a prime candidate for rediscovery. --Richard T. Jameson
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