The Dam Busters
by Michael Anderson
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Actor: Charles Carson, Colin Tapley, Michael Redgrave, Stanley Van Beers, Ursula JeansDirector: Michael Anderson
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, Mono, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
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Movie Review: The Dam Busters
Summary: 5 Stars
Another true War time movie.The speicial affects at the dam attacts were a little fake but altogether a good film.A remake of th film was spokened of but the word nigger would have to be changed!!
Summary of The Dam Busters
Something of a cult item among British war movies, The Dam Busters turns a minor World War II incident into a heroic saga in the classic British style. A bombing raid is proposed on a strategically vital dam, but its position is inaccessible. Enter eccentric inventor Dr Barnes Wallis (Michael Redgrave in best daffy professor mode) who comes up with a genius idea--a bomb that will bounce on water like a skimmed pebble. Naturally the top brass dismiss it, but gallant Wing Commander Guy Gibson (Richard Todd) is persuaded, and he and Wallis forge ahead. The touches of carefully understated emotion now verge on self-parody, but it's hard not to get caught up in the narrative sweep, especially when the bombers take off on their mission and Eric Coates' stirring march hits the soundtrack. The model work, state-of-the-art for its early 1950s period, still looks impressive, and a moment involving a pet rivals the shooting of Bambi's mother. --Philip KempIt was one of the most daring and controversial missions in WWII history: On May 17th 1943 an elite RAF squadron flew deep into Germany s Ruhr Valley carrying five-ton experimental spinning bombs that needed to be dropped from a height of exactly 60 feet at precisely 240 mph in order to destroy three key dams in the Nazi industrial heartland. Oscar? nominees Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd star in this gritty docudrama that depicts the infamous Ruhr Raid from drawing board to attack hailed by critics as among the greatest war movies of all time. Robert Shaw co-stars in this still-influential action classic directed by Oscar? nominee Michael Anderson (AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT DAYS) and based on the international bestseller by Paul Brickhill (THE GREAT ESCAPE) presented here in its uncut UK version featuring footage not seen in the original American theatrical release.System Requirements:Running Time: 125 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 013131494198 Manufacturer No: DV14941
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