Too Late the Hero
by Robert Aldrich
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DVD Cover Information
Actor: Cliff Robertson, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Michael Caine, Ronald FraserDirector: Robert Aldrich
Brand: Too
Cinematographer: Joseph F. Biroc
Producer: Robert Aldrich
Writer: Robert Aldrich
Editor: Michael Luciano
Producer: Walter Blake
Writer: Lukas Heller
Writer: Robert Sherman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 145 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-25
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Too Late the Hero
Movie Review: Offbeat yet Brilliant WWII Drama
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a little known War film from director Robert Aldrich. My dad said I should see it because it is different. I did see it and I did like it. Some of it seems to defy logic but that is what makes it so interesting. It is always good to see Henry Fonda in a film, even though his role was brief yet pivotal, in this film. The irony and ideology of the characters portrayed by Michael Caine and Cliff Robertson is at the heart of this drama and that is what makes this film succeed and very worthwhile. Gritty in nature (the jungle setting is unsettling and induces a certain degree anxiety of its own), it is one of the best WWII films to come out of the early 70s. The ending was a bit contrived but it certainly was suspenseful. Robert Aldrich remains a great unsung and unrecognized director to this day. His premature death, in my opinion, was a great loss to the cinema.
Summary of Too Late the Hero
OscarĀ(r) winners* Michael Caine and Cliff Robertson star in this "rousing" (Film & TV Daily) war drama about two reluctant heroes desperate to survive, even at the cost of their own allies. Thrilling, intense and harrowing, Too Late the Hero "will keep you on edge from start to finish" (Cue)! Lt. Lawson (Robertson) has only one interest in the wargetting out of it. Sent with British soldiers on a suicide mission to thwart the Japanese communications system, he finds a natural comrade in the cynical Tosh (Caine). But when the two soldiers make a discovery that could change the course of the war, they must decide whether to save themselves...or becomethe heroes they never wanted to be. *Caine: Supporting Actor, The Cider House Rules(1999); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Robertson: Actor, Charly (1968)Similar DVD Movies
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