Product Details

• Actors: Charles Aidman, Barbara Baxley, James Caan, Stephen Coit, William Conrad
• Directors: Robert Altman
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300269965
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,151 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Film - a Great DVD, October 11, 2009

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Gadget Freak "DVD User" (Birmingham, UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Countdown (DVD-R)

Countdown has been a long time favourite of mine - and like Marooned or the BBC series Moonbase 3 - one of the few attempts to present a realistic portrayal not only of the actual mechanics of space flight, but its politics as well. I've waited for Countdown to appear on DVD for years, and finally thanks to the Warner Brothers Archive imprint, it has finally happened. The menus are basic but perfectly functional, and the quality of the amamorphic widescreen transfer is well up to standard. All I hope is that this is a sign of things to come and that other studios begin to offer other titles which are wanted but not in sufficient numbers to justify a full scale DVD realise to market.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rated 5 for Fun!, May 25, 2001

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This review is from: Countdown [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Seeing this movie as we are, far from era it was made in, makes for quite hokey fun for a few reasons. It's a great encapsulation of that era illustrating the fashions, modern architecture, modes of thinking, scientific fervor, (great cocktail parties!), and the roles of men and women at that time. In other words, everyone was young, smart, modern, knew their place in the world, and we were going to the moon! The script is kind of hard to follow at times, and the rivalry between the two main charactors gets kind of goofy in places, but the overlapping dialog in many of the conflicts makes the script at least seem earnest. The special effects are OK, but they forgot to film one part on the moon in slow-mo to make the gravity seem accurate--looks dopey. All in all, for those who like movies that are fictional time capsules of the Space Age, I believe you'll find this movie fun to watch.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why isn't it on DVD?, March 19, 2009

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Leonard J. Warnock (Everett, Washington United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Countdown [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I think this movie is a precursor to several popular historical and realistic NASA based movies such as Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, and Marooned. It has the feel of the times in the 1960's during the build up to the first landing on the moon. The plot is somewhat dated and fictional but the interaction of the characters, the settings and locations, as well as the overall "feel" is realistic. It did come out in 1968 so it was made during the time when NASA was racing to meet President Kennedy's vision. The movie has some big names including Robert Altman the director, stars James Caan, and Robert Duvall. It also starred William Conrad, Barbara Baxley, and Ted Night and other familiar faces.

When is this coming out on DVD?