Product Details

• Actors: Rip Torn
• Directors: David Douglas
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Imax
• VHS Release Date: August 28, 2001
• Run Time: 39 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005MEPM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,961 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The quality of this DVD is absolutely shocking!, September 22, 2001

By 

Stefan Schott - See all my reviews

This review is from: IMAX: Fires of Kuwait (DVD)

The video quality of "IMAX - Fires of Kuwait" is absolutely appalling, a complete shocker! The image displays all compression artefacts that there are in the book, and it does so heavily. It almost looks as bad as a RealAudio movie downloaded from the internet. It is impossible to watch this DVD with any kind of enjoyment at all. There is no excuse whatsoever to use such a poor transfer putting a 35 minute movie on a DVD which holds three hours at a reasonable bit-rate. I simply lack the vocabulary to express how disappointed and aggravated I am with this DVD. To make matters worse, there are not even any chapter stops, the whole movie is "chapter 1". If there was any rating lower than one star, I would have to use it. This DVD deserves "minus five" stars.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this DVD, May 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: IMAX: Fires of Kuwait (DVD)

I join with the others who expressed great dismay at the absolutely unacceptable quality of this DVD transfer. The manufacturer should recall this product and give each buyer a new version or their money back.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most visually stunning documentary I have ever seen, April 23, 2004

By 

Tom Trails "Tom Trails" (United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fires Of Kuwait (IMAX) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this in the IMAX theater and was blown away. I don't know what the reviewer called 'ptrainor' is talking about. He/she seems confused. Being there in the midst of these huge plumes of flame and nighttime darkness at midday is surreal. I've never seen anything like it, even in today's special effects-laden fictional movies. And the ingenuity and raw determination of these firefighting teams is amazing. I agree with the reviewer who said the scene looks like "hell on earth". If you wonder what the end of the world will look like, it probably resembles this. The cool thing is that this 'hell on earth' was conquered by human creativity, bravery and determination. Get this movie and watch it on a big screen with a good sound system. It's been 12 years since I saw it, and I've never forgotten its vivid images.