Product Details

• Actors: Tom McLeod, Patrick O'Donnell, David Sessions, Erik Thompson, Sam Dolan
• Directors: Amy Huggins, Brian Coughlin, Douglas Cohen, Laura Verklan, Tony Long
• Writers: Amy Huggins, Arthur Drooker, Darryl Rehr
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: May 29, 2007
• Run Time: 1034 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000KJU1GY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,960 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The History Channel Presents Shootout! - Seasons 1 and 2" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

With stunning clarity, veterans of the world’s most memorable conflicts tell never-before-heard stories of rescues, sniper attacks, ambushes, and hand-to-hand combat. Through such state-of-the-art technology as aerial terrain mapping and 3-D animation sequences, legendary battles are recreated shot by shot in vivid, crisp detail. Coupled with eyewitness reports from military experts and soldiers from World War II to Iraq, these blow-by-blow re-creations of history’s bloodiest confrontations take viewers to the front lines of historic military operations from the perspectives of both sides of the fight, making SHOOTOUT! the most accurate gun battle series ever created.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars CHECK YOUR COPIES: EPISODES MISSING!!!, June 2, 2007

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Samuel B. King "Sam King" (Concord, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The History Channel Presents Shootout! - Seasons 1 and 2 (DVD)

This was a great series!! However, buyer beware. My copy is missing Episode 3 on disk three(episode - WW2: Storming france). Although it is listed on the CD package, it is not on the CD itself, or the menu. I've encountered this type of thing before (not necessarily on "History Channel" items). We should expect the same problem will occur on other sets in the same run. Be sure to check your CDs immediately after purchase (I do as a general rule). I intend to return mine and wait a while for this problem to be worked out of the system. Highly recommended series apart from this "technical glitch". UPDATE JUNE 15, 2007. I PURCHASED A SECOND COPY OF THIS SET AND THE SAMR ISSUE WAS MISSING. DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG HERE!!!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Explosively Entertaining Documentary, February 20, 2007

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Matt Johnson (Thousand Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The History Channel Presents Shootout! - Seasons 1 and 2 (DVD)

This series by the History Channel takes modern combat to a whole new level. From the bloody invasion of Iwo Jima to the house to house combat of Fallujah, Shootout brings the viewer into the center of battle. CGI animation begins each segment explaining the tactical situation before the combat begins. Live action shots portray the chaos of battle which is then punctuated with commentary from the actual soldiers who fought the engagement.

This collection is a must for any United States military enthusiast or for those wanting to glimpse what actual combat is like.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great package at an affordable price., April 7, 2009

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Roberto Agosti - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The History Channel Presents Shootout! - Seasons 1 and 2 (DVD)

The Shootout box contains of 6 DVD disks each covering 3-4 different shootout events, from the Wild West to the present day events in Afghanistan and Iraq (the Wild West episode contains of many different gunfights). The movies are overall well made and contain reenactments mixed with simulations and live footage (when it's avaliable). You could argue that the military events especially those from Iraque and Afganistan events are overrepresented on the behalf of Law enforcement events, but I found the all programs interesting and I learned something I didn't already know from most of the different events.

One event that ought to be in the box and one that I missed is the FBI / Miami Dade County shootout and the impact it had on law enforcement protocol procedures and equipment.

The only thing that irritated me with the show was the fact that you get more then a little bit tired of all the repeating due to the program format with regard to commercial breaks. But if you're interested in current history och just in shootouts in general, buy this box!