Product Details

• Actors: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
• Directors: Kevin Costner, John Woo, Oliver Stone
• Writers: Oliver Stone, Joe Batteer, John Rice, Michael Blake
• Producers: A. Kitman Ho
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese, Vietnamese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: August 14, 2007
• Run Time: 435 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000QQML32
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #78,140 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Disc 1: Platoon Disc 2: Dances With Wolves Disc 3: Windtalkers

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For History Enthusiasts or Movie Buffs, January 6, 2009

By	Stephanie Pillow "growing older but not up..." (Melbourne, FL) - See all my reviews

I bought this set for my brother, who is a history major in college. These are three great movies in a great boxed set. If you can get it when it's on sale, I would go ahead and buy it (especially if you don't own the movies already). You can't get many sets like this for the price. I suggest reading about each of the three movies if you aren't familiar with them. Here are some summaries from DVD Price Search:

Platoon (Special Edition): Winner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, Platoon is powerful, intense and starkly brutal. "Harrowingly realistic and completely convincing" (Leonard Maltin), it is "a dark, unforgettable memorial" (The Washington Post) to every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who, upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong, but also with the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (Oscar-nominated Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other, the conflict, chaos and hatred permeate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value life.

Dances with Wolves - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition): A "truly spectacular" (The New York Times) film that combines action, romance and breathtaking adventure, Dances With Wolves is "a cinematic masterpiece" (American Movie Classics) that is nothing short of "a triumph" (Roger Ebert)!Sent to protect a US outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux Indians, Dunbar slowly comes to revere those he once feared. But when the encroaching US Army threatens to overrun the Sioux, he is forced to make a choice one that will forever change his destiny and that of a proud and defiant nation.

Windtalkers: In the brutal World War II Battle of Saipan, Sergeant Joe Enders (Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage) guards and ultimately befriends Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach), a young Navajo trained in the one wartime code never broken by the enemy, the Navajo Code. But if Yahzee should fall into Japanese hands, how far will Enders go to save the military's most powerful secret? John Woo directs this "exciting" film.

5.0 out of 5 stars The best epic about the American West, January 16, 2010

By	D. J. Nardi "TurtleDom" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)    (VINE VOICE)

This review is from: Dances with Wolves (Video On Demand)

Wow, this is a powerful movie. I recently rewatched it after several years and suddenly remembered what really makes a great movie. I love how "Dances with Wolves" begins with an intimate portrait of the American West, from the vast plains to the charismatic wolf "Two-Socks". The film follows Kevin Costner's emotional but nuanced journey from disillusioned Army officer to Sioux patriot. The acting is superb all around. There are no shallow characters, even within the U.S. Army. Every character seems to have several layers of emotional complexity. "Dances with Wolves" is an emotional and visional treat. I can't wait until it comes out on blu-ray.