45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing more than a cheap copy from China, November 21, 2009
WARNING... THIS IS NOT RELEASED FROM ANY MAJOR STUDIO. It's from China and has english and chinese subtitles which never left my screen no matter where I started it from. It's not very clear but for a transfer from VHS to DVD it's okay. I asked for my money back as I don't care if it's hard to get, I'll wait till they do it right.
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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Rip - Off, November 17, 2009
This dvd is nothing more than a copy of a VHS tape transferred to dvd. It is a total rip off !
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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah, April 20, 2009
Well I can honestly say they don't make 'em like this anymore. This is the classic Biblical tale about the brave and mighty Samson and the beautiful, but deadly Delilah. Samson (Victor Mature)is a leader among his people. He falls in love with a Philistine woman named Semadar(Angela Landsbury). The woman who already has a suitor also likes Samson. Now Semadar's younger sister, Delilah (played by gorgeous Hedy Lamarr), has a big crush on Samson and lusts for him. After wrestling a lion with his bare hands, the Saran of Gaza(George Sanders)offers him a prize. Samson asks for Semadar's hand in marriage, leaving Delilah jealous and hurt. At his wedding Samson tells his famous riddle and makes a wager with all the guests. Out of spite Delilah tells Semadar's suitor to get the answer to the riddle. After tricking Semadar, the Suitor gets the answer. After a fight breaks out Semadar and her father get killed. Delilah vows to seek vengance on Samson. The Saran has imposed heavy taxes on people. The frustrated people decide to turn Samson in, but with a donkey's jawbone he slays 1,000 Philistines. The Saran and his new lover, Delilah, hear this news. Together they devise a plan on how to destroy Samson. Delilah decides to seduce Samson to try to get him to tell her the secret of his strength. She sucessfully seduces him and he falls madly in love with her. After several failed attempts to find out the secret of his strength, she gets mad at him and won't let him near her. Not being able to bear his beloved Delilah being mad at him, he tells her the secret of his stength is in his hair. When he falls into a deep sleep, Delilah cuts off his long hair. When Samson awakes, the Philistine army is waiting for him. The Philistines congratulate Delilah on her triumph in capturing Samson. Delilah had made a bargain with the Saran not to harm Samson, but after she leaves the Philistines blind him. After finding out what they have done to Samson, guilt starts eating away at her. Realizing she loves Samson, she decides to help him. Samson is brought to the temple of the Philistine god Dagon. There the Philistines humiliate Samson. Delilah pretends that she also will humiliate Samson. Samson asks her to take him where the two main support pillars of the temple are. There he asks God to help him one last time and give him back his strength. Samson pushes on the pillars, causing the whole temple to crumble and everyone in the temple to be crushed including Samson.
This is a fine example of the Hollywood Golden Age of making fantastic Biblical epics. With Cecil B. DeMille's lavish production and a great cast, this one's a winner. If you look carefully, you'll see some of the supporting actors from The Ten Commandments such as the ladies who played Miriam and Elisheba.
I bought the DVD with the picture of Delilah cutting of Samson's hair on the cover. This DVD came from China. This was probably taken off a VHS tape, but the picture and sound are good. I had no problems taking off the Chinese subtitles. I went to the menu where it says subtitles and selected "None." Hopefully one day we will be privalaged to have an official DVD release from Paramount with remastered picture and sound and lots of bonus features. For now this satisfies.
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