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Battle of Britain (Collector's Edition) [DVD]

Michael Caine (Actor), Trevor Howard (Actor), Guy Hamilton (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,576 ratings
IMDb6.9/10.0
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Format AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Contributor Michael Redgrave, Michael Caine, Derek Wood, Ian McShane, Trevor Howard, Wilfred Greatorex, Guy Hamilton, Derek Dempster, Robert Shaw, James Kennaway, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Harry Andrews, Kenneth More, Ralph Richardson, Curd Jrgens See more
Language English, French
Runtime 2 hours and 12 minutes
UPC 027616923431

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Featuring a "big stellar cast" (Variety), including Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Robert Shaw, Susannah York and Edward Fox, Battle of Britain is a spectacular retelling of a true story that shows courage at its inspiring best. Few defining moments can change the outcome of war. But when the outnumbered Royal Air Force defied insurmountable odds in engaging the German Luftwaffe, it may well have altered the course of history!

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 4 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Guy Hamilton
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 12 minutes
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jrgens, Ian McShane
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish, French
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (PCM Mono), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ MGM (Video & DVD)
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000ASDFEK
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Derek Dempster, Derek Wood, James Kennaway, Wilfred Greatorex
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,576 ratings

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." Winston Churchill
5 out of 5 stars
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." Winston Churchill
This is one of the most historically accurate war films there is. While no movie can ever put the movie goer into what it's like to be in a battle, this movie accurately depicts the historic events during The Battle For Britain when the (thus far) undefeated Wehrmacht (the combined German armed forces) used the Luftwaffe (German air force) to bomb England into submission. This film was made in the mid 1960's which means there was still quite a few vintage aircraft from WWII to be used in the movie. I remember reading at the time that the Spanish Air Force was still using Messerschmidt BF-109's that were used in the movie.Not only is this very good history it is also a very good film and a must see for those who are deeply interested in WWII in the ETO (European Theater of Operations).The plane in the picture on the left is a British Royal Air Force Spitfire which took the Germans by surprise because they didn't expect to come up against such a superior aircraft. The other picture is of the German Bf-109 which was the most produced fighter by Germany and it saw combat beginning with the civil war in Spain through the end of WWii.
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Pete Aaron
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2024
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I have the VHS tape and DVD versions and this Blu-ray just blows the DVD out of the water. The quality of the original movie comes through in the most impressive way. Not all films hold up well in Blu-ray format, but this flick really does. No comparison at all with the DVD!
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Graeme J. W. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Remember it was made in 1968 - released in 1969
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2003
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Executive summary - Want to see what real 1940's dogfighting was about - this is it. Special effects - Suspend belief against modern standards - but good for the time!
Let us be clear - this simply doesn't stand up to modern digital special effects standards. Some model shots are excellent: Heinkel 111 being chased over wavetops, pilot dead and plowing into the beach (the model is the beach shot) and some are truly awful (the Stukas bombing an RDF station).
The aircraft - especially the Spanish airforce re-painted in German colors but all flying with Merlin engines have wrong profiles.
The special effects of London burning from the air - suspend your belief a moment - perspectives are wrong and the "Red Glow" - phuleeze!
The apparently disjointed plot and timeline.
My personal nitpick - the 1960's plastic bell push on a "1940 cottage".
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Before you see this read the history including the key tactical moments.
Remember that in 1969 these were great special effects
and most importantly - a huge armada of aircraft of correct vintage were found, saved, restored or stood as props.
IT IS A GREAT MOVIE. Historically the timeline is correct (but it pays to understand it on the way into the movie), the key characters are portrayed by stars suspending their egos and status to the greater good) battling with their daily problem of aircraft maintenance (though there was never actually a shortage of British aircraft which were being delivered fast enough) and the real shortage - "the few" pilots on the British side - experienced leaders getting eroded by constant scrambles and dog-fights and the inexperienced replacements.
And if you wondered what dogfighting was about in 1940 this is THE movie to recreate it because there were no digital effects - the pilots went up there day after day through the summer of 1968 flying dogfights behind a camera plane. They did it for real and if you freeze the frame during the "Battle in the Air" sequence it is amazing how many real planes are up there "fighting" it out again.
It is a real tribute to the few, advised and orchestrated by those who were really there and survived.
You think Private Ryan and Band of Brothers are good? Sure they are - but after you have suspended special effects belief BoB does a marvellous job of showing (in a 1960's way) what it was like to fight with your backs to the wall and dwindling pilot resources.
Final peeve - it was the Battle of BRITAIN - but it suffers from the standard problem of all UK people being "English". Even the real Dowding wrote about the defence of "England" and it is faithfully replayed here. Watch for the racist treatment of the Polish pilots - absolutely prevalent at the time and though the intent of the portrayal at the time was not to highlight racisim - in a modern world it clearly does.
Your nationality was also there but didn't get a mention (?) - well you can't fit everything in - and a roll call in the end credits tries to put it right - it wasn't just the Battle of Britian - it was also the Battle of the "over-run" and the "not yet joined in" - whether motivated by revenge or a desire for adventure - they died too - watch it for them too.
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Kiwiwriter
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my absolute favorite war movies...and not for the reason you'd really expect
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2015
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One of my absolute favorite war movies.

There are so many things about this movie that I enjoy. Obviously everyone who sees this enjoys the planes, the aerial action, and the star-laden cast, which ranges from Laurence Olivier as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to Edward Fox as a fighter pilot. The research is impressive, the link to history fairly accurate, and the music perfect -- military bands have been using the Luftwaffe "Aces High" march at events ever since, even though it's the theme song for the "bad guys."

The movie also reminds viewers of the pain and suffering of war -- Ian McShane survives the battle only to lose his family, Christopher Plummer suffers hideous burns, Susannah York sees her WAAFs lying dead under blankets. There's pain in and beneath the skies.

But my favorite part of the movie are the dozens and dozens of little bits and scenes in it that of the everyday efforts and life just before and during the Battle of Britain. You see little things -- German Army engineers repairing a damaged bridge in France. Or a German sergeant yelling at his men to put on their lifebelts to get ready for the Channel crossing. Luftwaffe pilots summoned home to Berlin drive through the un-blacked-out City by night and see the cafes lit up, Navy sailors on pass walking the streets, presumably in search of a cafe. When Hitler delivers a speech at the Sportspalast, you see German girls in their Bund Deutscher Maedel uniforms or boys in their Hitler Youth uniforms cheering back.

On the British side, you see radar operators hard at work in their hut, Royal Observer Corps men manning their position, RAF mechanics repairing damaged Spitfires or doing "100-hour checks," Military Police in red caps taking captured German aircrew in: "Officers to the mess, other ranks to the guardhouse." Londoners try to stay calm in the streets as a damaged Heinkel zooms past a clearly-occupied Buckingham Palace on its way to its own destruction. WAAFs plot incoming German and outgoing RAF plane movements.

My point is that at nearly every turn in this movie, when a German or Briton of a certain age first saw this back in 1969 (and there were plenty more of them than now), he or she could nudge his or her family sitting next to him in the Leicester Square Odeon or the Hamburg UFA-Palast, and say, "You see what that guy/girl is doing up there? That's what I did in the war. It was just like that, looked just like that, and I wore that uniform."

And that to me, is the best part of the movie...this subtle tribute and nod to the generation that endured and survived (although in many cases, did not) the Battle of Britain and the Second World War. Not about heroics, not about glory, not even about ethics...just about doing a job or living through difficult times, and managing to survive.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great movie
Reviewed in Canada on April 2, 2023
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order arrived on time and no damage. One of the best historical movies made about one of the most important events in world war 2. Features some of the greatest British screen stars of the 20th century.
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Ian Chadbourne
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic film
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2024
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A film that will never get old
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Dolphin
5.0 out of 5 stars The Battle of BRITAIN 2 DVD Special Edition.
Reviewed in Germany on April 2, 2024
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Sehr informativ. Die Extras sind sehr gut. Was aber nicht gesagt worden ist das viele der Deutsche Flugzeuge sind umgebaut worden mit Merlin Motoren, deshalb diese eigenartigen Merlin Geräusche beim Start der Henkel Maschinen.
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Patxi
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastica película a una increíble calidad
Reviewed in Spain on January 16, 2023
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Fantastica película a una increíble calidad. Incluye idioma español de españa.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting War Film
Reviewed in India on October 25, 2022
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German Luftwaffe air attacks disturbed British Empire during second World War. Various Aircrafts used by British Royal Air Force to protect their air from German invasion are demonstrated in the film. The determination, planning
and loyalty of British soldiers are well depicted. Video clarity is excellent but audio is very poor. We can't expect much audio clarity from a Film released decades ago. This film gives excellent viewing experience. DVD is encoded in Region 3 format hence Region free DVD player would be required to watch it in India.
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