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Exodus
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| Genre | Drama |
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| Language | English |
| Runtime | 3 hours and 28 minutes |
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Exodus (DVD)
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.4 Ounces
- Item model number : 2222055
- Director : Various
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Color, Letterboxed
- Run time : 3 hours and 28 minutes
- Release date : July 6, 2020
- Actors : Various
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
- Studio : WarnerBrothers
- ASIN : B00006FDAU
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #23,741 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #297 in Military & War (Movies & TV)
- #2,532 in Action & Adventure DVDs
- #4,249 in Drama DVDs
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 5, 2022
Assuming this is the Prime Video version, it's on my 5-Star list. The CD version I purchased was letterbox and way too small across the screen. The movie still get 5 stars but the CD format is 1 star at best.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 22, 2022
This movie has much that pulls at the emotion especially when one knows history. Even if at the begining of the credits it is stated that the movie is historical fiction, the movie still has many historical facts referenced in it. My concern that has me rate this movie at a 4 instead of 5 is the age rating. Unless your 7 year old sees hangings, arms caught on fire, and dead bodies, I recommend that the rating be understood as 13 and up. For the older, they can know when something is fiction even if a person looks dead and hanging from a rope; but for young ones, reality and acting can be confused easily. One thing that really stood out to me in this movie is that often the UN doesn't make decisions to assist until it is almost too late or their decisions make matters worse (hmmm...nothing new under the sun as Solomon would say). All in all, this is a movie that will call to your emotions and help you think from another person's (and culture's) perspective.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 14, 2020
Exodus was directed by Otto Preminger and based upon a book of the same name. The movie champions the Zionist cause to bring Jewish refugees to Palestine after World War II and form the state of Israel. It begins with the Haganah group attempting to smuggle 600 Jewish refugees from Europe out of a British detention camp in Cyprus and take them to Palestine. It then shifts to the Jewish cause in Palestine. The main character is Ali Ben Canaan (Paul Newman) from the Haganah organization, which was a Jewish militia. The movie lays out the argument for the creation of Israel and the righteousness of Zionism. The story is epic, and by that I mean it’s 3 ½ hours long.
The movie starts off with some anti-Semitism by American and British characters. Kitty Fremont (Eva Marie Saint) is an American visiting Cyprus that goes to work as a nurse at a Jewish refugee camp. She tells a British general that the Jews are so strange and different to her. She’s obviously had a WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) upbringing in America and not knowingly been around Jews and sees them as some kind of foreign other. Worse is Major Caldwell (Peter Lawford) who talks about how he can spot a Jew by just looking at them, along with all kinds of other stereotypes. This is meant to give background for why Zionism was necessary along with the creation of a Jewish state. With Europe and America being anti-Jewish many believed they needed a country of their own. This situation was only made the more pressing after the Holocaust.
Of course this being Hollywood you can’t take the story as history. For instance, the British general in charge of Cyprus talks about how Palestine was forced upon England by the League of Nations after World War I and that England only talked about a Jewish homeland because it was desperate during the war. Neither of those were true. The British wanted to break up the Ottoman empire after WWI and seized Palestine and other territories. London was also pro-Zionist during and after the war and wanted part of Palestine to be eventually be governed by Jews. Again, these parts were included to support the Zionist cause by portraying the British as being uninterested in the plight of the Jews.
This is how the whole film is laid out. It champions Zionism and portrays it as if they were fighting the entire world. Clocking in at 3 ½ hours it does get trying in the middle.
C
The movie starts off with some anti-Semitism by American and British characters. Kitty Fremont (Eva Marie Saint) is an American visiting Cyprus that goes to work as a nurse at a Jewish refugee camp. She tells a British general that the Jews are so strange and different to her. She’s obviously had a WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) upbringing in America and not knowingly been around Jews and sees them as some kind of foreign other. Worse is Major Caldwell (Peter Lawford) who talks about how he can spot a Jew by just looking at them, along with all kinds of other stereotypes. This is meant to give background for why Zionism was necessary along with the creation of a Jewish state. With Europe and America being anti-Jewish many believed they needed a country of their own. This situation was only made the more pressing after the Holocaust.
Of course this being Hollywood you can’t take the story as history. For instance, the British general in charge of Cyprus talks about how Palestine was forced upon England by the League of Nations after World War I and that England only talked about a Jewish homeland because it was desperate during the war. Neither of those were true. The British wanted to break up the Ottoman empire after WWI and seized Palestine and other territories. London was also pro-Zionist during and after the war and wanted part of Palestine to be eventually be governed by Jews. Again, these parts were included to support the Zionist cause by portraying the British as being uninterested in the plight of the Jews.
This is how the whole film is laid out. It champions Zionism and portrays it as if they were fighting the entire world. Clocking in at 3 ½ hours it does get trying in the middle.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 12, 2022
This movie is decent for one made in 1960, but to totally understand it better, read the book by Leon Uris first if you're truly interested in the founding of Israel in 1948. I would have been lost in the movie without the book.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2022
Epic, classic movie about the birth of Israel. Great cast, shot on location.
4.0 out of 5 stars
How Palestine became Israel: Not perfect, but profound and impressive nonetheless.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 8, 2018
EXODUS was an enormous (624 pp.) and enormously successful 1958 novel by Leon Uris that was transformed into this 1960 film, a smash hit in most countries except the UK, where its depiction of the ruling British forces in Palestine was considered offensive by some. It's a long movie (208 mins.) and just barely misses the onus of "tedious epic," probably owing to Otto Preminger's meticulous direction and its cavalcade of stars who are also good actors. Paul Newman plays the *sabra* Ari Ben Canaan, who heads a commando force prior to Israeli independence; Eva Marie Saint is his on-again, off-again American girlfriend, widowed nurse Kitty Fremont; Jill Haworth plays Karen, the teenaged girl who lived through the German camps; Sal Mineo turns in a career-making performance as Dov, the equally terrorized and far more dangerous Holocaust survivor who turns to terrorism. The British are represented chiefly by Ralph Richardson, who plays the general gently sympathetic to the Zionist cause; and Peter Lawford, who plays perhaps too well the block-headed Major who's a walking font of anti-Semitism.
Objections can and have been raised over the years: shouldn't Paul Newman's character at least have curly hair? Was Eva Marie Saint too old for the role? Did Preminger and the screenplay compress the story a little too much -- such as insufficiently backgrounding the struggle between Ari's father (Lee J. Cobb) and uncle (David Opatoshu), who became a reformer and a terrorist, respectively? But there's no denying this is the best American film to tell the story of the formation of Israel out of Palestine in 1947-48. Make time to see this one.
Objections can and have been raised over the years: shouldn't Paul Newman's character at least have curly hair? Was Eva Marie Saint too old for the role? Did Preminger and the screenplay compress the story a little too much -- such as insufficiently backgrounding the struggle between Ari's father (Lee J. Cobb) and uncle (David Opatoshu), who became a reformer and a terrorist, respectively? But there's no denying this is the best American film to tell the story of the formation of Israel out of Palestine in 1947-48. Make time to see this one.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 25, 2022
Arrived quickly and played great. Thanks.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 24, 2022
DVD delivered in time, but the DVD quality was not good.
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F.T.F
4.0 out of 5 stars
Birth of a Nation - Again.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 27, 2020
Though the name is taken from biblical times and refers to the ship carrying hundreds of Jewish refugees out of Cypress, the main thrust of this story is set in the preceding months of the formation of a new nation in an old land.
The aftermath of the hollocaust fresh in their minds, they persevere, making more sacrifices along the way.
Seen from two main perspectives: the Jewish underground fighting force against British empirical mandate and the settlement Kabutz housing the young generations to build the land that their forefathers had once been a part of.
From the perspective of storytelling and film production:
This film isn't bad, but not brilliant.
Made in the late 50's in Israel and released in 1960 it still remains fresh and innocent as well as ragged and weiry from the many millennium of enduring exiles, persecutions and executions upon the Jewish people with a final exodus to their own promised land.
Even though it is well produced, the story is more of a calm meander through the lives of early settlers with buildups of national pride and political pressure being more of a backdrop.
This then makes the story, plotline and developments somewhat slow.
Unfortunate, as this film represents an important part of both Jewish and world history.
If this film were to be made again it would be better written to show more individual lives affected as well as bringing the politics into the foreground. Further the risks of the early repatriation would be highlighted even more (tragic as this film already is).
For such a famous film about such an important time in the birth of a nation, I would have expected more.
One thing that stands out most is the iconic theme music that repeats itself throughout in a number of variations.
The aftermath of the hollocaust fresh in their minds, they persevere, making more sacrifices along the way.
Seen from two main perspectives: the Jewish underground fighting force against British empirical mandate and the settlement Kabutz housing the young generations to build the land that their forefathers had once been a part of.
From the perspective of storytelling and film production:
This film isn't bad, but not brilliant.
Made in the late 50's in Israel and released in 1960 it still remains fresh and innocent as well as ragged and weiry from the many millennium of enduring exiles, persecutions and executions upon the Jewish people with a final exodus to their own promised land.
Even though it is well produced, the story is more of a calm meander through the lives of early settlers with buildups of national pride and political pressure being more of a backdrop.
This then makes the story, plotline and developments somewhat slow.
Unfortunate, as this film represents an important part of both Jewish and world history.
If this film were to be made again it would be better written to show more individual lives affected as well as bringing the politics into the foreground. Further the risks of the early repatriation would be highlighted even more (tragic as this film already is).
For such a famous film about such an important time in the birth of a nation, I would have expected more.
One thing that stands out most is the iconic theme music that repeats itself throughout in a number of variations.
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cora
3.0 out of 5 stars
Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint Shine in So-so Uris Adaption - DVD Has Issues
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 17, 2020
Since this is a product review, first off a few words about the DVD. The film is presented in a letterbox version for old 4:3 TV sets. Which means you get a small picture with broad black edges on all four sides on a modern widescreen set. If you use a zoom function the picture quality suffers. Also the bottom half of the subtitles (if you need them) is cut off. Overall picture and sound quality are perfectly adequate for a film from the time.
The film itself is based on the novel by Leon Uris and is produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay is by Dalton Trumbo. While the story of Jewish settlers returning to Palestine to set up the state of Israel is, of course, historically true it's worth keeping in mind that the film is based on a work of fiction and is a Hollywood production that wants to appeal to American audiences. It's biased. Also, with a runtime of well over three hours it's very long. Even the solid perfomances of such ever delightful big screen stars as Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint, ably supported by the likes of Hugh Griffith, Ralph Richardson and many mnore, could not keep my mind from wandering after the first hour. Despite all efforts of filmmakers and actors, this film does not quite live up to the book it's based on. Still, if you like the stars or have an interest in the subject matter you could do far worse on a long slow night. I'd probably have given a four star rating if it wasn't for the less than ideal technical details of the DVD.
The film itself is based on the novel by Leon Uris and is produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay is by Dalton Trumbo. While the story of Jewish settlers returning to Palestine to set up the state of Israel is, of course, historically true it's worth keeping in mind that the film is based on a work of fiction and is a Hollywood production that wants to appeal to American audiences. It's biased. Also, with a runtime of well over three hours it's very long. Even the solid perfomances of such ever delightful big screen stars as Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint, ably supported by the likes of Hugh Griffith, Ralph Richardson and many mnore, could not keep my mind from wandering after the first hour. Despite all efforts of filmmakers and actors, this film does not quite live up to the book it's based on. Still, if you like the stars or have an interest in the subject matter you could do far worse on a long slow night. I'd probably have given a four star rating if it wasn't for the less than ideal technical details of the DVD.
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Brummie
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Birth of Israel in 208 minuets
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 18, 2022
First the actual disk, this is a German/English Bluray which defaults to the German language, it took me ten minutes to identify and persuade it to play the English language version.
For a film that was made in 1960 it has worn the years well and given the running times of some modern films no longer seems as Long as I remember. Set in Cyprus and Palestine the film covers the "escape" of Jews from Cyprus to Palestine aboard the Exodus and the partition of Palestine to create separate states Palestine and Israel.
The screenplay both Exodus and Spartacus were by Dalton Trumbo and these films are credited with bringing down the blacklisting of screenwriters in the US film industry.(if you want to know more watch the film Trumbo )
Considering it was made in 1960 it's a film still worth watching today.
For a film that was made in 1960 it has worn the years well and given the running times of some modern films no longer seems as Long as I remember. Set in Cyprus and Palestine the film covers the "escape" of Jews from Cyprus to Palestine aboard the Exodus and the partition of Palestine to create separate states Palestine and Israel.
The screenplay both Exodus and Spartacus were by Dalton Trumbo and these films are credited with bringing down the blacklisting of screenwriters in the US film industry.(if you want to know more watch the film Trumbo )
Considering it was made in 1960 it's a film still worth watching today.
Eilona
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent follow up
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 2, 2020
It’s a good film but the DVD is constantly jamming. I have to forward it to make it start and miss chunks of the film. How do I get my money back?
4/5/20 after I placed the above the company contacted me immediately and offered money back or a replacement. I wanted a replacement because the film is good. I was very impressed and thankful.
4/5/20 after I placed the above the company contacted me immediately and offered money back or a replacement. I wanted a replacement because the film is good. I was very impressed and thankful.
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David Gibbs
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 2, 2018
An old classic about the setting up of the state of Israel.Paul Newman was never better and the direction by Otto Preminger is first class.Its a cliché I know but they don't make them like this anymore.
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