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DiscountDelight - Band of Brothers
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List Price: $79.98
Our Price: $40.97
Your Save: $ 39.01 ( 49% )
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Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0026359920523
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 078312063X
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-11-05
Running Time: 999
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2001-09-09
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Summary: Band of Brothers
Comment: Best damn WW2 series I have ever Seen! I definately recommend it to anyone and everyone :)
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Summary: Excellent, exciting and compelling to watch...
Comment: Band of Brothers is the first series of shows depicting the true life stories of the Easy company during WWII. It has interviews with the real men of the war and I think tells their stories the exact way they happened. It is a must to own.
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Summary: Band of Brothers
Comment: In 2001 at it's preview on HBO I was not able and to be honest did not have the time to invest in a 10+ hour series. I was wrong. This is one of the most honest and realistic programs on WWII that I have watched.
My uncle was in the Battle of the Bulge and would not speak of his time during WWII. He only spoke of his experiences as to liberating one of the death camps and it was so far removed from my own experiences that it was difficult to grasp. "Band of Brothers" has opened my eyes to the experiences and sacrifaces that these men and women made.
I now have a better understanding and compassion for what these brave men and women accomplished during a most difficult time in our history.
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Summary: best tv mini series ever
Comment: top notch acting and absolutely full on special effects make this a first rate hollywood movie adapted to mini series format. If you liked saving private ryan you will like this one
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Summary: Band of Brothers
Comment: Excellent. One of the best WWII films/series I've ever seen. Completely realistic.
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Editorial Reviews:
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An impressively rigorous, unsentimental, and harrowing look at combat during World War II, Band of Brothers follows a company of airborne infantry--Easy Company--from boot camp through the end of the war. The brutality of training takes the audience by increments to the even greater brutality of the war; Easy Company took part in some of the most difficult battles, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the failed invasion of Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge, as well as the liberation of a concentration camp and the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest. But what makes these episodes work is not their historical sweep but their emphasis on riveting details (such as the rattle of a plane as the paratroopers wait to leap, or a flower in the buttonhole of a German soldier) and procedures (from military tactics to the workings of bureaucratic hierarchies). The scope of this miniseries (10 episodes, plus an actual documentary filled with interviews with surviving veterans) allows not only a thoroughness impossible in a two-hour movie, but also captures the wide range of responses to the stress and trauma of war--fear, cynicism, cruelty, compassion, and all-encompassing confusion. The result is a realism that makes both simplistic judgments and jingoistic enthusiasm impossible; the things these soldiers had to do are both terrible and understandable, and the psychological price they paid is made clear. The writing, directing, and acting are superb throughout. The cast is largely unknown, emphasizing the team of actors as a whole unit, much like the regiment; Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston play the central roles of two officers with grit and intelligence. Band of Brothers turns a vast historical event into a series of potent personal experiences; it's a deeply engrossing and affecting accomplishment. --Bret Fetzer
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