War and Peace | 
| Director: King Vidor
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 7045
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 208 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: PARD056264D
UPC: 097360562644
EAN: 0097360562644
ASIN: B00006JU7S
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 1956
Release Date: December 3, 2002
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Product Description
SPRUCED UP ADAPTATION OF LEO TOLSTOY'S EPIC NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF A RUSSIAN FAMILY DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
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Despite its reputation as an oversimplified epic, King Vidor's War and Peace remains a stellar showcase of Hollywood prestige. While Cecil B. De Mille was reviving ancient Egypt for The Ten Commandments, Vidor was transforming Italian countryside into war-torn Russia, bringing massive resources to bear on this sumptuous, if ultimately misguided adaptation of Tolstoy's classic. Given the marquee casting of Audrey Hepburn as Natasha and then-husband Mel Ferrer as decorated battle hero Prince Andrei, this is a movie you watch for star value, not literary fidelity (for the latter, look to Sergei Bondarchuk's Russian version). Henry Fonda serves Tolstoy more effectively as Pierre, whose passive observation of Napoleon's invasion turns this grand moral tale into an intimate study of individual passions. The battle scenes (directed by Mario Soldati) remain impressive, as does the film's grand parade of pomp and circumstance. Slow, regal, and peppered with brilliance, this epic falls short of classic but it's still a visual feast. --Jeff Shannon
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
 Great Book. great author Mark Levine, Great service May 4, 2009
John W. Baker (Ball Ground, Georgia United States)
Liberty and Tyranny is the book I have ever read. It is a wonderful foundation of knowledge regarding our constitutional system. Everyone should have to read it! I rate it as the Best Seller of our life times!
War & Peace DVD March 19, 2009
Fred (Florida and Colorado)
I am very satisfied with the quality of the DVD and the shipping time. I will not hesitate to order again.
Thank you.
Fred
Nice... November 10, 2008
M. ravasizadeh (Andover, MA USA)
If you are lazy like me and don't see even a remote chance of reading this thousand and something pages novel but in the meantime want to know the literature of Russia go for the movie!
In general with all due respect to Tolstoy, I generally do not like his way of getting too much into the detail to the point that 50 pages pass by and you feel that you are still reading the description of ONE room...!
War and Peace Video September 7, 2008
H. lemcke (falmouth, ma United States)
This is a wonderfully procduced movie with seeing, particularly if you are intersted in Russian history
One of the signature classic movies of all time! June 7, 2008
Jessica M. Landreth
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best books ever written made into one the truly signature classic movies ever made! Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn & Mel Ferrer (who just passed away at the age of 90) make a stellar cast, and while its a long movie, its a movie I love to watch again & again!
This is a movie worth owning, I promise!!
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