Battle of the Bulge | 
| Director: Ken Annakin
Actors: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, George Montgomery
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 286
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 167 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D11086D
ISBN: 0790765241
UPC: 085391108627
EAN: 9780790765242
ASIN: B0007TKNGA
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1965
Release Date: May 3, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
This World War II spectacular tells the story of the tank battles of December, 1944, in which the Nazi Panzer forces staged a massive last-ditch offensive on the Belgian front.
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The German offensive in December 1944 became the basis for this all-star Hollywood take on the Battle of the Bulge. Henry Fonda is an officer who predicts the assault, Robert Ryan and Dana Andrews are Army brass skeptical of his intuitions, and Robert Shaw (his hair dyed yellow and his eyes glinting with malice) is a German officer leading the tank attack. Shaw is certainly the most compelling thing about the film, especially in his philosophical debates with ambivalent underling Hans Christian Blech. Elsewhere, the movie jumps around to sidebar stories (cowardly James MacArthur becomes a leader, wheeler-dealer Telly Savalas falls in love) while messing around with the historical facts of the battle. There are interesting episodes, such as the Malmedy massacre of American POWs and the Germans' use of English-speaking spies, but overall Battle of the Bulge has the feeling of having been patched together from different scripts. On the physical level the movie comes up short, with the Spanish locations rarely suggesting the wintry misery of the battle, and the use of models and studio sets highly inadequate. A number of war films from this era are compelling on their own terms, but in the wake of Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, this one looks antique. --Robert Horton
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 Battle of the Bulge June 29, 2009
S. Efant (Altoona, FL)
It was a Father's Day gift for my husband, and he really enjoyed it. The movie was based on the historical World War II Battle of the Bulge, and the movie stays pretty close to fact. Many big old time actors are in the film which makes it all the more special.
 Blu-ray: PQ Quality has serious Lens Flare / Fogging Issues May 25, 2009
MetallicRaider17 (Jackson, NJ United States)
I purchased this Blu-Ray based on reviews on this forum and a professional review on another forum. Unfortunately I should've expanded my research to other sites. The overall PQ is good from a color, contrast and sense of depth perspective. However, there is a serious lens flare / fogging issue, these are terms other professional reviewers and users have used to describe the issue. It primarily occurs during indoor scenes but a great example of it is when the train is about to exit the tunnel at 1:37 into the movie. It also primarily occurs on the left side of the screen, I saw it numerous times in the lower left hand corner. It appears the image softens, flares, or fogs there on numerous occasions. I found it rather distracting and my eyes tended to look there for flaws which diminished the overall viewing pleasure of the movie. I deducted a full two stars for these flaws, they occur numerous times throughout the movie in varying degrees. This appears to an issue with the source since other users have seen this on the HD DVD version and regular DVD version. I do not recall seeing this on TV but then again that was in Pan and Scan 4:3 which would've have truncated the problem area. The issue is only a few inches in on the left side, the main center / majority of the image looks fantastic.
The Audio quality was OK; I realize it is a 43 year movie so I gave it a fair rating all things considered. The rears and subwoofer are utilized on occasion but most of the sound stage is up front and center which is probably due to the fact that the original source was a mono track.
 2 stars out of 4 May 6, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
Turgid, overlong, simplistic, and certainly not historically accurate, Battle of the Bulge is a chore to watch and definitely not a rewarding one--there are very few reasons to see it but a whole host of reasons why not to.
 An Audiophile Viewer May 5, 2009
Chiu Kit Ling Monit (AUSTRALIA)
Robert Shaw's performance was superb. His act and face was very close to the panzer commander Sepp Dietrich. The only pity was that the film producer did not use Tiger Tanks which has lost its accuracy. Hope a new reissue of film to be released with the latest technology soon. As good as directed by Steven Spielberg ??
Screen April 16, 2009
Hugh Devenny
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have a 36" tv at home, Movie quality is good but I can't see the movie full screen because of it's blacked out 3" above & below the movie. Why?
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