The Dirty Dozen (Two-Disc Special Edition) |  | Directors: Andrew V. McLaglen, Robert Aldrich
Actors: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $26.98
Buy Used: $3.81
as of 3/20/2010 19:55 EDT details
You Save: $23.17 (86%)
New (39) Used (20) from $3.81
Seller: take1video2
Rating:  121 reviews
Sales Rank: 20376
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 245 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D67921D
UPC: 012569679214
EAN: 0012569679214
ASIN: B000EOTURQ
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 1967
Release Date: May 23, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Features:
| • | Lee Marvin portrays a tough-as-nails major volunteered in the Army way to command a squad of misfits on a suicide mission against Nazi brass. Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Trini Lopez, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Clint Walker are among the 12 jailbirds who will earn their freedom if they survive. And Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard) directs, blending anti-authority gibes w |
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
A model for dozens of action films to follow, this box-office hit from 1967 refined a die-hard formula that has become overly familiar, but it's rarely been handled better than it was in this action-packed World War II thriller. Lee Marvin is perfectly cast as a down-but-not-out army major who is offered a shot at personal and professional redemption. If he can successfully train and discipline a squad of army rejects, misfits, killers, prisoners, and psychopaths into a first-rate unit of specialized soldiers, they'll earn a second chance to make up for their woeful misdeeds. Of course, there's a catch: to obtain their pardons, Marvin's band of badmen must agree to a suicide mission that will parachute them into the danger zone of Nazi-occupied France. It's a hazardous path to glory, but the men have no other choice than to accept and regain their lost honor. What makes The Dirty Dozen special is its phenomenal cast including Charles Bronson, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, George Kennedy, Ernest Borgnine, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, Jim Brown, Clint Walker, Trini Lopez, Robert Ryan, and others. Cassavetes is the Oscar-nominated standout as one of Marvin's most rebellious yet heroic men, but it's the whole ensemble--combined with the hard-as-nails direction of Robert Aldrich--that makes this such a high-velocity crowd pleaser. The script by Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller (from the novel by E.M. Nathanson) is strong enough to support the all-star lineup with ample humor and military grit, so if you're in need of a mainline jolt of testosterone, The Dirty Dozen is the movie for you. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
Lee Marvin portrays a tough-as-nails major volunteered in the Army way to command a squad of misfits on a suicide mission against Nazi brass. Charles Bronson Jim Brown John Cassavetes Trini Lopez Telly Savalas Donald Sutherland and Clint Walker are among the 12 jailbirds who will earn their freedom if they survive. And Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard) directs blending anti-authority gibes with explosive excitement. Nominated for four Academy Awards. The Dirty Dozen won for Best Sound Effects.Running Time: 149 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569679214 Manufacturer No: 67921
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 121
 Great movie!! March 14, 2010
A. Gordon (USA)
One of my all time favorite movies. Lots of action. Some humor with "Donald Southerland" Have watched so many times I know it by heart. I think anyone who likes World War 2 movies would love this one.
 Not good March 2, 2010
Sherrie C. Nelson (Shreveport, LA. United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
We have Blue Ray and a HD DVD players. The DVD of The Dirty Dozen I received will not play on either one I have. So, of course, I'm disappointed.
Sherrie Nelson
The dirty dozen February 11, 2010
S. E. Strong (NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV, US)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I never get tired of this movie, it is one of the all time greats. good actors
and good comedy.
I had a "Dirty Dozen" birthday party for my 8th birthday December 17, 2009
Gozerthegozarian (San Antonio, TX United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this movie. My Mon took me to see it along with 10 or so friends. I was 8 years old. Lots of violence, guns and explosions. Even the bad Americans are the good guys, the Nazis are the bad guys. All very politically incorrect stuff. The hanging scene, Marvin kicking Cassavetes ass, Telly Savalas perving out, Sutherland impersonating the general, Jim Brown dropping hand grenades onto evil gasoline soaked Nazi people trapped in a cellar, Brown's almost making it to the giant half track - and getting shot by a sniper using an INFRARED scope ... these are the coolest, best, funniest scenes in the history of film - at least for a 8 year old in 1967.
After the movie we went to the park and played Army. I had a steel toggle action full size toy cap-gun Luger. The thing would get a kid shot these days - it looked very real. I also had a plastic .45 caliber Thompson SMG like Tom Hanks used in "Saving Private Ryan." When you pulled the trigger it made a gun sound. (I liked it because the Sgt. in the TV show "Combat" used it. And if "Combat" was not a "QUINN-MARTIN PRODUCTION," well it should have been.)
At the park we ran up and down the side of a pine straw covered hill. Somehow in our imaginary battlefield, sliding down the hill on the pine straw made perfect sense.
And then hot dogs cooked over charcoal, and lots of cake and ice cream.
Perfect movie.
Perfect day.
Five stars for both.
 SuperSixties Classic, But... December 2, 2009
Rob (Texas)
The Dirty Dozen deserves all it's superlatives. It ran for weeks and weeks back when theaters had ONE screen. Lee Marvin was a big star before it, but this made him a SuperStar for years. Not having seen it for several years, I was impressed with Charles Bronson as he is virtually the second lead in the film. He had to turn down The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for this, so all was most definitely not lost. He even gets the last line! My other favorite actor in the movie is Clint Walker, which brings up a problem with the script, editing, or whatever. What happens to him??? I watched carefully this time in the climactic battle and there's still no death scene! His picture and name shows up at the end with the roll call of those KIA, but where's the body? An explanation is in order! So, I guess I'll have to fill in the blanks: Posey is wounded and assumed dead by the remaining Dirty Dozen who under duress of fire leave the Chateau and make it back to friendly lines. At the time of their convalescence, Posey is still listed as KIA. Unknown to them, the friendly French staff of destroyed chateau has found him and hidden him with the French Resistance. As the Allies advance through France, he eventually rejoins the Army and restored to his former rank. Oh yeah, he also later marries the beautiful French girl who nursed him back to health!
Showing reviews 1-5 of 121
|
|
|
