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The Big Red One

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Review

Marvin is the sergeant, the archetypal soldier, in Fuller's The Big Red One, a war story from the foot soldiers' point of view. It opens at the end of WWI with the sergeant's creation of the First Infantry insignia: the big red one. The film jumps a quarter century to North Africa, and follows Marvin and his squad as they trek across a thousand miles fighting for their lives. Based on his own war experiences, the film was written and directed by Fuller, who is unequalled in revealing in intimate detail the individual's struggle against the panorama of monumental cataclysm.

Deliberately paced, methodically structured and finely detailed, it is a quintessential war film, made with compassion but not sentiment, affection but not pathos. The film's closing sequences offer unassailable testimony that there are moments in history when the horrors of war must be borne in defiance of pure evil. And, at some time, the war is finally over.

Editor's note: This 2-disc Special Edition features the 2004 "Reconstruction" reissue, incorporating 47 minutes of new footage. The original 1980 PG-rated theatrical version is no longer in print.

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DVD Widescreen: $24.49 (2-disc Special Edition)

Availability: In stock and ready to ship
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 012569705906
Catalog #: DL1019152

Studio : Warner

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , French Dolby Digital 5.1 , English Subtitles , French Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.85, Widescreen
Features:
Photo gallery
Chapter selection
Bonus footage: TV spots
Documentaries: New: The Making of The Big Red One
Documentaries: Vintage: The Making of The Big Red One
Audio commentary: Reconstructionist Richard Shickel