| | Cromwell DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Recommended Videos, British, True Story, Period Piece, Epic, Big Battles, Medieval | | Starring | Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Timothy Dalton, Charles Gray, Dorothy Tutin | | Director | Ken Hughes | | Screenwriter | Ken Hughes |
Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles CROMWELL is an epic retelling of one of England's most bloody internal conflicts, a civil war that pitted the Puritan middle class against the decadent aristocracy. At the heart of this strife was the personal discord between Oliver Cromwell, a landed squire who reluctantly took up arms in the name of faith, and King Charles I -- the British monarch who was appalled by the concept of sharing power with a Parliament.
Cromwell's meteoric rise to power was due to his military genius. He took the untrained Parliamentarian rebels and turned them into an efficient fighting machine by promoting officers from within the ranks, based on earned merit. And when this "New Model Army" faced off with the Royalists -- whose officers were appointed according to social status -- the King's forces were crushed, and the monarch arrested, tried for treason, and beheaded. The heroic commoner, Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), wages battle single-handedly against King Charles I and gains control of the British monarchy in this historical epic set in 17th century England. Academy Award Nominations: Best Score. Academy Awards: Best Costume Design. Produced by Irving Allen Productions.
Color by Technicolor. Shot in Panavision at Shepperton Studios, England.
Battle sequences were shot on location in Spain, using the Spanish army as extras.
Writer director Ken Hughes had been trying to make a film based on the life of Oliver Cromwell for 10 years prior to the production of "Cromwell." However, no British producers were interested in this project. It took American producer Irving Allen, with the backing of Columbia Pictures, to make this film possible.
Alec Guinness's King Charles I is directly modeled on painter Van Dyke's portrait of the monarch. Cromwell | List Price | $14.94 (You save $5.79) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1970 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  8251  | | CD Universe Part number | 6162888 | | Catalog number | 00859 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 07, 2003 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 139 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Subtitled |
Cromwell Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Richard Harris did good Performance
It's so good to see a movie with a good
actor.
Submitted by tdelgado (Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico) 
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The Enlish Civil Wars - Cromwell
Most will say that the War of the Roses (Lancanster and York) was the first English Civil War. This period of England definitiy was the first English Civil War...there were three back to back. "Cromwell" covers the first two wars with two major battles; "Edge Hill" and "Nasby" These were the two of the three most import battles of the wars. This drama does not cover "Marston Moore". For good overview of the rise of Parliment and the fall of kings head, I recommed Cromwell. Richard Harris gives a die hard performance with Sir Alec Guiness. Keep an eye out for Timothy Dalton. Thumbs up!
Submitted by a reviewer (Tucson, AZ, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Don't expect history
Good though the performances are, it's not an historically accurate film. Cromwell didn't really turn up in the Civil War until the end of 1643. He was never in charge of an army until Worcester in 1648.
In the battle of Naseby it was Lord Fairfax in charge, Cromwell leading the right wing cavalry. The Parliament outnumbered the Royalists in this battle not, as depicted, the otherway round. All this plus loads of other stuff.
However, it does give a good account about what the times were about and a good feel for the era. Alec Guiness'performance as Charles Stuart is excellent (although the real King Charles was a younger man).
Submitted by Simon (Grantham, Lincolnshire, England)
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