| | Battle Of Algiers DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action Movies, Box Sets Videos, Foreign Films, Recommended, War, Essential Cinema, French, Criterion Collection, Political, Big Battles | | Starring | Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Haggiag | | Director | Gillo Pontecorvo | | Composer | Ennio Morricone | | Screenwriter | Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas |
Gillo Pontecorvo's film focuses on the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Shot in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film vividly recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 190's. This 3-dvd set includes the film, "Return to Algiers" documentary, 3 more documentaries, lots more. Gillo Pontecorvo's presents a harrowing, documentary-style depiction of the Algerian's people's struggle to liberate themselves from France between 1954 and 1962. The film creates a stunning illusion of realism by combining actual newsreel footage with staged sequences featuring amateur and professional actors playing characters based on real people (including Saadi Yacef, the one-time leader of the FLN in occupied Algiers). With it's depiction of political torture and violence retaining every bit of the impact they had upon the film's original release, THE BATTLE FOR ALGIERS was re-released theatrically in 2003 to great acclaim and reevaluation. Winner of 11 International Film awards. "The Battle of Algiers" was the first feature film produced in Algeria by Algerians (although the director and much of the film's crew were Italian).
Screened at 1966 Venice Film Festival.
Production companies: Igor Film (Rome) and Casbah Films (Algiers).
Distribution company: Magna Films.
Academy Award Nominations: Best Director, Best (Original) Story and Screenplay. Battle Of Algiers Reviews: "The film itself remains as powerful as ever, both on a formal level and as political drama."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound "[The film] casts an eerie shadow over a world rocked by the underground politics of fear and rage."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "[W]hat's most impressive about this 1965 epic of revolution is the realization that its compelling imagery and its powerful insights are so continually relevant that this film isn't back, it's never really left us."-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "Its vitality and immediacy are undiminished."
-- Jamie Graham, Total Film "A thrilling film, shocking and often unsubtle, it's also an eerily prescient snapshot of 21st-century global politics."
-- Kevin Maher, Uncut "[T]he 1965 classic is a revealing look at the mind-set of terrorists that is so relevant to current events that it was screened at the Pentagon."-- Mike Snider, USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "As Pontecorvo looks at the impact of war on all those who live through it, it remains desperately relevant today."-- Ultimate DVD Staff, Ultimate DVD
This is the only Yacef Saadi video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Brahim Haggiag. Battle Of Algiers | List Price | $49.95 (You save $10.86) | | Studio | Home Vision | | Orig Year | 1966 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9579  | | CD Universe Part number | 6760718 | | Catalog number | 120 | | Discs | 3 | | Release Date | Oct 12, 2004 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 125 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Black & White | | Movie Details | B&W; Widescreen; Black & White |
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Battle Of Algiers DVD 3-Disc Set
Region [unknown]
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - French/Arabic
Disc 1:
Additional Release Material:
Documentary: RETURN TO ALGIERS
Trailers:
1. Theatrical Trailer
2. Re-release Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Poster Gallery
Disc 2:
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: Directors On THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
Documentary:
1. THE MAKING OF THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
2. THE DICTATORSHIP OF TRUTH
Disc 3:
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: HOW TO WIN THE BATTLE BUT LOSE THE WAR
Documentary:
1. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS AND HISTORY
2. ETATS D'ARMES
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