| | Dirty Dozen Blu-ray
| Category | Blu-ray DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Action Videos, Thriller, Recommended, Essential Cinema, World War II, Military, AFI Top 100 Thrills | | Starring | Lee Marvin, Donald Sutherland, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Trini Lopez | | Director | Robert Aldrich | | Composer | Frank DeVol | | Director of Photography | Edward Scaife | | Editor | Michael Luciano | | Producer | Kenneth Hyman | | Screenwriter | Nunnally Johnson, Lukas Heller |
Twelve jailbirds will earn their freedom...if they survive a suicide mission against the Nazi brass. Tough-as-nails Lee Marvin leads a nothing-to-lose convict squad of Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Trini Lopez, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker and more in the all-time action trendsetter. An all-star cast energizes Robert Aldrich's classic World War II action drama about a group of 12 American military prisoners assembled by tacticians and ordered to perform a suicide mission: infiltrate a well-guarded château and kill the Nazi officials vacationing there. The incarcerated soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, jump at the chance to redeem themselves. Major Reisman (Lee Marvin), the noncriminal in charge of the group, whips the men into a crack unit, uses them to best the troops of his by-the-book superior officer, Colonel Breed (Robert Ryan), in war games, then leads the steely antiheroes on their perilous assault.
The film is studded with standout performances, including Telly Savalas as a religious psychopath with a febrile animosity toward Germans and John Cassavetes in an Oscar-nominated portrayal as an insubordinate, poison-tongued hothead. Ernest Borgnine, Donald Sutherland, Charles Bronson, and football legend Jim Brown further round out the impressive collection of talent. Aldrich, who by the time of THE DIRTY DOZEN had been fathoming the darker side of life onscreen for more than a decade (KISS ME DEADLY, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?), scored a huge hit with this rousing thriller laced with a stinging cynicism perfectly in tune with the increasingly skeptical tenor of the times. Color by Metrocolor; shot in Metroscope and blown up to 70mm.
Filmed in Aldbury, Herfordshire and Borehamwood Studios, UK. Began shooting April 25, 1966. Released in the USA June 15, 1967. Shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City November 19, 1974, and then again June 29-30, 1980, as part of the series "John Cassavetes: Filmmaker and Actor."
The song "Einsam" also by Sibylle Siegfried.
Additional cast: Tom Busby (Milo Vladek), Al Mancini (Tassos Vladek), George Roubicek (Private Arthur James Gardner), Dora Reisser (German Officer's Girl), Stuart Cooper (Roscoe Lever), Colin Maitland (Seth Sawyer), Thick Wilson (General Worden's Aide), and Robert Phillips.
Additional credits: Julian Mackintosh (production manager), Alan McCabe (camera operator), Angela Allen (continuity)
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Censors.
DVD Special Features: Behind the Scenes Featurette, Trivia and Production Notes, Theatrical Trailer. Dirty Dozen Reviews: "...Brimming with excitement and humour, yet also staying resolutely honourable to its storytelling..." -- 4 out of 5 stars
-- Darren Vaughan, Total Film "Any movie with Telly Savalas as a psychotic named A.J. Maggott is already halfway home....[A] red-meat classic..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "[I]t's a relentless work -- violent, funny and deeply cynical."
-- Danny Leigh, Uncut "[P]owerful..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "Robert Aldrich's gleefully nasty, willfully daft action adventure is ageing well."
-- Ceri Thomas, Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "A new twist -- in its time -- on the war movie....It's a good cast..."
-- Jan Vincent-Rudzki, Ultimate DVD Dirty Dozen | List Price | $28.99 (You save $6.24) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1967 | | All Time Sales Rank |  57455  | | CD Universe Part number | 7407001 | | Catalog number | 79395 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 17, 2007 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 150 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
Dirty Dozen Movie Review  Hold on to your popcorn
Witty, and thoughtful story, but that's not why you want to buy this flick, it's the time-tested struggle to put it to your "Betters" while you laugh in their face's...Misfits V/S the Master race....
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Outstanding
A great film and a must for any collector, was a bit dissapointed on collection items, could be better pictures an d in color.
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This review is for a different format.  excellent
One of the best WWII movies.
Very enjoyable with great actors.
A must for a collection of classic movies.
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A CLASSIC
This is one of the best war films ever made. The dirty dozen get the job done. WOW!!! This is a movie you can watch with your kid & they can seen a piece of history.
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This review is for a different format. excellent!
Where have you been if you have not seen this movie? is one of the best WWII action movies in history, full of known stars (very young then) including telly savalas, charles bronson, john cassavets,lee marvin, ernest borgnine. The movie has it all, entertaining as it was in the 60's.
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Dirty Dozen DVD Blu-ray Disc Features:
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Closed Captioned - English - Optional
Dolby Digital Surround
1.0 - Spanish
Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 - English, French
Subtitles - English, French, Latin Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Introductions:
1. Ernest Borgnine - Star
Audio Commentary: Jim Brown, Trini Lopez, Stuart Cooper, and Colin Maitland - Stars, Kenneth Hyman - Producer, E.M. Nathanson - Source Writer, David J. Schow - Film Historian, Capt. Dale Dye - Veteran Military Advisor to Movies
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Featurette:
1. "Bonus Movie - THE DIRTY DOZEN: NEXT MISSION - The 1985 Sequel with Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, and Richard Jaeckel Reprising Their Original Roles"
2. "Armed and Deadly: The Making of THE DIRTY DOZEN"
3. "The Filthy Thirteen: Real Stories from Behind the Lines"
4. "Marine Corps Combat Leadership Skills - Vintage Recruitment Documentary Featuring Lee Marvin"
5. "Operation DIRTY DOZEN - Vintage Featurette"
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