| | Anzio DVD (5 Customer Reviews)
Screen greats Robert Michum. Peter Falk and Arthur Kennedy star in the riveting war drama "Anzio," a vivid portrait of one of the bloodest WWII battles ever fought. After landing with Allied troops at Anzio, Italy, in 1944, war correspondent Dick Ennis (Mitchum) and buddy Corporal Rabinoff (Falk) tell Anzio commander General Lesler (Kennedy) that the road to Rome is wide open. But instead of heading to Rome, Lesley attempts to build a coastal stronghold, only to discover that the Germans have outflanked them by enclosing the Anzio beachhead. Four months and over 30,000 casualties later, the Allied forces smash through the German lines and victoriously march to Rom This historical drama depicts the battle at Anzio, one of the bloodiest battles ever fought by the Allied offensive as they smashed through the German Caesar Line during the Second World War. This film from director Edward Dmytryk (THE CAINE MUTINY) follows the Allied landing at the beaches of Anzio--one of the bloodiest battles of the war thanks to an overly cautious general (Arthur Kennedy) allowing the unprepared Germans time to erect the Caesar Line of defense around Rome. Robert Mitchum stars as Dick Ennis, an unarmed seen-it-all war correspondent who finds himself in the thick of the fray. Peter Falk is scrappy corporal Rabinoff, a former shoe salesman who's grown addicted to the thrill of combat. Together they get stuck behind enemy lines and must fight their way back to warn the troops.
Based on the novel by Wynford Vaughan Thomas, this Dino De Laurentiis-produced epic strives to be a thoughtful exploration of the roots of why man goes to war, as well as a full-scale action picture. While not a classic in the line of THE LONGEST DAY, it's interesting enough, with Falk and Mitchum carrying the ball in great, leisurely strides every step of the way.
Filmed on location in Rome and parts of Italy.
An Italian language edition was filmed simultaneously with a different cast.
Peter Falk starred in ANZIO shortly after PRESCRIPTION: MURDER, his first Columbo TV movie. He would go on to play Lieutenant Columbo in more than 50 made-for-television films. Anzio | List Price | $9.95 (You save $3.40) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1968 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  8180  | | CD Universe Part number | 2216172 | | Catalog number | 6545 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 06, 2001 | | Rating | PG (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Lo Sbarco di Anzio; Battle for Anzio | | Running Time | 117 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Letter Boxed; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
Anzio Movie Review Average Rating: (2.6 out of 5 stars)   TRIPEoli
For a cinema film to be taken seriously, no-one's going to win fans by starting things off with a 'made for TV'-style 70s opening and following that with static, staged camerawork straight out of a Roy Rogers-level matinee Western.
Pants.
Submitted by KH (Bristol, UK)
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 Historically inaccurate
A slow movie in parts, very inaccurate.....the sniper scene was the best in the movie. Robert Mitchum did a great job....Peter Falk was hard to accept in his role.
Submitted by Roger (Missouri)
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disappointed
i think your led to believe there is lots of action in this movie but it ends up mostly about a handful of men trying to make it bk to saftey..i wasnt impressed
Submitted by deanbottrell (Port Loring On Canada) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  not your typical war movie
A thoughtful rendering of a near-disaster. In World War I, the Turks had their "world's largest self-sustaining POW camp" at Gallipoli, in World War II, the Germans had theirs at Anzio. Fortunately, the GIs and tommies had their own ideas of what had to be done, and the rest, as they say, is history. Another must-have for the history and war buff.
Submitted by ergonom3 (Virginia Beach, VA)
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 Top Talent poor script
The movie was dissapointing with weapon innacuracies (Germans and Americans with Mk 111 Enfields)lack of any real drama and you could see everything coming long before it happened. The sleeping in the wire incident was pathetic. kennedy was a long way from the Glass Manajory and Mitchum walked through it just like a continuation of the opening scene.
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Anzio DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Letterbox -
1.85
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono- English
Dolby Digital Mono- French
Dolby Digital Mono- Portuguese
Dolby Digital Mono- Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Trailers:
1. Original Theatrical Trailer
2. THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
3. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
4. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
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