War And Peace (1956)
War And Peace (DVD) War and Peace is a commendable attempt to boil down Tolstoy's long, diff icult novel into 208 minutes' screen time. In recreating the the social and personal upheavals attending Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, $6 million was shelled out by coproducers Carlo Pon ti, Dino de Laurentiis and Paramount Pictures. Some of the panoramic battle sequences are so e xpertly handled by second-unit directo r Mario Soldati that they appear to be Technicolor-and-Vistavision newsreel footage of the actual events. Still, the film falters dr amatically, principally because of a lumpy s cript and King Vidor's surprisingly lustreless direction. In addition, t he casting is wi ldly consistent: for example, while Audrey Hepburn is f lawless as Natasha, Henry Fonda is far too "Yankeefied" as the introspec tive Pierre. Proving too long and unwieldy for most audiences, War and P eace died at the box office; far more successful was the epic, sc rupulo usly faithful 1968 version, filmed in the Soviet Union. ]]> |
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Brand Name: Ingram Entertainment Mfg#: 883929304509
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Shipping Weight: 0.17 lbs
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Genre: DRAMA
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Product Information Specifications for War And Peace (1956) Below:
Manufacturer | Warner Bros. |
Brand | Warner Manufacturing |
UPC | 883929304509 |
Item Weight | 0.15 pounds |
Item Size | 5.5 x 0.75 x 0.75 inches |
Package Weight | 0.15 pounds |
Package Size | 5.3 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches |
Units in Package | 1 |
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