Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers
by David Frankel, Tom Hanks

List Price: ~~$79.98~~
Our Price: $41.99
You Save: $37.99 (47%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $31.99 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details

Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD details

Actor: Damien Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Frank John Hughes, Neal McDonough, Ron Livingston
Director: David Frankel, Tom Hanks
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 705 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: HBO Home Video

DVD Reviews of Band of Brothers

DVD Review: BAND OF BROTHERS
Summary: 4 Stars

Band of brothers is an awesome show. It is very acurate and captures the character grow and bonding perfectly.

DVD Review: Band of Brothers
Summary: 5 Stars

This is one HBO's greatest series ever. This film follows the journey of Easy Company of the 101st Airbourne during WWII. Band of Brothers has hours of action and entertainment. I highly recommend this series!!

DVD Review: BAND OF BROTHERS
Summary: 5 Stars

Bought it for my husband. He,s a World War Two buff. He says it,s the best he,s seen in quite a while. He,s very pleased. I recomend it to anyone that likes World War Two ( europe }

DVD Review: Band of Brothers
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a set of DVD's that I'd been waiting to get my hands on ever since the orginal HBO airings of the mini-series; but once it came out, I didn't have the huevos to put out that kind of money. But it's mine now, so for those few who've never seen it, here's a brief synopsis. Produced by Tom Hanks (Saving Private Ryan) and Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List), this is one for the history books...literally. It's the true story of Easy Company, an airborne division that air dropped behind enemy lines the night before D-Day. Their history is detailed from the night of the drop through their final action of taking Hitler's Bertchesgarten (the Eagle's Nest, his mountain retreat). What separates this from the multitude of WW II movies is that, before each episode, surviving members of Easy Company at time of filming told their personal stories. As time continues, anyone involved in any theatre of the campaign will be gone; and it's that personal history that needs...MUST be preserved.
Great soundtrack, very realistic; to the last detail. Very well researched and documented.
Drawbacks: Price (it ain't your bargain bin product yet, but you get a lot of for what you pay!). The battle scenes are graphic, but war isn't pretty; and I'm glad the producers opted for real rather than sterile. I'm not a fan of the "handicam" view, as it causes a vertigo feeling when you view it (at least to me; make your own conclusions). It's long, but best viewed in one sitting...hard to do, but worth your time.
If you don't get that lump-in-your-throat, misty-eyed feeling during this film, check your heart and make sure you still have one!
Make it a tradition to watch this on on Memorial Day, at the minimum. Honor those who have made it possible for you to be here in the first place, let alone to see it in relative freedom. God bless the men of Easy Company, the veterans of every war, and those still fighting today for their country and for the sake of others; and for the ideals of freedom and democracy.

DVD Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars

It's a combination of documentary and movie. The interviews with the men of Easy Company really make it come alive. Otherwise you get caught up in the action and the story and it starts to feel like fiction. Those men talking about their experiences and how they felt and how afraid they were, it makes it real again.

Description of Band of Brothers

Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elete rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties, and whose lives became legend.

DVD Features:
DVD ROM Features:Weblinks to the orignal Band of Brothers website and more!
Documentary:"We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company" - 80 minute documentary featuring interviews with the real men of Easy Company
Featurette:30-minute "The Making of Band of Brothers" The Premiere On The Beaches of Normandy - includes interviews with Easy Company vetrans and heads of state for the United States, Great Britian, France and Canada.
Interviews:Ron Livingston's Video Diaries - The experience of making "Band of Brothers" through the eyes of one actor.
Other:Interactive "Field Guide": An extensive reference feature that details the people, places and events associated with Easy Company's campaigns through Europe, and World War II as a whole, including sections such as: soldiers, timelines, maps, chain-of-command and glossary of terms.
Scene Access

An impressively rigorous, unsentimental, and harrowing look at combat during World War II, Band of Brothers follows a company of airborne infantry--Easy Company--from boot camp through the end of the war. The brutality of training takes the audience by increments to the even greater brutality of the war; Easy Company took part in some of the most difficult battles, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the failed invasion of Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge, as well as the liberation of a concentration camp and the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest. But what makes these episodes work is not their historical sweep but their emphasis on riveting details (such as the rattle of a plane as the paratroopers wait to leap, or a flower in the buttonhole of a German soldier) and procedures (from military tactics to the workings of bureaucratic hierarchies). The scope of this miniseries (10 episodes, plus an actual documentary filled with interviews with surviving veterans) allows not only a thoroughness impossible in a two-hour movie, but also captures the wide range of responses to the stress and trauma of war--fear, cynicism, cruelty, compassion, and all-encompassing confusion. The result is a realism that makes both simplistic judgments and jingoistic enthusiasm impossible; the things these soldiers had to do are both terrible and understandable, and the psychological price they paid is made clear. The writing, directing, and acting are superb throughout. The cast is largely unknown, emphasizing the team of actors as a whole unit, much like the regiment; Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston play the central roles of two officers with grit and intelligence. Band of Brothers turns a vast historical event into a series of potent personal experiences; it's a deeply engrossing and affecting accomplishment. --Bret Fetzer

General DVDs

DVD Video

Bestsellers in General DVDs

Frost/ Nixon
Universal; Release date: 2009-04-21; DVD
Best price: $11.39
Price in other shops: ~~$29.98~~

Lost in Austen
Image Entertainment; Release date: 2009-04-14; DVD
Best price: $14.98
Price in other shops: ~~$27.98~~

Australia
Twentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-03-03; DVD
Best price: $12.99
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

Doubt
Release date: 2009-04-07; DVD
Best price: $14.43
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series)
Release date: 2009-05-19; DVD
Best price: $38.99
Price in other shops: ~~$59.99~~

Fireproof
Sony; Release date: 2009-01-27; DVD
Best price: $8.50
Price in other shops: ~~$28.96~~

The Reader
Genius; Release date: 2009-04-14; DVD
Best price: $12.30
Price in other shops: ~~$29.95~~

The Wrestler
Twentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-04-21; DVD
Best price: $11.49
Price in other shops: ~~$29.98~~

Marley and Me (Single-Disc Edition)
Twentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-03-31; DVD
Best price: $10.55
Price in other shops: ~~$29.98~~

Slumdog Millionaire
Twentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-03-31; DVD
Best price: $10.40
Price in other shops: ~~$29.98~~

Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs

Band of Brothers [Blu-ray]
Release date: 2008-11-11; DVD
Best price: $42.00
Price in other shops: ~~$99.98~~

Rome - The Complete First Two Seasons
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-08-07; DVD
Best price: $84.77
Price in other shops: ~~$119.42~~

Deadwood: The Complete Series
Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $90.09
Price in other shops: ~~$179.97~~

We Were Soldiers (Widescreen Edition)
GIBSON,MEL; Release date: 2002-08-20; DVD
Best price: $5.30
Price in other shops: ~~$12.98~~

Six Feet Under - The Complete Series Gift Set
Release date: 2006-11-14; DVD
Best price: $75.49
Price in other shops: ~~$179.90~~

The Wire: The Complete Series
Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $144.98
Price in other shops: ~~$249.99~~

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
by Dick Winters, Cole C. Kingseed
Berkley Trade; Published: 2008-05-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops: ~~$15.00~~

From the Earth to the Moon - The Signature Edition
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2005-09-20; DVD
Best price: $15.99
Price in other shops: ~~$29.98~~