Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by David Lean
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Actor: Alec Guinness, Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif, Rod SteigerDirector: David Lean
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Freddie Young
Cinematographer: Nicolas Roeg
Editor: Norman Savage
Producer: Arvid Griffen
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Writer: Boris Pasternak
Writer: Robert Bolt
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 197 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Turner Home Ent
DVD Reviews of Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)
DVD Review: Doctor Zhivago
Summary: 5 Stars
I originally saw this movie years ago. And found it fabulous. Scenery, and plot. Top notch actors and actresses as well.
I highly recommend it and will continue to view the epic tale yearly.
DVD Review: Five stars, for this masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
I live in Brazil and I saw this wonderfull american movie, at least five times.This movie is, one of the five greatest movies ever made, in human history.Only "Gone with the wind" is a little better.
Even not following exactly, the Pasternak's book, this movie is even better than the Nobel Prize awarded book "Dr. Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak.
I saw this book on TV,VHS and this amazing DVD.
DVD Review: Great Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Timeless classic, well writen and produced. My only criticizm is I think this edition has been edited. The love scenes and Lora's husband's demise I believe have been removed.DVD Review: A gal's movie
Summary: 3 Stars
Guys, this is a gal movie. If your wife/girlfriend wants you to watch this with her, be ready.
I agree with "Reads Alot". Especially her comments on this film being way too long. [At 197 minutes it is only 11 minutes shorter than the 1956 version of "War and Peace".] It could have been done in much less time.
DVD Review: 3.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Doctor Zhivago sometimes feels like a soap opera, but it's just about the most epic soap opera you can imagine--much like Gone With the Wind, it sets the fairly minor struggles of a small group of characters against a dramatic historical tableau and is all the better for it--compulsively watchable even at 3+ hours, it's a movie I doubt you'll forget.
Description of Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)
A sweeping and visually stunning tale of a russia divided by revolution and two hearts torn by love. Special features: feature-length commentary by omar sharif rod steiger and the directors wife lady sandra lean introduction by omar sharif cast/director career highlights and much more. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 04/05/2005 Starring: Julie Christie Geraldine Chaplin Run time: 200 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: David LeanDavid Lean focused all his talent as an epic-maker on Boris Pasternak's sweeping novel about a doctor-poet in revolutionary Russia. The results may sometimes veer toward soap opera, especially with the screen frequently filled with adoring close-ups of Omar Sharif and Julie Christie, but Lean's gift for cramming the screen with spectacle is not to be denied. The streets of Moscow, the snowy steppes of Russia, the house in the country taken over by ice; these are re-created with Lean's unerring sense of grandness. The movie is so lush and so long that it becomes an irresistible wallow, even when logic suffers--like Gone with the Wind before it and Titanic after. Sharif, who achieved stardom in Lean's previous film, Lawrence of Arabia, mostly looks noble, but the supporting cast is spiky: Rod Steiger as a fat-cat monster, Tom Courtenay as a self-righteous revolutionary, and Klaus Kinski and Alec Guinness in smaller roles. Geraldine Chaplin, in her adult debut, plays the doctor's compliant wife. Robert Bolt's screenplay won one of the film's five Oscars, with another going to perhaps the most immediately recognizable element of the movie: Maurice Jarre's romantic music, with its hugely popular "Lara's Theme" weaving in and out of a swooning score. --Robert Horton
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