Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Richard Attenborough
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Actor: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor HowardDirector: Richard Attenborough
Brand: Sony
Producer: Richard Attenborough
Producer: Gary Khammer
Producer: Jon Barbour
Producer: Michael Stanley-Evans
Producer: Rani Dub?
Producer: Suresh Jindal
Writer: John Briley
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Portuguese (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 191 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-20
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: Library Requirement
Summary: 5 Stars
Epic, 5-star movie that is exceptionally well done. Many years pass between movies that approach this caliber.
Blu-ray format was beautiful and probably more valuable for large screens.
Must have for any serious movie or history buff.....a classic for sure.
DVD Review: Attenborough's "Gandhi" rules!
Summary: 5 Stars
Although this film was released in 1982, in my opinion, it continues to stand the test of time.
It's perfect on so many different levels of production.
And to think that it took Richard Attenborough about 20 years to complete this film...it was definitely worth the time, dedication and wait.
You rarely see motion pictures with pure; artistic vision anymore. Especially in this day and age of "blockbuster sequels, lewd; comedic antics and c.g.i crazed effects".
Audiences just don't want to be challenged anymore...how sad.
DVD Review: Richard Attenborough's film GANDHI
Summary: 5 Stars
The film starts out with the scope of what Richard Attenborough is trying to accomplish:
"No man's life can't be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime. What can be done is to be faithful in spirit to the court record and try to find one's way to the heart of the man..."
The story begins and ends in New Delhi India 30 January 1948. From here, we flash back to Gandhi's younger days as a lawyer when he first was introduced firsthand to South Africa and its injustices. From there we follow him through his trials and tribulations in South Africa and then India. What I enjoyed about the India part of the movie was that while he was learning about India, we get to travel with him and learn about India. Gandhi leaves a message not of nonviolence but appropriate responses and knowing that you're in control. Even though each viewer will have their ups and downs in the different parts of this movie, the two things that struck me the most was when India on the verge of independence had to split into two countries, and when Gandhi was dispatched by of all people, far right wing, conservative Hindus.
Ben Kingsley excellently plays Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to the point that you can believe he is the real thing. However, the rest of the characters in the film have a problem with recognition to the point that you ask, "Where have I seen that person before?" then you can settle down again to the story. A major character that is sometimes overlooked is the soundtrack, which enhances but does not intrude on the film. A victim of more recent films is the salt mine owner Collins played by Richard Griffiths ... Uncle Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films.
The Blu-ray treatment maintains or improves on the original Panavision and Technicolor.
Remember that this film was designed for entertainment so sit back and let's be entertained.
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DVD Review: what if today
Summary: 5 Stars
I just saw this movie today for the very first time. It really made me think about the events of today. If all the violence in the middle east suddenly went this route how powerful would that be.
The Blu-ray transfer was great, not grainy at all. Good color and clarity
DVD Review: Gandhi - Blu-ray Info
Summary: 4 Stars
Version: U.S.A / Sony / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / AACS / High Profile
Running time: 3:11:14
Feature size: 43,73 GB
Disc size: 44,79 GB
Total bit rate: 30.50 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 22.97 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1237 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1237 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Dolby TrueHD Audio French 1180 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1180 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio Portuguese 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Arabic, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Number of chapters: 32
#Gandhi's Legacy: A Picture-in-Graphics Track
#Director's commentary
#BD-Live enabled
Disc-2
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Vintage Newsreel Footage
Sir Ben Kingsley Talks about Gandhi
In Search of Gandhi
Reflections on Ben
Madeleine Slade: An Englishwoman Abroad
The Funeral
Looking Back
Shooting an Epic in India
Designing Gandhi
From the Director's Chair
The Words of Mahatma Gandhi
The Making of Gandhi Photo Montage
Description of Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
A critical masterpiece, GANDHI is an intriguing story about activism, politics, religious tolerance and freedom. But at the center of it all is an extraor- dinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence, and set an entire nation free. Winner of 8 Academy Awards? including Best Picture, Best Director (Lord Richard Attenborough) and Best Actor (Sir Ben Kingsley), GANDHI's highly acclaimed cast also includes Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Sir John Gielgud, Roshan Seth and Martin Sheen.The extras include more than 90 minutes of new material, including interviews with director Lord Richard Attenborough; actors Geraldine James, Saeed Jaffrey, and Edward Fox; Diana Hawkins (Director of Publicity), Terry Clegg (Executive in charge of production), Billy Williams (Cinematographer) and Stuart Craig (Production Designer). The DVD includes a Director's commentary with Attenborough, who also filmed a personal introduction to the film. The featurettes include In Search of Gandhi, Reflections on Ben, Madeleine Slade: An Englishwoman Abroad, The Funeral, Shooting an Epic In India, Looking Back, Designing Gandhi (3 mini featurettes) and From the Director's Chair (2 mini featurettes).
Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 multiple-Oscar winner (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley) is an engrossing, reverential look at the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who introduced the doctrine of nonviolent resistance to the colonized people of India and who ultimately gained the nation its independence. Kingsley is magnificent as Gandhi as he changes over the course of the three-hour film from an insignificant lawyer to an international leader and symbol. Strong on history (the historic division between India and Pakistan, still a huge problem today, can be seen in its formative stages here) as well as character and ideas, this is a fine film. --Tom Keogh
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