Shaka Zulu - The Complete 10 Part Television Epic

Shaka Zulu - The Complete 10 Part Television Epic
by William C. Faure

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Actor: Christopher Lee, Edward Fox, Fiona Fullerton, Robert Powell, Trevor Howard
Director: William C. Faure
Brand: A&E
Cinematographer: Alec Mills
Producer: Ed Harper
Producer: Joshua Sinclair
Writer: Joshua Sinclair
Producer: Leon Rautenbach
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 500 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video

DVD Reviews of Shaka Zulu - The Complete 10 Part Television Epic

DVD Review: Shaka Zulu - Revisited
Summary: 5 Stars

I first saw this series on TV years ago. The saga of Shaka Zulu while portrayed through the eyes of a British officer still offers the viewer a panoramic dramatization of life of the indiginous tribal peoples of South Africa during those times. I recommend this series to everyone interested in the man and leader known as Shaka Zulu. You will not be disappointed.

DVD Review: Shaka Zulu - The Complete 10 Part Television Epic by Edward Fox, Robert Powell
Summary: 5 Stars

This Video collection was all I expected. I trully enjoyed watching the series when the first came out back in the 80's and watching them again.

DVD Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars

I first watched, this Epic when I was about 13, and still it has a powerful impact of wisdom. "If the leopard were given wings to fly he would be foolish to refuse them". This is up there with Lord Of The RIngs if even more because it's history of a highly intelligent king that was always thinking and learning things from the outside world "Shaka".

DVD Review: An excellent moive/documentary
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a very good movie to watch on one of those Saturdays when you just feel like staying at home and relaxing. It could also be watched an hour a day over a period of time as mini-episodes. This movie has a way of drawing you in and you don't even realize you are getting a history lesson in the process. Bravo!

DVD Review: Shaka Zulu
Summary: 4 Stars

The parents have been requesting this series for a while now, and it was the perfect holiday gift. It's nothing like the typical African American movies we're used to seeing every year because of a certain holiday or time frame; so, it was fitting to shed a little more light on my history with my family (young and old) with something new.

Description of Shaka Zulu - The Complete 10 Part Television Epic

Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 11/05/2002 Run time: 500 minutes Rating: Nr

This sweeping miniseries from 1986 captures the rise and fall of an African emperor. Shaka Zulu begins following a British expedition sent to bargain with the fearsome Zulu army assembling on the outer edges of the British colonies in South Africa. Led by Lt. Francis Farewell (The Day of the Jackal, A Bridge Too Far), the expedition hopes to bamboozle a superstitious primitive, but their arrogance gets taken down a notch by a cunning and ruthless warlord who has unified vast territories through a combination of political charisma and military discipline. At this point, the focus shifts to how Shaka (the riveting Henry Cele), king of the Zulus, rose from a brutal childhood to royal grandeur--a semi-mythological tale filled with family strife, political intrigue, witchcraft, and bloody warfare. Powerful performances by Cele and Dudu Mikhize (as Shaka's iron-willed mother, Nandi) give this sprawling epic the drive and emotional scope of a Shakespearean drama. Shaka Zulu also draws sneaky parallels between the Zulu and British empires, often to sharp satirical effect. Full of richly conceived characters and compelling political maneuvering, this eight-hour series brings faraway history to living, breathing life. Also featuring Christopher Lee (whose always-steady career exploded at age 79 with juicy roles in The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones). --Bret Fetzer

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