The Hindenburg
by Robert Wise
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Actor: Anne Bancroft, George C. Scott, Gig Young, Roy Thinnes, William AthertonDirector: Robert Wise
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-10-27
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of The Hindenburg
DVD Review: Product if fine, but the service was awful
Summary: 1 Stars
We ordered this item on Nov. 12th. We were supposed to get it no later than Dec. 7th. For just a simple video, I think that is an awfully long time. The money was debited out of our account on Nov. 13th. We didn't receive the item until Dec. 12th. We sent the seller 2 emails inquiring if our item had been shipped and there was no response. It was not a good experience and we will not be shopping on Amazon again.DVD Review: SPECTACULAR
Summary: 5 Stars
Next to actually being on board the LZ129 Hindenburg itself, this movie and its lifelike sets allows great approximation to the actual event, especially for those of us born in the 1940s, too late for the Zeppelin era. This remains a star studded movie of both mystery and history from 1975 that relates both fact and fiction from the actual 1937 event.
It was a somewhat unusual movie in that I cannot recall any other 'spectacular' Zeppelin movie coming out of Hollywood. Unusual aside, the movie still has great color, scope, displaying great story telling as well, all done through the efforts of well known actors of the time with most of them now dead. The facts flashed on the screen at movie's ending clash somewhat with historical records in though the Hindenburg could accomodate 70-72 passengers, only 36 were booked on this flight. With a total of 36 passenger and 61 crew the Hindenburg carried 97 that day it incinerated, with 13 passengers, 22 crew, and 1 ground crew dying as result of the disaster. The actual cause of the Hindenburg's end remains pretty much unknown to this day. Several theories have been offered: sabotage theory, static spark theory, lightning theory, engine failure theory, hydrogen theory, puncturing theory, structural theory, and fuel leak theory. Reasons and facts can and have been offered to support each of these theories yet no one single theory has won out to explain the complete destruction of LZ129 Hindenburg in less than a minute, some say 30 seconds, with one test postulating even 16 seconds. To see actual footage, black and white film footage does still exist, of the disaster makes one wonder how anyone escaped.
It was very unusal for a Zeppelin to have many flight problems as exhibited by the Hindenburg's sister ship the LZ127 Graf Zeppelin which had 590 flights covering well over a million miles. Due to the Hindenburg's demise air ship and Zeppelin era flight was ended, with WWII intervening the Graf Zeppelin was later scrapped in 1940 with her metal structural parts fed back into the German war effort.
As the movie relates, this cross Atlantic flight was part of large celebration of Germany's rise to air power, was in fact the first of an intended 10 flights. Had the Hindenburg not met her fate on that May 6th, 1937, day, she was to turn around on a round trip to England for a king's coronation. The German hope of celebrating their new freedom of air travel ended that day in New Jersey in a manner less than hoped for.
I first saw this movie when it came out and had not viewed it since 1975. I found the movie to be just as enjoyable as with my first viewing, only this time at home rather than in a movie theatre. Though I think the cinematic story makes a cracking good mystery full of suspense I personally do not buy into the sabotage theory. Yet the captain of the Zeppelin went to his grave believing sabotage was the reason behind the disaster.
And yes, there was at least one dog on board the Hindenburg, a German Shepherd, however, fact states the dog did not survive. I think I liked the fiction better as the Dalmatian in the movie survives. Contrary to the film, however, Captain Pruss survived dying of pneumonia in 1960.
For the average movie viewer this movie still remains a semi-classic to watch.
Semper Fi.
DVD Review: Technically excellent but the story is pretty pro-forma
Summary: 3 Stars
The best aspect of this film is the cinematography--the viewer truly gets the feeling that he or she is cruising across the Atlantic on the Hindenburg. That is no small feat, and this film pulls it off brilliantly. Unfortunately, the storyline does not live up to the special effects. George C. Scott competently portrays a German Luftwaffe intelligence officer assigned to prevent sabotage to the Hindenburg, as it makes a cruise between Nazi Germany (1937) and New Jersey. In actuality no one has ever proven the cause of the famous explosion that destroyed the Hindenburg, but this film's story involves sabotage. Other than Scott, the characters never really come alive, and the storyline plods along to its pre-ordained conclusion. This is a watchable film, but probably not one that many viewers will watch more than once. RJB.DVD Review: not a digital transfer
Summary: 1 Stars
Horrible picture quality on large screen TVs. This is probably the worst picture quality since the DVD release of Bilitis.DVD Review: I love this movie, really good casting!
Summary: 5 Stars
The sets and cast are really great in this movie. Apparently sabatoge has been ruled out as to the cause of the disaster but it still holds up as reasonable and believable. George C. Scott and Ann Bancroft really "do" it for me!
Description of The Hindenburg
A german security officer finds a bomb on the zeppelin as it prepares to dock at lakehurst n.J. on may 6 1937. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 04/12/2005 Starring: George C. Scott William Atherton Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Robert Wise"One gasbag meets another" is how critic Pauline Kael described the "flatulent seriousness" that director Robert Wise brought to this 1975 thriller about the ill-fated German zeppelin which exploded while landing in New Jersey in 1937. The great air disaster is speculatively depicted here as an act of sabotage, and the airship's trans-Atlantic journey gives the saboteur's plot plenty of time to unfold while the story introduces a variety of characters aboard for the luxurious flight. While the anti-Nazi message is delivered loud and clear, Anne Bancroft and George C. Scott lead an illustrious cast in what amounts to a pre-World War II episode of The Love Blimp, only there's not much romance and precious little suspense. It's all rather flatly intriguing, but aviation buffs will certainly appreciate the meticulous attention to period detail, and the film won special achievement Oscars for its impressive sound and visual effects. Worth a look, if you're a student of this particular chapter of history, and the movie earns some credit for having at least the kernel of a good idea. --Jeff Shannon
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