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Buy DVD - Braveheart (Special Collector's Edition)
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $11.50
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan
Directed By: Mel Gibson
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097361313948
Format: AC-3
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-12-18
Running Time: 177
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1995-05-24
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Summary: Patrick McGoohan deserved an Oscar for his role.
Comment: Fortunately for Mel Gibson, he and McGoohan weren't in any scenes together. Gibson is a good actor, but the reclusive Mr. McGoohan would have upstaged him easily without meaning to. He was malevolence personified as Edward I.
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Summary: Special edition video much improved over original
Comment: I had heard that the video quality on the special edition version was better than the original DVD release. On my plasma screen, the original appeared washed out in many scenes, as if the video was too compressed to handle the source material. In fact, the original is one of the worst DVD's I own in terms of video quality. Fortunately, the special edition version exhibits none of those issues, at least not nearly to the same degree. This fabulous movie seems to have finally gotten the DVD treatment it deserves.
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Summary: educational viewpoint
Comment: As a high-school teacher for history and English foundations, I must utilize movies as a visual aide supplement to help them connect with the characters, setting, dialogue... I strongly recommend using this dvd to support your curriculum to teach on all levels of student learning (auditory, kinesthetic, visual).
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Summary: An Epic for Sure
Comment: One has only to read the most helpful reviews at this point to know all about the films details that all come together to make this film work as well as It did. Cinematography, SUPPORTING ACTORS, Score, Etc.
And will go down as one of the all time greats and have comparisons to "Dances with Wolves" having the star as producer and Director. My thoughts are to make it a 3 hour epic they spent too much time In the first hour developing the story when they could have cut that part of the story In half leaving us with the same amount of Information and just as much connection to our hero. Also the fact Mel Is playing a guy much younger but does a pretty good job at convincing us by movies end. Bloody, and yet done with a realism. (This Is how brutal war was)
And after quoting how he didn't want to become a Martyr though Mel actually had them put him on a Cross for his "Time of Pain"!
There Is betrayal on many levels, everything a movie need to be an epic
And even with It's flaws you have to hand It to Mel for bringing all these talented people together to make one of the best Epics of the Decade. And the Important thing Is to anyone who has not seen this yet Is It has a Great Political story to It. It's by far NOT violence for violence sake. It makes you think about just whom our Government would ally with and for what reasons.
And are we all just commoners today? This film won 5 Academy Awards for a reason. I just happen to think some of those reasons were political.
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Summary: Very pleased with my purchase
Comment: I ordered a copy of this movie from a reseller and I am very happy with the purhcase.
As for the movie, you don't need my review...This movie is great both historically and aesethically.
A+++
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Editorial Reviews:
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Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning epic based on the life of legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an heirless king, Wallace (Mel Gibson) finds the political landscape precarious. Edward the Longshanks, King of England (Patrick McGoohan), has captured Scotland's throne and threatens the freedom of all Scottish people, as tyrannical policies instituted by the English plague the Scots. Initially, Wallace is content to stand by the wayside, yearning for the simple life of building a home and raising a family. However, when the woman he loves (Catherine McCormack) suffers a cruel fate at the hands of English soldiers, Wallace takes a stand against the new rule. With his fierce patriotism and determination, he gathers an amateur but passionately rebellious army. Although this makeshift force may be outnumbered by the English troops, their desperation and love for their land surpass any military maneuvers, as evidenced in the film's breathtaking battle sequences.
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