This critically acclaimed series documents the true story of perhaps the most bitter arena ... more
of the Second World War. For countless Americans, British, Australians and New Zealanders, as well as the people of the Asia-Pacific region, the war meant feroci...
It is 1944 and the war in the Pacific is at its height. On a small deserted Pacific island ... more
a Japanese naval officer and U.S. naval pilot find themselves marooned. The two men are bitter wartime enemies but stranded and with no one else to help them, they have to decide whether to fight each other to the death or work together for survival. As adversaries, can their mutual hatred, suspicion and mistrust be overcome and can humanity survive under such extreme conditions?
Hell in the Pacificis one of the most original and thoughtful war films of the 1960s. ... more
Fresh fromPoint Blank(1967) Lee Marvin reunited with director John Boorman for this elemental story of a US pilot and a Japanese naval officer washed ashore on an otherwise uninhabited Pacific island. Lee Marvin speaks English; Toshiro Mifune (The Seven Samurai) speaks Japanese; and the audience shares their frustrations as they attempt to communicate, as Boorman does not use subtitles. Once the men become aware of each other's presence they move from wary avoidance through conflict to an uneasy truce as they realise they will have to cooperate to survive. The naturalistic acting is key to the film's success, greatly aided by the fact that both stars served their respective countries in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War. Conrad Hall's cinematography is superb, using natural light to evoke the beauty of the island, and the wide Panavision frame to show the men's isolation and their reactions to each another. Boorman developed further his fascination with man against nature inDeliverance(1974) andThe Emerald Forest(1985), and there wouldn't be another poetic war film until Terrence Malick'sThe Thin Red Line(1999).On the DVD:The stereo sound is fine, atmospherically reproducing both the natural sounds of the island and Lalo Schfrin's imaginative score. The picture quality likewise is very good, with the image well focused with strong colours and plenty of detail. Unfortunately the 2.35:1 image has been panned and scanned to 1.33:1 TV ratio, destroying the scale and beauty of the compositions and sometimes meaning the viewer sees only one side of the interactions between the two men. Extras are perfunctory, with production notes, biographies of the stars and a "slide show". Considering even BBC2 occasionally shows the film in near full Pavavision and with Boorman's preferred, TS Elliot inspired ending, this DVD is a lost opportunity to bring a modern classic into the digital age. --Gary S Dalkin
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Advantages: Exceptional film, lots of violence, and action. Disadvantages: None
Not logn ago, i bought this film, expecting it to be a really good film, and i was correct, 'InHell' is about Kyle Lord (jean claude van damme) who gets put if a prison, for supposedly killing his wife, the prison he gets sent to is very violent, and the guards entertain themselves, and bet on fihts that they set up in the jail, Kyle starts of on a bad note, with one of the biggest gangs in the jail after him, he makes friends with a few inmates, and realises that the jail is ran buy certain inmates, and ends up fighten to survive in this horrendous jail. But when someone gets transferred from another prison to fight kyle, he realises that fighten is not the answer, and is determind not to fight. when the gaurds see this, they make him fight this inmate that is a beast! kyle and his aponent turn against the gurds and free the inmates ...
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Advantages: Scary and jumpy, great story and ending Disadvantages: So many gross things - disgusting!
Christine's coat and putting a curse on it.
After her frightful experience, Christine goes to see a fortune teller, along with her somewhat sceptical boyfriend, Clay. The fortune teller, Rham Jas, sees a dark spirit in Christine's future and refuses to read her fortune any further.
However, later that night, an evil spirit visits Christine and so Rham decides to help her. He tells her that the curse of the Lamia has been put upon her and that the evil spirit will torment her for three days before dragging her into hell. With Rham's help, Christine must try to overcome the Lamia before it's too late. But how far will she go to protect herself?
~ Cast ~
Christine Brown - Alison Lohman
Clay Dalton - Justin Long
Mrs Ganush - Lorna Raver
Rham Jas - Dileep Rao
I do love a good thriller and eventually persuaded my husband to come ...
The Simpsons - Classics - Heaven and Hell is yet another of the 'classics' series of Simpsons DVD's. There are four episodes included here, each having something to do with heaven and the other place. They are "Bart Sells His Soul", "In Marge We Trust", "Treehouse Of Horror IV" and "Homer The Heretic".
In "Bart Sells His Soul", Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for 5 dollars after proclaiming they don't exist. He soon regrets the sale though, as his dog is very edgy towards him, automatic doors don't open for him anymore and Marge feel like he is missing something. In the end he gets it back from an unlikely source. A Bart-centric episode, it touches on what a soul is and how someone can possess such a thing. The Simpsons writers are excellent at trying to explain these things in a brilliantly comic way.
"In Marge We Trust" has Marge ...
Product Information for "Hell In The Pacific (DVD)" »
Product details
Genre
Documentaries & Biographies - Military Documentary - World War
Classification
12 years and over
Production Year
2001
Running Time
3 hours 20 minutes
Plot
A four-part documentary on the events that changed the course of World WarII. Episodes are: 'Inferno', 'Purgatory', 'Armageddon' and 'Apocalypse'.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
ITV DVD; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date
12/11/2001
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
37115 01823
Barcode
5037115018236
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Stills Gallery, Timeline
Sound
Dolby Digital 2.0
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 2.0 English
DVD Description
This powerful documentary traces the story of the brutal campaigns fought in the Asia-Pacific region during World War II, culminating with the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Contains scenes that may distress some viewers.
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