Das Boot - The Director's Cut | 
 enlarge | Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  360 reviews
Sales Rank: 2375
Format: Ac-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: German (Original Language), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 209
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.6
MPN: D22219D
ISBN: 0767802470
UPC: 043396222199
EAN: 9780767802475
ASIN: 0767802470
Theatrical Release Date: February 10, 1982
Release Date: December 10, 1997
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Amazon.com essential video
This is the restored, 209-minute director's cut of Wolfgang Petersen's harrowing and claustrophobic U-boat thriller, which was theatrically rereleased in 1997. Originally made as a five-hour miniseries, this version devotes more time to getting to know the crew before they and their stoic captain (Jürgen Prochnow) get aboard their U-boat and find themselves stranded at the bottom of the sea. Das Boot puts you inside that submerged vessel and explores the physical and emotional tensions of the situation with a vivid, terrifying realism that few movies can match. As Petersen tightens the screws and the submerged ship blows bolts, the pressure builds to such unbearable levels that you may be tempted to escape for a nice walk on solid land in the great outdoors--only you wouldn't dream of looking away from the screen. --Jim Emerson
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This 282-minute version of Das Boot is the full-length TV series, originally shown in six parts but here edited into a seamless whole. Director Wolfgang Petersen has since graduated to mega-budget Hollywood productions (2004's Troy for example), but has never managed to even come close to this, his German-language masterpiece. Petersen and his sterling cast (including Jürgen Prochnow in his best role as the U-boat Captain) went to great lengths to ensure that this claustrophobic depiction of life aboard the German sub U-97 while attacking British convoys in the Atlantic is thoroughly authentic, and totally convincing. Even the set itself, which is a replica of a U-boat interior, had no false walls, so all camera angles are necessarily from within its horribly narrow, overcrowded and sweaty confines. The result is certainly the finest submarine drama ever made, and one of the most compelling depictions of the physical, psychological and emotional effects of warfare. This miniseries is rather longer than the movie version, which is also available on DVD in a director's cut version. The differences are not in matters of plot, but in the pacing: everything here takes longer to happen, while the crew must sit around, bicker, swear, and sweat it out--the agonizing searching for action, the tension of the attack, the terrible stress of hiding from enemy destroyers. Everything unfolds as if in real time, which is the great advantage a TV production has over a movie (contrast, for example, Band of Brothers with Saving Private Ryan). This, therefore, is the definitive presentation of a World War II classic. --Mark Walker
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 Gripping Sub Story May 9, 2008
Wow....this DVD is a real winner, Though long, I found myself sitting on the edge of my chair and feeling as though I was almost there and in portions of the movie I was so immersed when things would happen, I'd jump like I was there. I had the good fortune to go aboard the U505 in Chicago when it first arrived there and I always wanted to learn more, watching this DVD filled that void. This gripping story of a sub under attack and the final outcome is supreme.
Anyone who enjoys stories about Subs and the people in them will love it.
This Movie IS The Bomb May 2, 2008
If you are in to U-Boats ( Like I am ) this movie is a must see. Just rember it is a little over 3hrs long.
 DAS BOOT DVD April 7, 2008
I bought it because this version had Closed Captions in English. But, the Closed Captions verbiage did not match the actual spoken English in the dvd, so it became a joke to follow the movie.
At last! The uncut original! April 6, 2008
At long last, Wolfgang Petersen's original version of DAS BOOT, broadcast as a miniseries on European television before being recut for feature film release, is widely available on DVD! If you have never seen the full series, set aside five hours and savor the brilliance of DAS BOOT. (And you will need to set aside the time, because, once begun, you won't want to pause until the story is finished. It's that good.)
The full length of the story in the Miniseries edition gives all the characters room to breathe and truly live, from Jurgen Prochnow's star-making turn as Captain Lehmann-Willenbrock to Herbert Gronemeyer as the young, wide-eyed correspondent Lt. Werner, to Klaus Wennemann as the sub's Chief Engineer, to Erwin Leder as Johann, to all the superb cast, who worked hard to make every moment aboard the U-Boat absolutely believable and heart-wrenching.
Now, this does not mean that you will need to throw away your previous "Director's Cut" DVD of DAS BOOT: the remixed and remastered sound design (which really comes through on headphones) and the indispensable and delightful commentary track, which are only available on that DVD, are well worth keeping for your library. There is no commentary on the Miniseries edition of DAS BOOT, and the remixed sound is close to the original series mix, just cleaner and crisper. The "Making Of" documentary on the Miniseries edition is the same one on the "Director's Cut" DVD.
Despite the lack of bonuses (a real, 25-year retrospective documentary would have been most welcome), the Miniseries edition of DAS BOOT is a must, the single greatest submarine film ever made (sorry, Mr. Connery), and a mountaintop that Mr. Petersen has come close to, but never bested.
A "real" war movie March 23, 2008
One of the few films about war that is realistic. The viewer can feel the tension and the fear and enjoy the occasional moments of humor. When the action moves onto the submarine, you can almost smell the sweat, the spoiled food, the diesel fuel. I am not normally a big fan of war movies, but this doesn't feel like a movie it feels like real life. There is no "Hollywood" here.
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