Go Tell the Spartans | 
 enlarge | Director: Ted Post
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer, Joe Unger
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 21142
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Vietnamese (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 114
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D90615D
ISBN: 0783134428
UPC: 026359061523
EAN: 9780783134420
ASIN: B0007TKNDI
Theatrical Release Date: September 1, 1978
Release Date: August 30, 2005
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Condition: ******BRAND NEW****** THE SOURCE FOR RARE MEDIA, THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS SATISFIED, AND OVER 250 000 ITEMS IN STOCK, BUY FROM A TRUSTED SOURCE, ESTABLISHED SINCE 1998 - INETVIDEO ~~~
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Product Description
Academy Award-winner Burt Lancaster delivers the finest performances of his illustrious career as a hard-boiled major in command of a grubby Vietnam outpost in this classic film of wartime confrontation. The war was still a "conflict" and American soldiers were merely "advisors" yet the ambushes the betrayals and the brutality were all very real. While the riveting action concentrates on a single obscure incident this excellent understated and sharply intelligent film illuminates the vast landscape of an era.Running Time: 113 min.System Requirements:Running Time 114 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359061523
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 MASH with Blue Language and no Laughs, Good Writing nor Acting. August 15, 2008
As soon as the movie started, I thought it was of those cheap made for TV movies that were cranked out in the 70's. Well it was not made for TV, but it certainly was cheap. I think the whole movie budget had to go to Lancaster, who by the way was given some the corniest, cheeseball lines in his career.
Battle scenes are sparse and look really cheap when they do occur. Not only are Lancaster's lines bad, the rest of the cast has nothing to work with either. Most lines are over acted and there is one character that is SO bad he was funny.
On a postive note, I think is does show how screwed up aspects of the were executed, bit overall, I would like to have that 114 minutes of my life back...Bad, Bad, Bad...
 Unrealistic Waste February 18, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I wasted good money on what I had read was a "good film". This is befitting of something that panders to stereotypes of the Vietnam war. The mid-1970s long haircuts, WWII vehicles, and over-acting detracted from what might have been a good film. If they had gotten a real soldier as a technical advisor for the film making, they could have avoided making it a cheap version of MASH. Sorry, the film is not instructive, does not realistically portray the Army of 1964 and is not very entertaining. As a Vietnam-era infantry veteran I give this film two-thumbs down.
FULLSCREEN release is not for the movie purist January 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have watched this movie before on VHS. So when I saw that AMAZON had it on DVD I was delighted. However, then I noticed that it was released in FULLSCREEN. I would hope that the studios would re-release the movies in the aspect ratio that the movies were originally released in. I will not purchase any FULLSCREEN movies.
Not the Best! December 13, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is not one of Lancaster's best films. One of the things that kill it is the stereotypical Pro-Vietnam War propaganda that was common during that period. The depiction of the NVA and VC even borders on racism. Forget this one!
OUTDATED FULLSCREEN FORMAT? November 26, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
FILMED IN ASPECT RATIO 1:85 WIDESCREEN BUT RELEASED IN 1:33 FULLSCREEN WITH 1/3 OF THE SCENES CROPPED OFF FROM THE SIDES FOR WHAT REASON? FULLSCREEN WENT OUT WITH THE 20TH CENTURY THANK GOD! BUT THE OLD SCHOOL STUDIOS CAN'T SEEM TO LET IT GO?
LEONARDO DA VINCI'S 'LAST SUPPER' PAINTING WITH ONLY 6 DISCIPLES SHOWING INSTEAD OF 12 BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE UP TO MUCH CANVAS, WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE STUDIOS AS LONG AS YOU CAN SEE JESUS IN THE MIDDLE!
BUYERS STOP PURCHASING THESE BUTCHERED VERSIONS OF MOVIES AND FORCE THE HAND OF THE STUDIOS TO RELEASE THEM AS THE ARTIST INTENDED! LET'S DRAG THEM KICKING AND SCREAMING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WHERE MOST OF US OWN WIDESCREEN TV'S OR PREFER SEEING THE WHOLE FILM AS INTENDED. AFTER ALL IF YOU BUY SOMETHING YOU WANT TO OWN THE WHOLE AND NOT THE PART!
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