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 enlarge | Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  601 reviews
Sales Rank: 836
Format: Ac-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed), Spanish (Published)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 196
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D23866D
UPC: 025192386626
EAN: 0025192386626
ASIN: B00012QM8G
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 1993
Release Date: March 9, 2004
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 Hard to watch, but for all the right reasons October 1, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This movie follows the story of Oskar Schindler during WWII. He starts off acting about as shallow and greedy as a man can be. He uses Jewish labor in his factory because it's cheap and that's the beginning and end of his concern. But this slowly changes through a combination of familiarity with his Jewish workers and the increasingly brutal treatment of Jews by the Nazi regime. Schindler found something that seems to have been a true rarity in the Nazi empire, compassion for Jews and the conviction to do something about it. For the sake of those who may not have seen the film, I will say no more about the plot.
Schindler's List is not a "fun" movie to watch. It's compelling, outstanding, powerful, and more... but not fun. The film shows in fairly graphic detail (though it could have been worse) how Jews were systematically stripped of their homes, their possessions, and, finally, their lives. The story is well told and carries an emotional impact that very few movies could ever aspire to. The acting is top drawer all the way. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are almost always singled out, and their performances certainly merit praise. But Ben Kingsley's quiet strength is essential to setting the tone for the Jewish people in the movie and the huge cast of no-names all do yeoman's work in establishing a believable recreation of what is almost certainly the most horrific event in human history.
Steven Spielberg is a great director who has made some of the most successful movies in the history of the medium. But none of his blockbusters deserve a higher place in history than Schindler's List. It's difficult to watch in some respects due to the emotional impact but it's more than worth it. If you've never seen this movie, you owe it to yourself to watch it at least once.
So many good reviews, just adding my perspecitve and recommendaitions September 9, 2007
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
Of the hundreds of DVD's that I own, this is the only one that has a deep moral legitimacy and a deep moral message. There are many other DVDs about good people like Gandhi, good efforts like Peace One Day, about herorism and so on, but this one DVD is my most treasured and the one that I watch at least twice a year.
Here are other DVDs in the goodness vein that I recommend:
Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Peace One Day
Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)
Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion
The Snow Walker
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux 2004 [HD DVD]
Steven Spielberg's Holocaust Masterpiece September 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Holocaust was a difficult time in history. Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List pays tribute to the people that died during that time in one of the best ways ever.
This movie is so incredible. It's moody, heartfelt, and tragic. One of the best movies of all time.
The DVD doesn't have much in the way of extras but the movie itself is one to definitely have.
This is a Must Have.
one of the best films of Stephen Speilberg's career...... September 4, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
SCHINDLER'S LIST is simply a marvelous example from the exceptional body of work from filmmaker Stephen Speilberg. Set during the height of Nazi occupation in Europe, this take a sobering look at the work of Oskar Schindler [Liam Neeson] and his astonishing transfomation from self-centered lothario to humanitarian. Based on a true story, the work of Oskar Schindler, a gentile who worked as an advocate for Jews by offering them work in his crockery factory, as well as offering them refuge, all the while under the nose of a bloodthirsty Nazi [Ralph Fiennes], is portrayed vividly in this 1993 production.
Initially, Speilberg didn't intend for this film to be anywhere close to the success that it became. SCHINDLER'S LIST went on to win numerous well-earned Academy Awards, critical acclaim, as well as recognition for Stephen Speilberg, as a director and a visionary artist. The acting is beautiful, the black-and-white shots make a bold and chilling impression on the viewer, as well as the minimal use of color (with the exception of the infamous "little girl in the red coat"--you'll have to view the film to fully understand the significance and symbolism of this recurring character). This is a very important story that recounts a very painful chapter from our past, as human beings, at a time where seemingly "civilized" individuals senselessly brutalized and murdered tens of thousands of Jews, Gypsies, and other scapegoats in the name of the Third Reich and fascist violence. Don't miss this one. It truly is a remarkable example of exemplary cinematic storytelling.
A movie everyone should watch! August 9, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Schindler's List is not a wonderful happy film. It's a great historical fact movie that not only explores one mans experiences during WWII but the great majority of Nazi "Unwanted Peoples", Jews, Gypsies, etc.
It's a film that is important for everyone to watch because if we do not learn and remember what has happened in the past we are destined to repeat it.
Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)Schindler's List (Full Screen Edition)
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