Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792855613
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0792855612
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-05-20
Running Time: 138
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1964-06-17

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Summary: MY FAVORITE
Comment: THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST WAR MOVIES. VERY GOOD ACTING FROM A SURPRISING CAST. STORY LINE IS VERY STRONG AND SHOWS LOTS OFR MILITARY BEARING AND ZEAL.. ONE OF MY BEST!!!

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Summary: Zulu
Comment: This has been one of my all time favorites! So gald to have it in my collection.

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Summary: Where is the stereo sound?
Comment: Zulu

I am a big fan of the film Zulu, and have owned copies on VHS, laser disc and DVD. This newest edition has the best video of any release, but there is no stereo sound. Even a 6.99 off-brand edition I found a couple of years ago in a bargain bin had stereo sound as did the Criterion laser disc, so the tracks exist. Historical spectacles, especially 70 mm efforts such as Zulu (with a John Barry score no less), loose much of their impact in mono. To at last release a quality wide screen edition of this film but do so lacking its stereo tracks is a questionable decision for a major distributor like MGM.

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Summary: Excellent war movie
Comment: I don't know how accurate Zulu is as history, but it does do a good job of portraying soldiers under difficult conditions, fighting for their lives. "Why us?" one soldier asks when it seems the command is doomed. "Because we're here." answers the sergeant.

The movie reflects a truth that ordinary soldiers in battle are rarely fighting for some ideal or cause... they are fighting for their fellow soldiers, their comrades in arms.

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Summary: TWO DISC ZULU SPECIAL EDITION
Comment: This is one of the best war films ever made and on this DVD you have the added bonus of an informative documentary that explains all you could need to know about it's making.

What comes across from watching this documentary is that ZULU is Stanley Baker's film. He was the star and producer. Without Stanley there would have been no Michael Caine. Without Stanley there would have been no ZULU.

So to my point: Why is Michael Caine solely brandished on the front of the DVD box cover art? His name is the only one that is mentioned. Have the movie going public forgotten Stanley Baker? I mean, he only made 115 movies! Michael Caine was an unknown when Stanley Baker cast him.

I feel this does an injustice to the film as a whole. I would like to see a little more respect shown to the creator of this film. As Chief Buthelezi said when Stanley died - "He was the best white man I ever knew."

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Editorial Reviews:

"Sentries have come in from the hill, sir.... They report Zulus to the southeast. Thousands of them." One of the best pure action movies ever made, this rousing adventure recounts the true story of a small 18th-century regiment of British troops (including a very blue-blooded turn by a young Michael Caine) endlessly besieged by an seemingly unceasing number of fierce attackers. Although the basic premise has since been executed with more technical skill and panache (most notably by Aliens and Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans), it's unlikely that anything will ever top the utter spectacle and, above all, sheer unbelievable size of the combat scenes that almost wholly comprise the last half of this film. A gloriously exhilarating essential for anyone looking to get lost in the heat of cinematic battle, topped off with a healthy dose of gallows humor. Not to be missed. Richard Burton voiced the stirring narration. Zulu was followed by a slightly dry but still recommended prequel, Zulu Dawn. --Andrew Wright