Band of Brothers (BD)
Product ID: 10221255
Details
- GenreDrama Military
- FormatOriginal Color
- ContributorPeter Hills
- LanguageEnglish French
- Runtime11 hours and
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Product Description Band of BrothersBased on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elete rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties, and whose lives became legend.]]> .com An impressively rigorous, unsentimental, and harrowing look at combat during World War II, Band of Brothers follows a company of airborne infantry--Easy Company--from boot camp through the end of the war. The brutality of training takes the audience by increments to the even greater brutality of the war; Easy Company took part in some of the most difficult battles, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the failed invasion of Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge, as well as the liberation of a concentration camp and the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest. But what makes these episodes work is not their historical sweep but their emphasis on riveting details (such as the rattle of a plane as the paratroopers wait to leap, or a flower in the buttonhole of a German soldier) and procedures (from military tactics to the workings of bureaucratic hierarchies). The scope of this miniseries (10 episodes, plus an actual documentary filled with interviews with surviving veterans) allows not only a thoroughness impossible in a two-hour movie, but also captures the wide range of responses to the stress and trauma of war--fear, cynicism, cruelty, compassion, and all-encompassing confusion. The result is a realism that makes both simplistic judgments and jingoistic enthusiasm impossible; the things these soldiers had to do are both terrible and understandable, and the psychological price they paid is made clear. The writing, directing, and acting are superb throughout. The cast is largely unknown, emphasizing the team of actors as a whole unit, much like the regiment; Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston play the central roles of two officers with grit and intelligence. Band of Brothers turns a vast historical event into a series of potent personal experiences; it's a deeply engrossing and affecting accomplishment. --Bret Fetzer P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Set Contains: HBO's impressive miniseries may have the most handsome packaging to date: a tin container enclosing the accordion sleeves holding six discs. The extras on the set are just as classy. Besides the rudimentary 30-minute making-of, there's an hour's worth of video diaries by actor Ron Livingston (who portrays Lewis Nixon) detailing the tough "actors' boot camp." The first-person recollections of the real Easy Company soldiers that begin each episode are expanded in the 80-minute documentary We Stand Alone Together. The real footage and heartfelt recollections complement the series, but viewers may want more interaction between the lifelong friends. The documentary is better in the final minutes, when the veterans are not talking about the specific incidents depicted in the film. Another big help in this set is the "field guide," a dossier of maps, glossary, definitions of ranks, a timeline, and a who's who for each episode. --Doug Thomas See more
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Short Review From someone who never saw BOB before~
First of all let me just say that i have never seen Band of brothers before so I'm not a blind fanboy or anything like that , and because I'm not an american so i thought this mini series is not going to be interesting to me , However this mini series is highly praised everywhere and it have 9.6 score on IMDB plus it won the Golden Globe award and Emmy as the BEST series made for TV , so i said to myself lets give it trySo far i have seen only 5 episodes on the BLU-RAY and i have to say that the picture quality is insanely good i own over 30 Blu ray movies and series like Planet Earth, Band of brothers picture quality beat every movie i have ever seen ,yes even Disney Blu rays like pirates, the colors is perfect and its crystal clear, its just UNREAL how good its, i was really surprised i didn't expect TV series picture quality to beat Movies picture quality (Its simply the Best picture quality so far on blu ray to me, but sometimes picture quality jump from crystal clear to "extremely" Grainy on some parts which is intended i believe)Blu-ray.com reviewed the series today also and gave the picture quality 5/5 and everything else 5/5 kinda XDI have only seen 5 episodes so far! and i don't want it to end ;( that's why i'm watching it slowly, to be honest i have always hated and avoided World war Movies because to me they are boring as hell, i have heard the story god damn million time in books/video games and Hollywood movies even school books and most of the times each version of the movie is different so you don't know which version is real or accurate about what happened in the world war 2 because a lot of movie directors change events and make them different to sell tickets, but with band of brothers the men who went to the war speaks to you and tell you there REAL story "there is picture in picture mode where you can watch the movie and small screen like 1/4 of the TV pop and the Real people who was at the event speaks and its optional"Band of brothers is a masterpiece its Story,Characters,Script, Events,Sound is too good plus its very emotional story.... i don't know where to start about this series it just blow my mind from its goodnessI hope this review was helpful to you
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Blue ray is really great
I've owned this on vhs, owned it on dvd, and now own this on blue ray for about a couple of months. I had seen it so many times that I just had to get it on blue ray, a one day sale that had it bundled with the first episode of pacific for $37(I won't buy the pacific till its dirt cheap cause of the one sided blame america theme, and not on my must have list), so I bought band of brothers blue ray immediately, and point being is I watch my emails regularly for amazon's one day sales, or super sales, I mean, I've gotten in on so many 60% off sales, case in point again last year I got in on the complete "Combat" with Vic Morrow from the sixties on dvd for just a $130, a wonderful show that I won't ever need in blue ray. I don't want to get every last movie and show on blue ray, and I won't, just a select few.The transfers to blue ray are nice and clear, there is some intentional grany shots, or shots and scenes that couldn't be made crystal clear in low light back then, that is to be expected. The sound really is alot better than dvd seemingly, kind of made me jump many times. The extras are something I haven't explored as of yet, I'm a blue ray newbie anyway.Mainly though, if you think you've really seen it too many times already, then you are like me and have, just see it again in blue ray if you can afford it or don't have to spend too much. Ha, far better than the vhs set I bought a long time ago and still own, back when all I had was a vcr and a tv from the mid nineties, and one of those signal clarifyers that improved signal between vcr and 75 owm connector on the tv.I did notice for all those thinking about buying a blue ray copy that the BoB blue ray packaged with the part one of the Pacific is still regularly cheaper than just the blue ray BoB package alone.
A**N
Amazing coverage of the events of WW2
This multiple DVD set came in an aestheitc tin. It took several days to watch all of the footage containing the events of WW2, but I wouldn't be against watching it again
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Even more features than on regular DVD. Just a GREAT Mini Series!
I have to say that this has to be the best what I call Docu-Dramas ever made. Following Easy Company from Camp Taccoa to the Eagles Nest. I can remember history class back in the 80's...(I know wayyy back then) and I can honestly say that WWII wasn't covered very well, even Vietnam wasn't covered like it should have been. Watching this opened my eyes up to what they had to go thru just to get their jump wings, and then what they had to endure fighting their way to Germany, and got me interested in history again at another level. These guys were the best of the best and they show it time and time again throughout the series. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have out done themselves on this mini series. I think they learned a couple of things from when they did Saving Private Ryan. They even made it look like an old movie by toning down the colors so it gave it that feel of an old movie, but clear and crisp at the same time. I had purchased the DVD of this back in 2002 or 2003 when they first came out on DVD, and have watched it many times. I never thought about buying this on Blu-ray because it was always priced too high, but when I seen it for $22 I couldn't pass that up. And with the added features I will enjoy watching this over and over even more so than the DVD's. If you can find it on sale again for this price or less pick it up you wont be sorry, and if you haven't seen this mini series yet don't waste any more time. Get it either on DVD or Blu-ray because this is our greatest generation (as they have been called) at their best.
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