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Title:
Warner Brothers Cult Camp Classics: Vol. 4 – Historical Epics
Films
Included: Land Of The Pharaohs, The Colossus Of Rhodes, The Prodigal
Region:
One
Genre:
Sword & Sandal Epics
Languages:
English Stereo Surround and Mono For The
Colossus Of Rhodes Only
Subtitles:
English Subtitles For The Deaf And Hearing Impaired
Packaging:
Three Amaray Keep Cases Within A Cardboard Slipcase
Chapter
Stops: 27/29/30
Sound:
Stereo Surround and Mono For The
Colossus Of Rhodes Only
Year
of Theatrical Releases: 1955/1961/1955/DVD Release: 2007
Home
Video Distributor: Warner Home Video
MPAA
Rating: Not Rated
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
Finally
after six months I have decided to open my Quick Views Section at GENRE
ONLINE.NET with this review of Warner Home Video’s Warner
Brothers Cult Camp Classics: Vol. 4 – Historical Epics,
which features the films Land Of The Pharaohs, The Colossus Of Rhodes,
and The Prodigal. This section in style and content will evolve, but
since I have yet to get started on it until now I have decided to just do it and
go from there. These Quick Views will be short reviews designed mainly so that I
can cover more home video titles in less time. So you won’t get the lengthy
discussions you’ll find in my regular DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc reviews as
well as my TV reviews and GENRE ONLINE.NET Interviews, but you will hopefully
get a quick idea of what the video is about, what it includes, and what I
thought along with whether or not it is available at retailers yet. I invite
feedback on how I can streamline this new section further. You can e-mail me
with “suggestions” in the subject line at genre_online@hotmail.com.
Now here we go.
These
are films that I recall seeing on TV on a Sunday or during a holiday weekend.
All three are beautifully mastered for DVD with anamorphic widescreen scope
aspect ratios and feature cleaned up English Stereo Surround Soundtracks with
the exception of The Colossus Of Rhodes, which has an English Mono
Soundtrack. All three also feature English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing
Impaired and English and French Language Subtitles as options too. Howard Hawks Valley
Of The Pharaohs surprisingly enough seemed like the dullest of the bunch
because it really doesn’t start to get interesting until half way through.
However the famous ending is worth seeing and perhaps is what earned the
film a place in cult film fans’ hearts. The theatrical trailer (4:14) and an
audio commentary with Filmmaker and Historian Peter Bogdanovich mixed with
excerpts of comments by Howard Hawks are offered here. The Colossus Of Rhodes
is perhaps the best looking of the three films included in the set and it along
with The Prodigal are MGM films that are now a part of the Warner Home
Video library. Noteworthy about this film is it is Sergio Leone’s (Once
Upon A Time In The West) first feature film and the DVD features a feature
length audio commentary with Film Historian Christopher Frayling and the
obligatory theatrical trailer (2:26). Finally and arguably the best of the films
in this set is The Prodigal, which is I believe loosely based on the
Bible story. I have not read or heard the tale as it is written in a long time
so I am not sure how faithful the movie is. Sometimes the film can be
unintentionally funny, but the ending is poignant. This DVD features an audio
commentary by Film Historian Dr. Drew Casper and the film’s theatrical trailer
(4:02). These epics run at 104 minutes, 128 minutes, and 112 minutes
respectively.
Collectively
they represent a good value for collectors and are available on DVD-Video now at
retailers on and offline courtesy of Warner Home Video.
©
Copyright 2007 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.