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Greatest War Film of All Time?
YellowSnow
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Chinspired by @RaceBannon and Ebert's review of Dunkirk.
Greatest War Film of All Time? 35 votes
Appocolypse Now
20%
7 votes
Zulu
5%
2 votes
The Great Escape
0%
Saving Private Ryan
11%
4 votes
Full Metal Jacket
25%
9 votes
Das Boot
2%
1 vote
Gettysburg
2%
1 vote
Last of the Mohicans
5%
2 votes
The Dirty Dozen
0%
Write-In Option
25%
9 votes
Comments
Never saw Patton.
Lots of good options here.
RETARD!
MASH the movie was the best anti war movie
Full Metal Jacket is up there
But Saving Private Ryan is the best if only for the DD scene. The only thing would have been to put Robert Capa in there somehow taking pictures. He got out with everybody else as the legend has it, but most of his shots were lost when exposed to light be an over excited developer. Most of his shots would have been incredible. As it is the surviving shots are also incredible.
Fury has the best tank battle scene -->
The film was partly financed by German television broadcasters WDR and the SDR, and much more footage had been shot than was shown in the theatrical version. A version of three 100-minute episodes was transmitted on BBC Two in the United Kingdom in October 1984, and in Germany and Austria the following year. In 1984 on UK (German broadcast in 1985) television a 6 part series which is partially made of scenes from the movie was shown.[7][8] In 1988 a version composed of six 50-minute episodes was screened. These episodes had additional flashback scenes summarising past episodes.
Petersen then supervised the editing of six hours of film, from which was distilled a 209-minute version, Das Boot: The Director's Cut. Released to cinemas worldwide in 1997, this cut combines the action sequences seen in the feature-length version with character development scenes contained in the mini-series. In addition, the audio and video quality was improved from that previously available.[9] Petersen had originally planned to release this version in 1981, but for commercial reasons it was not possible. In 1998 it was released on DVD as a single-disc edition including an audio commentary by Petersen, lead actor Jürgen Prochnow and director's cut producer Ortwin Freyermuth; a 6-minute making-of featurette; and in most territories, the theatrical trailer. In 2003 it was also released as a "Superbit" edition with no extra features, but a superior quality higher bit-rate and the film spread across two discs.
The miniseries version was released on DVD in 2004, as Das Boot: The Original Uncut Version, also with enhanced audio and video quality. It omits the episode opening flashback scenes of the 1988 television broadcast so is slightly shorter, running 293 minutes.
From 2010 onwards, the 208-minute "Director's Cut", along with various new extras, was released internationally on Blu-ray.[10][11] The American 2-disc Collector's Set also uniquely included the original 149-minute theatrical cut, which is otherwise unreleased on DVD or Blu-ray.
In 2014 the original miniseries, also known as "The Original Uncut Version", was released on Blu-ray in Germany with optional English audio and subtitles.
For both the "Director's Cut" and "The Original Uncut Version", new English language dubs were recorded featuring most of the original cast, who were bilingual. These dubs are included on all DVD and Blu-ray releases.
1981 unreleased version (209 minutes)
1981 original theatrical cut (149 minutes)
1984, 1988 BBC miniseries (300 minutes)
1997 "Director's Cut" (208 minutes)
2004 "The Original Uncut Version" (293 minutes) – miniseries minus episode-opening flashback scenes