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i search this...
Hello, i search this movie in the last ten years. i don`t found a video or a dvd in pal- system. please, can everybody help me? i thx for any answers. Edi

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Is this movie available for sale? I want to buy a copy.

What Did You Do In The War Daddy?
This movie was made in the 1960's, and I remembered seeing it then, and thought it was one of the funniest movies ever. I had always wanted to see it again, so I was elated to be able to get the video. When I watched it again it was as funny, if not more so then I remembered. Harry Morgan, is hysterical, and Dick Shawn and James Coburn are great. It is really, as they say, a laugh riot. It is well worth watching, and I reccomend it highly.

James Coburn, just being himself
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender if the can have a festival first. The lieutenant (Coburn) convinces the Captain (Shawn) "Wake Me When It's Over (1960)" this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer, Potter (Morgan) is sent in and gets lost in the catacombs singing "Peas pottage hot". Mean while the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter. Who wins?

COMEDY SPOOF ON WW2 IN ITALY
THIS A COMEDY ON THE ARMY DURING WWII ABOUT A TOWN READY TO SURRENDER AND THE GERMAN'S WHO WANT THE TOWN BUT THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN WANT TO PARTY. COL POTTER (HARRY MORGAN)FROM MASH IS ALSO MAJ POTTER IN THIS MOVIE. ... Read more

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With this brilliant breakthrough film, Oscar®-winner Vittorio De Sica (The Bicycle Thief, Miracle in Milan) developed the themes and realistic style that would shape his career and transform Italian cinema.A devastating portrait of the ... Read more

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' Children' is heart breaking and realistic.
THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US was my official introduction to neo-realistic filmmaking and to Vittorio De Sica. After having seen this film i just could not get over how tragic and realistic it was. The story is about a couple and their little boy who seem to live a peaceful existence but the boy knows that his mother is having an affair. Soon after she abandons the family. This causes the father and especially the boy much grief. The father is unable to care for the boy so he sends him to other family members. The boy begins to suffer internally until finally his mother decides to come back and the father reluctantly decides to accept her. The boy is happy once again but the mother's ex lover will not leave her alone and once again tries to make her leave her family for him. Soon after sad consequences follow and an ending which will make you cry enough to supply water for the world population. It is very well directed, acted, and written but it is also at times hard to take because it is so painfully realistic and also because all these tragic things are happening to an innocent child. The black and white color and photography give it in some parts a semi-documentery feel and authentic locations are used in this movie. Most of the story is seen from the child's point of view so it will affect anyone who has gone through similar situations. I could understand the child's grief so it was especially moving for me. The movie is undeniably well made but is not really the kind of movie where you plan to have repeat viewings.

The Children Are Claiming Our Love
This film can be considered as the prelude to the great season of the neo-realism. It shows, through the innocent eyes of the young Prico, the drama of a well-to-do family in the provincial Italy of the forties. De Sica is able to depict the delicate balance of a family whose focus is the child for whom the parents, Dina and Andrea, seem ready to accept the compromise of an empty marriage without passion. Dina is divided between her role as an affectionate mother who loves her child above all and her own choice as a woman who claims her right to be happy, no matter who will pay the price for her egotism. Andrea is ready to forgive in the desperate attempt to reconstruct what is irreparably broken. The whole story is developed through the uneasiness of the young Prico who suffers from divided loyalties: he does not want to destroy his illusion of happiness under cover of the silent acceptance of his mother's deceit. This drama, with tragic tones, marks the beginning of De Sica's journey into the complex universe of childhood. He deepens the theme in 'Sciuscià' and 'The Bicycle Thief'. In these last two films the setting is shifted from the private world to the public one, where people no longer have a Greek Chorus-like role, but they are actors whose stories are linked with the story of the main characters. All of these three films share children's desperate demand for love. It can have the shape of an escape from an unbearable situation, as in 'Children Are Watching Us', or the dream-like framework of a white horse, as in 'Sciuscià', or turn a child into a silent angel, as in 'The Bicycle Thief', where the son is ready to help the father, involuntary victim of society. I find particularly enlightening the speech by the counsel for the defense during the trial in 'Sciuscià'. He says that the men, following their own passions, let childhood go on its own; that children are lonely, always lonelier. 'The Children Are Watching Us' is a moving film that cannot be missed by people with a poetic heart and boundless love for childhood. ... Read more

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Quality spaghetti western, very poor DVD
A Professional Gun is a very good spaghetti western by Sergio Corbucci that suffers from a horrible DVD release. The story follows a group of revolutionaries who are fighting the government during the Mexican revolution. Fighting alongside them is a mercenary who has supplied them with and taught them how to use more advanced weaponry. There is an uneasy alliance between the mercenary and the rebel leader that at times is very comical. To make things worse, the army has hired a gunman to hunt down both men and kill them. The movie on its own is very good with excellent action sequences, good characters, and another great score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai. Fans of spaghetti westerns should check out this movie but stay away from the DVD.

Franco Nero stars as Kowalski, the mercenary who sees a chance to make some money during the revolution. He is good as usual with no complaints on my side. Tony Musante plays Paco, the revolutionary leader who makes the uneasy agreement with the foreign mercenary. Jack Palance gets top billing even though his part is rather small. Even with so little to do, Palance gives another great performance as the villain. Also, wait for the showdown at the end between two of the main characters, it should not be missed. The DVD is absolutely horrible. The picture and sound quality are brutal with very poor extras. The one thing that is kind of amusing is the trivia quiz. One of those things where its so bad its good. If you have a chance find the cleaned up widescreen presentation of this movie that TCM aired a couple of years ago. A great spaghetti western but watch out for this dud of a DVD!

If You Like Your Fun With a Dash of Politics...
Any film inspired by a Franco Solinas story is guaranteed to have its share of Leftist politics, and "A Professional Gun" is no exception. Although not as pointed as Damiani's "Bullet for the General" nor as exquisitely-plotted as Solimas' "The Big Gundown" (both of which were released just before this film), Corbucci's movie is engaging, entertaining, and often innovative. Following his "Django" and "The Great Silence," it is also a major change of pace--less brutal and sadistic, tinged at times with humanity, even if the violence quotient soars exponentially near the end.

Franco Nero's turn as Kowalski (aka "The Polack") is a wry twist on the Gringo figure. Here, the European is a weapons expert, selling his skills to whomever is willing to pay (although he clearly has a limited affection for the "underdog" peasant Mexican revolutionaries--but one that is always subordinate to his own well-being and comfort--in one scene, he actually takes a shower in the middle of the desert, just to prove his Euro-American willingness to conspicuously consume).

Tony Musante (as Paco, a rebel leader who both gains and loses an army in the course of the film) is a good counterpoint--broad and physical in his acting, an obvious reiteration of Tomas Milian's "reluctant revolutionary leader" role (and one that Milian would craft to perfection a couple years later in "Tepepa" and Corbucci's own "Companeros").

Of course, the film has less to do with the Mexican Revolution than it does with Solinas' concern of American hegemony over the Third World in the late 1960's--but that just adds to the fun.

A rousing score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai (Morricone writes a wonderful leitmotif for Kowalski); good photography by Alejandro Ulloa; and a very witty flashback narrative framework (which allows Kowalski to show just how unrepentingly capitalist he truly is!) help make this a fine afternoon's entertainment.

One major qualification: The present DVD release is sub-par in both picture and audio quality. Plus, it's not widescreen, which considerably reduces the pleasure of Corbucci's excellent use of the 2.35 anamorphic format.

One of Corbucci's Best
I remember seeing this movie on television,as a youngster,just when I was getting into the spaghetti western genre.I was glad to see that it has now been released again on DVD & VHS. Unfortunately I was a little disapointed in the overall video transferance.Someone please find a widescreen copy and have it remastered.The film's Director , the late great Sergio Corbucci has had two of his other minor masterpieces restored and released recently on DVD. Companeros (Anchor Bay DVD) and The Great Silence (Fantoma DVD).The quality is excellent on these so why not someone from Fantoma or Anchor Bay search out a better copy of this little gem,The Professional Gun aka:The Mercenary. Other than the poor transferance the movie is still worth a viewing for performances and story and it's reasonably priced too. ... Read more

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Superb
This is one of the best Spaghetti Western I have seen. You have everything. Jokes, gun fights, film music by Ennio Morricone. It plays in the time of the Mexican revolution. Franco Nero is the mercenary who helps the revolutionaries against the Mexican army as well as bad man (Jack Palance). At the end there is a final showdown between Jack Palance and Tony Musante.

For Spaghetti Western fans this is a film you need to watch. ... Read more

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A bad boy with an awful British accent threatens a lawyer and his main squeeze in this stylish and ultra-rare seventies thriller, set in a swinging London seemingly populated entirely by corrupt policemen. ... Read more

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Tedious psychological thriller
A young man picks up a girl at a disco (this is supposed to be set in London although the film is Italian) and takes her back to his uncle's country farmhouse for some nookie. There, they are interuppted by a man who murders the servant and keeps them hostage. The hero's uncle is a judge (Fernando Rey)and he sends a cop to investigate but the cop (played by Frank Wolff) turns out to be in league with the hostage taker and is in fact a man that the uncle sent to prison and is after revenge. He's also after something hidden in the house but we're never quite sure what.

Tedious and boring, poorly dubbed and ridiculously scripted - this is not a horror film and certainly not a giallo either. There's also practically no sex and violence despite the Redemption promises. The main problem is that there seems to be no point in the whole hostage saga at all since Wolffe has already planted a bomb in Rey's office. A number of convoluted plot twists are gradually revealed but the fact is nobody really knows what's going on here and the thing is padded out about twice as long as it should have been.

Not worth buying at all, even for five bucks.
The only exciting moment occurs during the first ten minutes of the film. it then slowly drops into a confusing web of slow-paced melodrama and extremely boring dialogue scenes, unaided by poor acting from all parts. i give this a full, anti-recomendation, also known as a raspberry. if you have the patience to sit through a film this tastefully insulting, then buy something that is a. cheaper or b. contains more graphic violence to keep you awake. ... Read more

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Quality spaghetti western, very poor DVD
A Professional Gun is a very good spaghetti western by Sergio Corbucci that suffers from a horrible DVD release. The story follows a group of revolutionaries who are fighting the government during the Mexican revolution. Fighting alongside them is a mercenary who has supplied them with and taught them how to use more advanced weaponry. There is an uneasy alliance between the mercenary and the rebel leader that at times is very comical. To make things worse, the army has hired a gunman to hunt down both men and kill them. The movie on its own is very good with excellent action sequences, good characters, and another great score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai. Fans of spaghetti westerns should check out this movie but stay away from the DVD.

Franco Nero stars as Kowalski, the mercenary who sees a chance to make some money during the revolution. He is good as usual with no complaints on my side. Tony Musante plays Paco, the revolutionary leader who makes the uneasy agreement with the foreign mercenary. Jack Palance gets top billing even though his part is rather small. Even with so little to do, Palance gives another great performance as the villain. Also, wait for the showdown at the end between two of the main characters, it should not be missed. The DVD is absolutely horrible. The picture and sound quality are brutal with very poor extras. The one thing that is kind of amusing is the trivia quiz. One of those things where its so bad its good. If you have a chance find the cleaned up widescreen presentation of this movie that TCM aired a couple of years ago. A great spaghetti western but watch out for this dud of a DVD!

If You Like Your Fun With a Dash of Politics...
Any film inspired by a Franco Solinas story is guaranteed to have its share of Leftist politics, and "A Professional Gun" is no exception. Although not as pointed as Damiani's "Bullet for the General" nor as exquisitely-plotted as Solimas' "The Big Gundown" (both of which were released just before this film), Corbucci's movie is engaging, entertaining, and often innovative. Following his "Django" and "The Great Silence," it is also a major change of pace--less brutal and sadistic, tinged at times with humanity, even if the violence quotient soars exponentially near the end.

Franco Nero's turn as Kowalski (aka "The Polack") is a wry twist on the Gringo figure. Here, the European is a weapons expert, selling his skills to whomever is willing to pay (although he clearly has a limited affection for the "underdog" peasant Mexican revolutionaries--but one that is always subordinate to his own well-being and comfort--in one scene, he actually takes a shower in the middle of the desert, just to prove his Euro-American willingness to conspicuously consume).

Tony Musante (as Paco, a rebel leader who both gains and loses an army in the course of the film) is a good counterpoint--broad and physical in his acting, an obvious reiteration of Tomas Milian's "reluctant revolutionary leader" role (and one that Milian would craft to perfection a couple years later in "Tepepa" and Corbucci's own "Companeros").

Of course, the film has less to do with the Mexican Revolution than it does with Solinas' concern of American hegemony over the Third World in the late 1960's--but that just adds to the fun.

A rousing score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai (Morricone writes a wonderful leitmotif for Kowalski); good photography by Alejandro Ulloa; and a very witty flashback narrative framework (which allows Kowalski to show just how unrepentingly capitalist he truly is!) help make this a fine afternoon's entertainment.

One major qualification: The present DVD release is sub-par in both picture and audio quality. Plus, it's not widescreen, which considerably reduces the pleasure of Corbucci's excellent use of the 2.35 anamorphic format.

One of Corbucci's Best
I remember seeing this movie on television,as a youngster,just when I was getting into the spaghetti western genre.I was glad to see that it has now been released again on DVD & VHS. Unfortunately I was a little disapointed in the overall video transferance.Someone please find a widescreen copy and have it remastered.The film's Director , the late great Sergio Corbucci has had two of his other minor masterpieces restored and released recently on DVD. Companeros (Anchor Bay DVD) and The Great Silence (Fantoma DVD).The quality is excellent on these so why not someone from Fantoma or Anchor Bay search out a better copy of this little gem,The Professional Gun aka:The Mercenary. Other than the poor transferance the movie is still worth a viewing for performances and story and it's reasonably priced too. ... Read more

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Quality spaghetti western, very poor DVD
A Professional Gun is a very good spaghetti western by Sergio Corbucci that suffers from a horrible DVD release. The story follows a group of revolutionaries who are fighting the government during the Mexican revolution. Fighting alongside them is a mercenary who has supplied them with and taught them how to use more advanced weaponry. There is an uneasy alliance between the mercenary and the rebel leader that at times is very comical. To make things worse, the army has hired a gunman to hunt down both men and kill them. The movie on its own is very good with excellent action sequences, good characters, and another great score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai. Fans of spaghetti westerns should check out this movie but stay away from the DVD.

Franco Nero stars as Kowalski, the mercenary who sees a chance to make some money during the revolution. He is good as usual with no complaints on my side. Tony Musante plays Paco, the revolutionary leader who makes the uneasy agreement with the foreign mercenary. Jack Palance gets top billing even though his part is rather small. Even with so little to do, Palance gives another great performance as the villain. Also, wait for the showdown at the end between two of the main characters, it should not be missed. The DVD is absolutely horrible. The picture and sound quality are brutal with very poor extras. The one thing that is kind of amusing is the trivia quiz. One of those things where its so bad its good. If you have a chance find the cleaned up widescreen presentation of this movie that TCM aired a couple of years ago. A great spaghetti western but watch out for this dud of a DVD!

If You Like Your Fun With a Dash of Politics...
Any film inspired by a Franco Solinas story is guaranteed to have its share of Leftist politics, and "A Professional Gun" is no exception. Although not as pointed as Damiani's "Bullet for the General" nor as exquisitely-plotted as Solimas' "The Big Gundown" (both of which were released just before this film), Corbucci's movie is engaging, entertaining, and often innovative. Following his "Django" and "The Great Silence," it is also a major change of pace--less brutal and sadistic, tinged at times with humanity, even if the violence quotient soars exponentially near the end.

Franco Nero's turn as Kowalski (aka "The Polack") is a wry twist on the Gringo figure. Here, the European is a weapons expert, selling his skills to whomever is willing to pay (although he clearly has a limited affection for the "underdog" peasant Mexican revolutionaries--but one that is always subordinate to his own well-being and comfort--in one scene, he actually takes a shower in the middle of the desert, just to prove his Euro-American willingness to conspicuously consume).

Tony Musante (as Paco, a rebel leader who both gains and loses an army in the course of the film) is a good counterpoint--broad and physical in his acting, an obvious reiteration of Tomas Milian's "reluctant revolutionary leader" role (and one that Milian would craft to perfection a couple years later in "Tepepa" and Corbucci's own "Companeros").

Of course, the film has less to do with the Mexican Revolution than it does with Solinas' concern of American hegemony over the Third World in the late 1960's--but that just adds to the fun.

A rousing score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai (Morricone writes a wonderful leitmotif for Kowalski); good photography by Alejandro Ulloa; and a very witty flashback narrative framework (which allows Kowalski to show just how unrepentingly capitalist he truly is!) help make this a fine afternoon's entertainment.

One major qualification: The present DVD release is sub-par in both picture and audio quality. Plus, it's not widescreen, which considerably reduces the pleasure of Corbucci's excellent use of the 2.35 anamorphic format.

One of Corbucci's Best
I remember seeing this movie on television,as a youngster,just when I was getting into the spaghetti western genre.I was glad to see that it has now been released again on DVD & VHS. Unfortunately I was a little disapointed in the overall video transferance.Someone please find a widescreen copy and have it remastered.The film's Director , the late great Sergio Corbucci has had two of his other minor masterpieces restored and released recently on DVD. Companeros (Anchor Bay DVD) and The Great Silence (Fantoma DVD).The quality is excellent on these so why not someone from Fantoma or Anchor Bay search out a better copy of this little gem,The Professional Gun aka:The Mercenary. Other than the poor transferance the movie is still worth a viewing for performances and story and it's reasonably priced too. ... Read more

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Quality spaghetti western, very poor DVD
A Professional Gun is a very good spaghetti western by Sergio Corbucci that suffers from a horrible DVD release. The story follows a group of revolutionaries who are fighting the government during the Mexican revolution. Fighting alongside them is a mercenary who has supplied them with and taught them how to use more advanced weaponry. There is an uneasy alliance between the mercenary and the rebel leader that at times is very comical. To make things worse, the army has hired a gunman to hunt down both men and kill them. The movie on its own is very good with excellent action sequences, good characters, and another great score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai. Fans of spaghetti westerns should check out this movie but stay away from the DVD.

Franco Nero stars as Kowalski, the mercenary who sees a chance to make some money during the revolution. He is good as usual with no complaints on my side. Tony Musante plays Paco, the revolutionary leader who makes the uneasy agreement with the foreign mercenary. Jack Palance gets top billing even though his part is rather small. Even with so little to do, Palance gives another great performance as the villain. Also, wait for the showdown at the end between two of the main characters, it should not be missed. The DVD is absolutely horrible. The picture and sound quality are brutal with very poor extras. The one thing that is kind of amusing is the trivia quiz. One of those things where its so bad its good. If you have a chance find the cleaned up widescreen presentation of this movie that TCM aired a couple of years ago. A great spaghetti western but watch out for this dud of a DVD!

If You Like Your Fun With a Dash of Politics...
Any film inspired by a Franco Solinas story is guaranteed to have its share of Leftist politics, and "A Professional Gun" is no exception. Although not as pointed as Damiani's "Bullet for the General" nor as exquisitely-plotted as Solimas' "The Big Gundown" (both of which were released just before this film), Corbucci's movie is engaging, entertaining, and often innovative. Following his "Django" and "The Great Silence," it is also a major change of pace--less brutal and sadistic, tinged at times with humanity, even if the violence quotient soars exponentially near the end.

Franco Nero's turn as Kowalski (aka "The Polack") is a wry twist on the Gringo figure. Here, the European is a weapons expert, selling his skills to whomever is willing to pay (although he clearly has a limited affection for the "underdog" peasant Mexican revolutionaries--but one that is always subordinate to his own well-being and comfort--in one scene, he actually takes a shower in the middle of the desert, just to prove his Euro-American willingness to conspicuously consume).

Tony Musante (as Paco, a rebel leader who both gains and loses an army in the course of the film) is a good counterpoint--broad and physical in his acting, an obvious reiteration of Tomas Milian's "reluctant revolutionary leader" role (and one that Milian would craft to perfection a couple years later in "Tepepa" and Corbucci's own "Companeros").

Of course, the film has less to do with the Mexican Revolution than it does with Solinas' concern of American hegemony over the Third World in the late 1960's--but that just adds to the fun.

A rousing score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai (Morricone writes a wonderful leitmotif for Kowalski); good photography by Alejandro Ulloa; and a very witty flashback narrative framework (which allows Kowalski to show just how unrepentingly capitalist he truly is!) help make this a fine afternoon's entertainment.

One major qualification: The present DVD release is sub-par in both picture and audio quality. Plus, it's not widescreen, which considerably reduces the pleasure of Corbucci's excellent use of the 2.35 anamorphic format.

One of Corbucci's Best
I remember seeing this movie on television,as a youngster,just when I was getting into the spaghetti western genre.I was glad to see that it has now been released again on DVD & VHS. Unfortunately I was a little disapointed in the overall video transferance.Someone please find a widescreen copy and have it remastered.The film's Director , the late great Sergio Corbucci has had two of his other minor masterpieces restored and released recently on DVD. Companeros (Anchor Bay DVD) and The Great Silence (Fantoma DVD).The quality is excellent on these so why not someone from Fantoma or Anchor Bay search out a better copy of this little gem,The Professional Gun aka:The Mercenary. Other than the poor transferance the movie is still worth a viewing for performances and story and it's reasonably priced too. ... Read more

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Warning: The disc goes to menu after every chapter!
This is a great movie, which I first saw at the Museum of Modern Art on the evening they held in honor of Nino Manfredi. I wasn't aware of anything by director Ettore Scola out on DVD, so I was surprised when I saw this movie was available at Amazon. According to the reviews I read here, it was supposed to have a so so picture quality and was also made for the purposes of learning Italian, but no one mentioned that the disc automatically went to the chapter menu after every scene. It is definitely annoying for anyone with intentions of enjoying the movie rather than learning Italian. Even if you bought this DVD to learn Italian, at one point you would like to watch the movie as a whole, I think, and the people at Brigham Young University, who produced this DVD, should have taken that into consideration and given the viewer this option as well. (I played this DVD on two different players, and tried to change some player settings too, but couldn't find a way to watch the movie without jumping to the menu every few minutes. If I am wrong and there is a way to watch the movie without interruption, please let me and all others interested know). I still don't regret that I have bought the DVD since there is no other way of owning this movie now, and it is worth putting into your collection even with the flaws of it. One thing I wish to say to whichever company owns the rights to this movie is to put this out as a regular DVD release. Looking at the director, the cast and the cameos by Fellini, De Sica, and Mastroianni, I know fans of foreign films will jump on it even if they haven't seen it and don't know what great a movie this is. Speaking of Ettore Scola and releasing great movies on DVD, his movie 'A Special Day' with Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni is one of the greatest movies of all time according to many interested in film. I don't think it has been out on video since early 80s, and it is very difficult to find it anywhere to watch. So Criterion, Image, Kino, Fox Lorber, New Yorker or anyone from any other video company, who is reading this; somebody please pick this masterpiece up and release it on DVD. I am 24 and I hope I can wait for some time, but I am sure there are also older people who are dying to get this, please let them get it before they do!

Fantastic movie with great fringe benefits
This is a great classic of Italian cinema, and anyone who enjoys a well made movie should see this film. This DVD was particularly helpful because it includes essays on the actors and the director, along with many different versions of subtitles that vary in length. You can watch the movie with comprehensive word by word subtitles, or with ones that just summarize what's going on, and they're in Italian or English, which is helpful for students of Italian.

Even with the extra content of the film aside, it is a fantastic show that portrays the life of three friends and the woman that they all fall in love with during Italy's post World War II era. It is a highly allegorical film, using the main characters as a topos of the nation Italy itself.

Fellini, De Sica, ... who cares.
I opened this DVD with some trepidation, because of all the controversy surrounding its original release. To my relief, the full theatrical version was there, uninterrupted and without cuts. The print quality is good enough, better than the one I saw recently at Vittorio Gassman retrospect. The controls are not particularly versatile, for example, I couldn't change the choice of subtitles during the play, but regardless of the flaws, we should be grateful to those, who made this wonderful film available to us. There is nothing like it!

An ode to friendship
This film is one of the most sincere and haunting films you'll watch in you life. A careful sight into the affective world of three friends, his adventures and livings, until they find casually twenty years later; and the changes produced by the life in what they are, and their useless efforts for trying 'to freeze' the time. Beautifully filmed with surrealistic rapture images.
Manfredi and Gassman were two of the major actors in the italian cinema in any age Watch also for that legendary seductive beauty who was Stephania Sandrelli.
The dazzling script and delightful sequences are feed by a clever sense of humor. It's about the nosthalgical reflections of those years that they'll never come.
A cult movie. One of my favorites italian films.

Clarification !
The Second edition of this DVD has been available since 2001. The first edition, which went to the menu after every scene, is no longer available. Neither version cut any scenes. The DVD now being sold at this site and others is the complete, uncut movie and can be viewed without interruption. I apologize for the confusion caused by my earlier explanation. ... Read more