 | Zulu
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Actors: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine
Director: Cy Endfield
Rating: Unrated
Features: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Number of Discs: 1
Running Time: 138 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Release Date: May 20, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 1964
Studio: MGM Video & DVD |
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| "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 | | A towering cinematic achievement. An astonishing true story. And "a battle film in the grand tradition of Four Feathers and Gunga Din" Time! Filmed against the exotic locales of Africa and starring Stanley Baker The Guns of Navarone, Jack Hawkins Lawrence of Arabia and Academy AwardÂr winner* Michael Caine in his first major motion picture role, Zulu is a thrilling account of one of history's fiercest battles! As a terrifying war chant echoes across the majestic African plains, 4000 Zulu tribesmen rise up from the tall grassthat hides them. Furiously beating their swords against their shields, the warriors descend upon a small garrison of English soldiers. "Usuto! Usuto! Kill! Kill!," they cry as they launch into a battle with the vastly outnumbered English militia who must manifest incredible skill and incomparable bravery just to survive. *1999: Supporting Actor, The Cider House Rules; 1986: Supporting Actor, Hannah and Her Sisters |
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