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Best of war films : ninety years of extraordinary filmmaking
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Bill, Tony, 1940- film director.
Hamilton, Guy, 1922-2016, film director.
Ford, John, 1894-1973 film director.
Woo, John, 1948- film director,
Stone, Oliver, film director,

Published

Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2014].

Format

Blu-ray

Physical Desc

9 Blu-rays (approximately 1,237 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Status

Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Media collection
BLU-RAY FEATURE BEST
1 available

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Flyboys / Electric Entertainment presents ; in association with Skydance Productions and Ingenious Film Partners ; a Dean Devlin production ; produced by Dean Devlin, Marc Frydman ; story by Blake T. Evans ; screenplay by Phil Sears & Blake T. Evans and David S. Ward ; directed by Tony Bill ; music by Trevor Rabin (cast: James Franco, Martin Henderson, David Ellison, Jennifer Decker, Tyler Labine, Abdul Salis, Jean Reno). (2006, 138 min.). DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French, Spanish). In English, French, or Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles. Special features: commentary with director Tony Bill and producer Dean Devil; Real heroes: the Lafayette escadrille; The diary of a miniature stunt pilot; Whiskey and soda: the Lion mascots; The real planes of 'Flyboys'; Taking flight: the making of aerial battle sequences; The Flyboys ride with the Air Force Thunderbirds & the Navy Blue Angels; deleted scenes; 'Flyboys' aerial guide track; theatrical trailer.

Battle of Britain / Spitfire Productions ; a Harry Saltzman production ; screenplay by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex ; produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz ; directed by Guy Hamilton ; music by Ron Goodwin. Based on the 'The narrow margin' by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster. (cast: Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curt Jurgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw, Patrick Wymark, Susannah York). (1969, 132 min.). DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (English with full Sir William Walton score mix, French), Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (English). In English or French with optional English, Spanish, Cantonese, or Korean subtitles; English closed captioned.

The horse soldiers / The Mirisch Company presents ; a Mahin-Rackin production ; written for the screen by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin ; directed by John Ford ; music by David Buttolph. From the novel by Harold Sinclair. (cast: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Althea Gibson). (1959, 120 min.). DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (Spanish, French, Italian, German, Castellano). In English, Spanish, French, Italian, or German with optional French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, or Swedish subtitles; English or German subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Special features: theatrical trailer.

Windtalkers / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents ; a Lion Rock production ; produced by John Woo, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham, Alison Rosenzweig ; written by John Rice & Joe Batteer ; directed by John Woo ; music by James Horner. (cast: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt, Martin Henderson, Roger Willie, Frances O'Connor, Christian Slater). (2002, 134 min.). DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French, Spanish). In English, French, or Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Platoon / Hemdale Film Corporation presents ; an Arnold Kopelson production ; produced by Arnold Kopelson ; written and directed by Oliver Stone ; music by Georges Delerue. (cast: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen). (1986, 120 min.). DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 4.0 surround (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (Spanish, Portuguese (Brasil)), DTS 5.1 (French, German, Italian, Russian, Castellano), Dolby Digital 2.0 (Czech, Hungarian). In English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Czech or Hungarian with optional Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brasil), Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Russian, Castellano, Swedish, Czech, Greek, Chinese, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, or Turkish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Special features: audio commentary with director Oliver Stone; audio commentary with military advisor Dale Dye; deleted & extended scenes; Flashback to 'Platoon'; documentaries (One war, many stories; Preparing for 'Nam); vignettes; television spots; theatrical trailer.

Hart's war / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; a David Ladd Films, David Foster Productions, Cheyenne Enterprises production ; produced by David Ladd, David Foster, Gregory Hoblit, Arnold Rifkin ; screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George ; directed by Gregory Hoblit ; music by Rachel Portman. Based upon the novel by John Katzenbach. (cast: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser, Marcel Iures, Linus Roache). (2002, 125 min.). DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French, Spanish). In English, French, or Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. Special feature: trailer.

The great escape / The Mirisch Company presents ; screen play by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett ; produced and directed by John Sturges ; music, Elmer Bernstein. Based on the book by Paul Brickhill (cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn). (1963, 172 min.). DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 1.0 (Spanish), DTS 5.1 (French, Italian, German, Castellano), Dolby Digital 5.1 (Polish). In English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, or Polish with optional Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Castellano, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Korean, Polish, or Thai subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Special features: audio commentary by director John Sturges, cast & crew; The great escape: bringing fact to fiction; The great escape: preparations for freedom; The great escape: the flight to freedom; The great escape: a standing ovation; The great escape: the untold story; " - additional interviews; The real Virgil Hilts: a man called Jones; Return to 'The great escape'; original theatrical trailer.

Valkyrie / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and United Artists present ; a Bad Hat Harry production ; an Achte Babelsberg Film GmbH co-production ; produced by Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, Gilbert Adler ; written by Christopher McQuarrie & Nathan Alexander ; directed by Bryan Singer ; music by John Ottman (cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp). (2008, 120 min.). DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (Spanish, French). In English, French, or Spanish with optional Spanish, French, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, or Portuguese subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Special features: commentary by Tom Cruise, Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; commentary by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander; The journey to Valkyrie; The road to resistance: a visual guide; The African front sequence; Taking to the air; Recreating Berlin; 92nd Street Y: reel pieces with Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer; The Valkyrie legacy.

A bridge too far / Joseph E. Levine Productions ; screenplay by William Goldman ; produced by Joseph E. Levine and Richard P. Levine ; directed by Richard Attenborough ; music by John Addison. Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan. (cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Kruger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liv Ullmann). (1977, 176 min.). DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 4.0 surround (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French), Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (Spanish). In English, French, or Spanish with optional English, Spanish, Korean, or Cantonese subtitles; closed-captioned. Special feature: theatrical trailer.

Subjects

LC Subjects

Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944 -- Drama.
Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 -- Drama.
Escapes -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fighter pilots -- France -- Drama.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
Hitler, Adolf, -- 1889-1945 -- Assassination attempts -- Drama.
Indian code talkers -- Drama.
Operation Valkyrie, 1944 -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Drama.
Schenk von Stauffenberg, Klaus Philipp, -- Graf, -- 1907-1944 -- Drama.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama.
War films.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Netherlands -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Drama.

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Published

Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2014].

Language

English

UPC

883904314561

Notes

General Note

Title from container. All credits from title screens.

General Note

Originally released as motion pictures 1959-2008.

Description

Flyboys: The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

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Battle of Britain: In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.

Description

The horse soldiers: In 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks.

Description

Windtalkers: Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect Navajo Marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.

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Platoon: A neophyte recruit in Vietnam finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one who believes nearby villagers are harboring Viet Cong soldiers, and one who has a more sympathetic view of the locals.

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Hart's war: A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.

Description

The great escape: Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Description

Valkyrie: A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.

Description

A bridge too far: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines in Operation Market Garden, September 1944.

Target Audience

MPA rating: Not rated (The horse soldiers, The great escape); G (Battle of Britain); PG (A bridge too far); PG-13 (Flyboys: for war action violence and some sexual content; Valkyrie: for violence and brief strong language); R (Windtalkers: for pervasive graphic war violence, and for language; Platoon; Hart's war: for some strong war violence and language).

System Details

Blu-ray; region A; DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player.

Language

See individual disc contents for language options.

Awards

Academy Awards, 1987: [Platoon] Best Picture ; Best Director (Oliver Stone)

Awards

BAFTA Film Awards, 1988: [Platoon] Best Direction (Oliver Stone)

Awards

BAFTA Film Awards, 1978: [A bridge too far] Best Supporting Actor (Edward Fox)

Awards

Golden Globes, 1987: [Platoon] Best Motion Picture - Drama ; Best Director - Motion Picture (Oliver Stone) ; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Tom Berenger)

Awards

Independent Spirit Awards, 1987: [Platoon] Best Feature ; Best Director (Oliver Stone) ; Best Screenplay (Oliver Stone)

Awards

National Film Registry, 2019: [Platoon]

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bill, T., Hamilton, G., Ford, J., Woo, J., Stone, O., Hoblit, G., Sturges, J., Singer, B., Attenborough, R., Evans, B. T., Sears, P., Ward, D. S., Kennaway, J., Greatorex, W., Mahin, J. L., Rackin, M., Rice, J. (., Batteer, J., Ray, B., George, T., Clavell, J., Burnett, W. R. 1., McQuarrie, C., Alexander, N., Goldman, W., Devlin, D., Frydman, M., Saltzman, H., Fisz, B., Chang, T., Graham-Rice, T., Rosenzweig, A., Kopelson, A., Ladd, D., Foster, D., Rifkin, A., Adler, G., Levine, J. E., Levine, R. P., Franco, J., Henderson, M., Ellison, D., Decker, J., Labine, T., Salis, A., Reno, J., Andrews, H., Caine, M., Howard, T., Jürgens, C., McShane, I., More, K., Olivier, L., Patrick, N., Plummer, C., Redgrave, M., Richardson, R., Shaw, R., Wymark, P., York, S., Wayne, J., Holden, W., Towers, C., Gibson, A., Cage, N., Beach, A., Stormare, P., Emmerich, N., Ruffalo, M., Van Holt, B., Willie, R., O'Connor, F., Slater, C., Berenger, T., Dafoe, W., Sheen, C., Willis, B., Farrell, C., Howard, T., Hauser, C., Iureș, M., Roache, L., McQueen, S., Garner, J., Donald, J., Bronson, C., Pleasence, D., Coburn, J., Cruise, T., Branagh, K., Nighy, B., Wilkinson, T., Houten, C. v., Kretschmann, T., Stamp, T., Bogarde, D., Caan, J., Connery, S., Fox, E., Gould, E., Hackman, G., Hopkins, A., Krüger, H., O'Neal, R., Redford, R., Schell, M., Ullmann, L., Rabin, T., Goodwin, R., Buttolph, D., Horner, J., Delerue, G., Portman, R., Bernstein, E., Ottman, J., Addison, J., Wood, D., Dempster, D., Sinclair, H., Katzenbach, J., Brickhill, P., & Ryan, C. (2014). Best of war films: ninety years of extraordinary filmmaking . Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tony Bill et al.. 2014. Best of War Films: Ninety Years of Extraordinary Filmmaking. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tony Bill et al.. Best of War Films: Ninety Years of Extraordinary Filmmaking Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Bill, Tony, et al. Best of War Films: Ninety Years of Extraordinary Filmmaking Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2014.

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