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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780783111438
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0783111436
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: March 02, 1999
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 20201
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 04, 1998
Editorial Review:
Description:
Two friends, each champion marksmen, are on opposite sides in war. One turns sniper for the enemy. One remains their town's last line of defense. In a terrible battle for power, two best friends must pull the trigger. Only one will feel the bullet - but both will feel the pain.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - My Favorite Movie of All Time
This movie was an incredibly accurate depiction of one of the most horrific crimes of the 21st century. At the heart of the story is the beginning of a war, the end of a friendship and perhaps one of the most heart wrenching stories of all time. Linus Roache and Vincent Perez were perfect casting! Enjoy...
Rating: - what would you have done to save your wife and child?
It's real easy to nit-pick a movie to death, and I refuse to do it. Yes, it may have been more appropriate (for a production of this nature) to have hired actors from Bosnia (and had them deliver their lines in English--for greater exposure/distribution, etc.) although using Linus Roache and Vincent Perez (who do good work here) turned out to be just fine, as far as I was concerned.
This tale comes from a section of John Falk's gripping memoir entitled HELLO TO ALL THAT--and the screenwriter ... Read More
Rating: - Gripping drama but technically flawed.
Everything that others have said about the quality of the story and acting is true; this film should be seen. But to portray to accomplished competitive marksmen with several technical flaws is incomprehensible.
It is well established that rifles are best cleaned from the chamber with one piece rods to avoid damage to the crown and the rifling. To show a bolt gun being cleaned from the muzzle with a jointed rod was nonsensical.
Canneluring is the indented ring on a bullet's ... Read More
Rating: - Almost excellent
This is a great film about the battle in Sarajevo in the 90's. HBO did a great job with one minor flaw. If you have the original version of the movie, there is one scene where the DVD, was edited for some reason, and they took out like 2 bad words, which to me really had their place and meaning in that particular scene. It is rather comical to see the actor mouth out something other than what you hear. All-in-all a great buy and an excellent film.
Rating: - And your to blame
This was really quite a well-made and compelling film. Set in 1992 Sarajevo, the film begins right before the region descended into war and ethnic cleansing. It follows two best friends, one Orthodox Serb, one Bosnian Muslim, who are both snipers for the Yugoslavian Olympic team. But with the break-up of the Yugoslav nation, there will be no Olympics for these brothers-in-arms, instead they will be pitted against each other in an ethnic war. This struck me as a very realistic and gripping portrait of this ... Read More
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