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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788606113
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Miniseries, NTSC
ISBN: 0788606115
Label: Mpi Home Video
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Running Time: 810 minutes
Sales Rank: 4343
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1988
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The ambitious TV event War and Remembrance was the final opus in the golden age of the maxi-miniseries. This six-disc set offers the first half (seven episodes) of ABC's mammoth 30-hour production of Herman Wouk's bestseller--itself a sequel to the landmark Winds of War--mixing fictional and real characters around the events of World War II. It starts a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor and abruptly stops in July 1943 with the fall of Mussolini. Only half of the first series' lead actors return, including Robert Mitchum as the patriarch Captain 'Pug' Henry. Although Mitchum is too old and less dashing than he should be, his presence is exactly what the series needs as it wavers between pop entertainment and a graphic look at the atrocities of war. The series' multiple storylines branch from the Henry family tree, from his sons' naval battles to his daughter-in-law's (Jane Seymour) harrowing flight through Europe with her famous father (John Gielgud), witnessing firsthand the collapse of European Jewish life in the grip of Nazi power.
Director Dan Curtis said that after The Winds of War, the opportunity to show the Jews' plight led him to take on another daunting production. He takes the viewer into Auschwitz with unflinching realism (producer and former internee Branko Lustig returned to the subject a decade later with Schindler's List) and is just as deft with a few massive battle sequences combining models with colorized footage. Sometimes the soap opera of the characters' affairs seems pretty sappy, especially with some uneven acting. The DVD set also contains two featurettes from 1988 and 2002. --Doug Thomas
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - War and Remembrance
Great continuance of The Winds of War. The whole series is a can't miss.
Rating: - Sad, exciting, frightening but true
I have the DVD of Winds of War, and differ from some of the other reviews in that I liked Ali McGraw better than Jane Seymore. Who else but a personality like hers would have run around in Europe and Poland even when faced with danger. I thought she played it very well. I also liked the first Aaron Jastro much better than the 2nd, and thought Jan Michael Vincent was perfect as Briny, whereas the 2nd Briny was dull. If he had played Briny in the beginning, I would have been pretty mad at her for ... Read More
Rating:  - Not very happy!
This shipment was received with the disk for Part I missing and a duplicate disk of Part V & VI. This was disappointing since I had just completed watching Winds of War and was ready to start War & Remembrance, but could not watch the first part. Hopefully, I can get a replacement shipment.
Rating: - war and remembrance 1 and 2
War and Remembrance - Volume 1 and 2 DVD Bundle
magnificent series,all the family loved the DVD's.
Rating: - Accessible history at its best!
I was enthralled with this from start to finish - I had loved THE WINDS OF WAR, but this was far, far better for me. The replaced characters in the cast seemed a distinct improvement - more likeable, less jarring. But mostly, what I valued, was the sweep of the history of the war - the most important steps highlighted, explained, and put clearly into their context in the turnaround after Dunkirk and Pearl Harbour. I found the story of Midway especially illuminating. I hadn't realised that the odds ... Read More
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