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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PITT,BRAD
EAN: 9780790782980
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0790782987
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 04, 2005
Running Time: 162 minutes
Sales Rank: 5384
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 14, 2004
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
War erupts after Trojan prince Paris abducts Helen, the wife of Spartan ruler Menelaus.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-JUN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
No doubt about it, the 196-minute unrated director's cut of Troy represents a significant improvement over the film's original 162-minute theatrical release--and not just because it has more sex and violence. As director Wolfgang Petersen notes in his new 'Troy Revisited' video introduction to this 2-disc special edition, he didn't have the time or directorial discretion (prior to Troy's release in 2004) to present a cut that more closely matched his vision for the film. Three years later, Petersen approached the film with a more relaxed perspective, and the result is a well-crafted expansion on a film that was previously underrated, with 30 minutes of previously unseen material. Character dynamics have been improved and intensified; the epic-scale narrative is now easier to follow, with greater emphasis on the inner turmoil of Achilles (well played by Brad Pitt) and his rivalry with Hector (Eric Bana); and viewers will feel a more satisfying escalation of tension and suspense from battle to battle. The film's enormous battle scenes (impressively enhanced with CGI) are bloodier and gorier, but they're also more effectively integrated into the political story, which goes beyond Homer's The Iliad and the death of Hector to incorporate elements of Virgil and a more revealing study of the differences between Trojan king Priam (Peter O'Toole) and his megalomanical Greek rival, king Agamemnon (Brian Cox), whose lust for revenge is now one of the film's most powerful ingredients. Some of Troy's original weaknesses remain (such as Orlando Bloom's wimpy performance as Paris), but overall, this director's cut easily justifies its existence, regardless of the film's overblown and historically inaccurate depiction of Troy as a gigantic city of massive columns and statuary. The good parts are better, and the not-so-good parts are more easily forgiven. And no matter how you cut it, Troy is a lavish feast for the eyes. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Homer disappears for this spectacle
"Troy" is an example of not taking your subject seriously. Homer's twin epics, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" are sprawling, have lots of scenes, meander, and are not necessarily great movies in the making. But Homer's epics could be mined for the right material to make a good movie. But this isn't it.
First, the acting is not always so hot. Paris comes across as such a wimp that it is rather hard to take. Eric Bana creates a character who seems to recognize the tragedy that is occurring, ... Read More
Rating:  - TROY
I love Brad Pitt as an actor. This movie on blu ray is one of the best I've seen. Clear & crisp picture and great sound. I didn't like the movie that much. It's over three hours long and the concept of going to war for one woman, it's a movie I cannot watch more than once. If you're a big Pitt fan, get it, if not, just skip it, you're not missing much.
Rating:  - I knew this would happen.
I knew it.
I knew it.
I knew it.
Hollyweird gets a little taste of success with Gladiator and sure enough, now we have a slew of swords and sandals movies.
The usual cheesy knock off movie, I knew going into it I wouldn't like it and sure enough I didn't.
Is it just me or is Brad Pitt's acting just getting worse and worse.
He started out great, he was awesome in True Romance and Interview With The Vampire.
But ever since he got REALLY popular, his acting has gotten ... Read More
Rating:  - Pitt Rules
Pitt rules. He makes every movie his own. You can't deny his power, or his intimate relationship with the camera.
The battle scenes are tight and dramatic. The giant slain is my favorite scene. That, and when our hero is felled.
Rating: - Petersen's majestic Troy
I previously owned the HD DVD copy of this epic but traded it when I heard that there would be a Directors Cut which would be an improvement on the previous one as far as the video. If you're a fan of this film as I was, then I would recommend this epic whole-heartedly. Some of the dialogue is a little too contemporary for a film of this type and Diane Kruger seems somewhat wooded as Helen but a great beauty nevertheless but Pitt and Eric Bana do excel as the rivals in the war and they're supported by a fine ... Read More
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