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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0933868300688
Format: PAL
Label: MGM
Manufacturer: MGM
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: MGM
Region Code: 4
Running Time: 302 minutes
Sales Rank: 98958
Studio: MGM
Theatrical Release Date: November 04, 1977
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Australia released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ),French ( Mono ),German ( Mono ),Italian ( Mono ),Danish ( Subtitles ),Dutch ( Subtitles ),English ( Subtitles ),Finnish ( Subtitles ),French ( Subtitles ),German ( Subtitles ),Norwegian ( Subtitles ),WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Uncut,SYNOPSIS: Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu), the other born to a land owner (de Niro). The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by supporting Communism, and how these events shape the destinies of the two main characters.
Amazon.com essential video:
1900 is one of Bernardo Bertolucci's adventures in epic filmmaking that never found the reception he had hoped for. Originally more than six hours long, it was chopped down to four hours for its U.S. release and as a result looked, well, choppy. Eventually, he restored it to five hours--but one wonders at all the effort on behalf of this alternately muddled and stunning story. The film, with a decidedly socialist agenda, examines two lives that begin the same year in rural Italy: the weak-willed son of the aristocracy (Robert De Niro) and the hardy, courageous son of peasants (Gerard Depardieu). They grow up as best friends on the same estate, until class differences pull them apart and then the era's fascist politics divide them for good. Despite strong performances by both leads, as well as Sterling Hayden, Donald Sutherland, Dominique Sanda, and Burt Lancaster, this one is strictly for Bertolucci's most avid fans. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - WAY too Long
The essential question (and complaint) I have with Bernardo Bertolucci's "1900" is, "Why is it more than 5 hours in length?". We suffer from too many characters, too many repetitive sequences, and too much gratuitous excess. I am not a proponant of grading everything by its' length but it is, in my opinion, a valid criteria of artistic acheivement. My favorite work of fiction ("The Cypresses Believe in God") is over 1000 pages long yet its' brillance was the way the author was able to personalize ... Read More
Rating:  - AMBITION ACHIEVED AT HIGHEST LEVEL!
I SAW THIS WHEN I WAS 55 YEARS OLD, WITH MY DAUGHTER AGED 30... WE WERE GLUED TO OUR SEATS AND THE 5 PLUS HOURS PASSED AS IF THEY WERE 2 and ONE-HALF. THIS WAS THE FIRST FILM OF BERLINI'S I'D SEEN (NOW THIS WAS 10 YEARS AGO), WHERE I REMEMBERED THE DIRECTOR'S NAME... THE CAST, THE WRITING, THE HISTORY, THE PERFORMANCES, THE RANGE of EMOTION WERE LITERALLY UNBELIEVABLY and INSPIRED AWE IN A FILM, THE LIKES OF WHICH I HAD NOT EXPERIENCED BEFORE...
Rating: - A Qualified Masterpiece
"We don't want vengeance. We want order first...We are the new crusaders!"
--a patrone' (landowner aristocrat)
I know what you're probably thinking, throwing spitballs at an obscure masterpiece is the equivalent of bullying. Accuse me of having a short attention span, but I thought there were many ways Bertolucci could have tightened up '1900,' his epic about the rise of socialism and fascism in Italy during the last century. There are plenty of haunting scenes to be sure, ... Read More
Rating: - A truly great movie!
If you want to know what 20th century history is from a European or Italian point of view, you ought to see this film.
If you want to just enjoy an impressive story about three generations, love, hatred, loyalty and betrayal, you ought to see ths film.
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Rating: - Brilliant, yet not for every taste...
Bertolucci's massive epic has wonderful and grim moments, and is a must for every serious cinema buff. That said, it isn't for everyone and demands much of the viewer. Dominique Sanda's performance alone is worth your time, to say nothing of De Niro back in the days when he still acted...
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