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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: QUINN,ANTHONY
EAN: 0013131329193
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 01, 2005
Running Time: 173 minutes
Sales Rank: 16805
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In the war waged by Bedouin patriots to combat Benito Mussolini's Italian colonization in Libya, Omar Mukhtar, the Bedouin resistance guerrilla leader, has committed himself to a war that cannot be won in his lifetime.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 1-NOV-2005
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
Destined to remain a dubious footnote in books of movie trivia, this occasionally impressive epic from 1981 was financed with a budget of $35 million by Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, who previously attempted the role of movie producer with the critically roasted Mohammad: Messenger of God. This effort didn't fare much better (it grossed approximately $1 million worldwide), and although some of its wartime action sequences are intelligently filmed, it's not likely to gain much more of a reputation on home video. Under a shaggy Muslim beard, Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, the Arab hero and guerilla fighter who defended Libya against Benito Mussolini and Italy's attempted conquests during World War II. As straightforward biography, the movie's got an admirable epic sweep, but a cliché-ridden script and uniformly bad performances (from a cast that includes John Gielgud, Oliver Reed, and Rod Steiger) make this little more than a curiosity for those wanting to learn more about Libyan history. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Approach it with an open mind....
If you want to know what Jihad meant in the Arabic world, when the world still had values, this movie, by the brilliant filmmaker Akkad paints a spectacular mural of that world; approach it with an open mind.
Omar Mukhtar's story, one of several masterpieces Akkad created during his life, was a great choice by him. Mukhtar the old man, who led the resistance against the Italian occupation for 22 years, is a living legend in the Arabic world. Thanks to Gratiziani's obsession with ... Read More
Rating: - Lion of desert
I like this movie because is about a true event happened in Morrocos in 1929 when a rebel patriot figths against a dictator Benito Mussolini and gave his life for his country.
Rating: - GREAT
Lion of the Desert is one of the great works of Arabic Cinema which shows how a small group of people, leaded by an old man, resisted occupation and freed there land
Rating: - Timely movie even after 25 years
Lion of the Desert came out in 1981 to bad reviews and box office failure because its production was subsidized to the extent of $35 million by Libya. It was filmed mostly in eastern Libya - Cyrenaica -- and is worth viewing for the location itself. I saw it when it first came out and found it of interest at that time primarily for its portrayal of the Libyan national hero -- the indomitable Sidi 'Umar al-Mukhtar (1862-1932). I found the film, in its broad outlines, to be quite faithful to the historic ... Read More
Rating:  - 25th Anniversary set is a Disappointing repackaging of film epic.
You may want to hold on to your non-anamorphic original DVD release of this film epic. While the new 2 disk set offers both the Arabic and English versions of film, along with a new commentary by director, Moustapha Akkad, it does not include the still galleries or trailers found on the original disk. Also the framining on the new disk is incorrect. The original features a correct 2:35 image, while the new is 1:77:1, thereby removing some picture information on the left and right of the frame. The image is ... Read More
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