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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929028771
Format: Color, Widescreen
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Running Time: 126 minutes
Sales Rank: 4836
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Product Description:
History knows him as Genghis Khan but before he became a warlord he was simply a man named Temudgin. Exiled into slavery as a boy and forced into a life of struggle after his father is killed by a rival clan the greatest military mastermind of all time survived on the strength of a single dream: to unite his people into the largest empire the world has ever known. Asano Tadanobu portrays Temudgin in director Sergei Bodrov's sweeping Academy Award nominated epic full of breathtaking landscapes and bloody battles that follows the Mongol warrior as he escapes the shackles of bondage finds love and rises to become the general who would create history's most powerful empire.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/MILITARY & WAR Rating: R UPC: 883929028771 Manufacturer No: 1000040382
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First entry in a proposed trilogy, Mongol vividly captures the beauty and brutality of ancient Mongolia. Beginning in 1172 and ending in 1206, Sergei Bodrov's Oscar-nominated epic presents future conqueror Ghengis Khan as more lover--and fighter--than diplomat. Against his father Esegui's wishes, nine-year-old Temudjin chooses his own bride, whom he marries in the years to come. Hopes for the future, however, turns to thoughts of vengeance when the clan forsakes the boy upon Esegui's death. While Temudjin (now played by Zatoichi’s Tadanobu Asano, a quietly commanding presence) makes his way in a cruel world, turncoat Targutai (Amadu Mamadakov) becomes the new khan. When an opposing clan kidnaps Temudjin’s wife, Börte (Khulan Chuluun), he eventually retrieves her, but betrays blood brother Jamukha (Sun Honglei, Seven Swords) in the process, leading to further enslavement and more Kurasawa-style slicing and dicing. Throughout his travails, Temudjin comes to believe that Mongols must unite to share the same language, culture, and set of values. Sustained by his faith in the god Tengri and the devotion of Börte, Temudjin sets out to wrest control of Mongolia from Jamukha and his women and children-killing hordes. Except for an over-reliance on CGI during the climactic battle sequence, Mongol equals the scope and grandeur of historical predecessors, like Braveheart and Hero. If much of the cast is Chinese and Japanese, Bodrov, who directed Prisoner of the Mountains, conjures up authenticity through detailed costumes, Mongolian dialogue, and remote Central Asian locations. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Rating: - A little slow paced, but highly entertaining.
An excellent movie. A little slow paced, but highly entertaining. It differed at times from other historical accounts I've read of Genghis Khan; but I thouroughly enjoyed the presentation of the Mongolian actors, language, scenery, culture, and traditions.
Rating:  - "A Mongol on the Roof"
After John Wayne and Omar Sharif, A Genghis Khan who finally (to western eyes at least) looks right. "Mongol" is a very good DVD. I rented it from Red Box (a DVD rental machine found at U.S. supermarkets) the day before Thanksgiving and the family watched it that night. It matched a large amount of my reading as far as land and culture were concerned. How historically accurate the film is, I'm not sure. No two books in English seem to be in total agreement on the life of Timojen (I've seen it ... Read More
Rating: - The story of an Alpha Male with a vision
Everything about an epic is done on grand scale: It is a work of art that crosses a great expanse of land, involves several generations, and focuses on the life of a great hero and including magic and great feats. "Mongol" certainly meets this definition. Temudjin is not yet a hero, but by the end of the film, the viewer sees this man rise from year after year of personal defeat to becoming Mongolia's greatest leader, indeed, one of history's greatest leaders.
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Rating: - Before the Golden Hordes
Although this compelling film is about the life of the infamous Ghengis Khan, he was not given that name until after the time period covered here. His birth name was Temudjin, and the film follows him from a nine year old boy, until approximately his early thirties when he unites the numerous Mongol tribes under his banner. As one would expect, life on the Mongolian steppe in the 12th century is harsh; constant tribal warfare, being kidnapped and sold into slavery, having your bride stolen by a rival tribe, ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent!
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (+ Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]
I loved this movie. The quality and visuals were excellent.
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