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Hart's War
by (Producer: Gregory Hoblit) (Producer: Arnold Rifkin) (Producer: David Foster) (Producer: David Ladd) (Writer: Billy Ray) (Writer: John Katzenbach) (Writer: Terry George)
Product Group: DVD
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
ISBN: B00005JKTP
UPC: 027616877284
Binding/Media: DVD
Running Time: 125 minutes
Release Date: 2002-07-09
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
SKU: EE081204102UNB
Condition: Like New
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Editorial Reviews
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Description
Bruce Willis stars as an imprisoned officer who refuses to give up his fight to defeat the Nazis inthis "absorbing" (Roger Ebert) WWII adventure. Co-starring Colin Farrell (Minority Report) and packed with "crisp action sequences" (Los Angeles Times), Hart's War is a powerful and "stirring tribute to soldierly courage and honor" (L.A. Daily News). When Col. William McNamara (Willis) is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep onfightingeven from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant (Farrell) in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.
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Amazon.com
Anyone who appreciates subtle tension will enjoy this World War II prison-camp drama, based on John Katzenbach's novel, in which honor, courage, and sacrifice are revealed in unexpected ways. Bruce Willis plays the ranking U.S. prisoner in a Nazi POW camp, joined in December 1944 by a law-student lieutenant (up-and-coming star Colin Farrell) who'd been captured despite his father's powerful military connections. When a black pilot (Terrence Dashon Howard) from the famous Tuskeegee airmen is falsely accused of murdering a fellow prisoner, Farrell tries his case and discovers the real motivation behind Willis's kangaroo court. While combining elements of Stalag 17 and The Great Escape, director Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear, Frequency) spices this moral dilemma with well-crafted suspense and a rousing dogfight sequence, but the human drama remains muted despite fine, understated performances by Willis, Farrell, and Howard. An escape thriller with an ethical twist, Hart's War works best as a study of heroism under extraordinary circumstances. --Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews
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Harts War
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-08-17
Excellent movie, wouldn't think otherwise, I love all of Bruce Willis movies, combined with Colin Farrell makes for a great story with a lot of excitement spectacular realism and drama all the way through. Excellent plot, very well produced. A must movie to add to your collections of blu rays.
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The American-"trained" actors need to learn to ENUNCIATE.
Rating  (3)
Date: 2010-04-08
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I'm not into action/war movies so the mumbling employed by the American actors especially Cole Hauser really threw me off.
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not a war film... seriously
Rating  (2)
Date: 2010-02-16
Hart's War starts out like it's going to have a *ton* of promise. Prisoners get shot, blood flies everywhere, planes from above shoot the people below in graphic fashion, a generic looking explosion, establishing the main characters... but then the film gradually morphs into Law & Order: the Movie.
I can't recall the last time I seen a plot fall completely on its behind like this one did. Bruce Willis as one of the main characters or not, this movie stinks thanks entirely to the plotline.
Why focus on the real, interesting events that took place during World War II when we can have some kind of melodramatic courtroom scene dragging out for the entire length of the film? Why focus on the real-life cruelty imposed by the Germans in a war that actually happened when instead we can be treated to a storyline that deals with skin color, prosecution and an unbelievable, makeshift jury system that the Germans themselves actually seemed to enjoy (because they sat around and watched it take place the entire time)?
Was any of this supposed to be believable? I don't get it. Did the Germans really admire the American jury system and thought it was legitimate and fair, and *that* was the idea behind making this movie? I know it's based off a book so... what was the inspiration behind the creation of the book?
Honestly, if you thought the ides behind the storyline to Hart's War was a good idea, that's your choice of course, but what kind of people is this film really intended for?
The storyline stood apart from all the life-saving, action hungry, emotional heroic rescue type storylines that are normally associated with most war films. People who tune in to Law & Order every Wednesday night will love a film like this, but for people like me? No way.
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war is hell
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-02-05
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy "Hart's War" as much as I did. But the more the movie progressed the better it got because each character was incredibly multi-faceted and thought-provoking. Colin Farrell plays Lieutenant Hart, a former law student who now has to use what little schooling he received to defend Lieutenant Scott (Terrence Howard), a pilot who is being forced to be the patsy in a military murder trail. This is the first movie I have ever seen with Colin Farrell and I was very impressed with him because his emotions run the gamut of everything from enraged to terrified to shocked with such percision and complexity. As usual Bruce Willis (as Colonel McNamara) was perfect. Although the part is considerly smaller compared to Colin Farrell, Bruce sort of walked away with this movie because he is really the most memorable. What that man can accomplish with his eyes few men can do with their entire bodies. And every word out of his mouth was so real and dramatic that I probably would have thought that I was watching a period documentary (if only I hadn't recognized my very favorite actor). "Hart's War" includes several subplots which all have intricate meanings and all thread into the ultimate story. It's very character-driven (there's not a lot of overt violence). Instead, this film really causes the viewer to think about ethics, honor, integrity and the meaning of honesty. Not since "Judgment at Nuremberg" has there been another war-era movie that is so complex and riveting.
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A workmanlike film with solid acting
Rating (3)
Date: 2010-01-24
"Hart's War" features decent performances by Bruce Willis and Colin Farell in a somewhat convoluted story set in a German POW camp late in the war. Lt. Hart is a Senator's son who has managed to get soft duty for most of the war. Suddenly he finds himself captured, tortured, and in a POW camp. When black American fighter pilots are brought to the camp, they face prejudice and a trumped-up court-martial in which the inexperienced Hart is appointed defense counsel. This all sounds straightforward, but in reality there is a convoluted sub-plot that I will not give away in this review. There is an interesting angle of fraternization with the German camp command that I found somewhat unrealistic, but who can say?
Overall, this is a workmanlike POW film. Its main flaw in my opinion is its lack of plausibility. Still, an entertaining film. RJB.
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