A Midnight Clear [Import] R

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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 47 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 23, 2010
  • Originally Released: 1992
  • Label: Imports

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User Ratings: 3,706
A Midnight Clear -- not quite a great war movie but certainly a sensitive, bright and supremely moral one -- shows how courage itself can be a kind of insanity. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Dec 4, 2013
4 stars out of 5 -- A young, then-unknown cast -- Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Kevin Dillon, Peter Berg -- impress, and Gordon treats his material with appreciative respect.
Total Film
Jun 1, 2012
Rating: 3/5 -- [Gordon] clearly relishes the story's many ironies, and he's often successful at sharing his enjoyment of them with us. Full Review
Orlando Sentinel
Dec 4, 2013
Rating: 3/4 -- A Midnight Clear doesn't do as much as it might with its characters. But as a parable of human folly and fragile hope, it has considerable impact. Full Review
Seattle Times
Dec 4, 2013
This film about a real incident that occurred near the end of World War II is involving, always focused and affectingly acted.
People Magazine
Dec 4, 2013
Rating: 3/4 -- A Midnight Clear is a beautifully written, directed and acted movie, but it is so gut-wrenching, so taut, that it is more catharsis than entertainment. Full Review
Tulsa World
Nov 30, 2015
Rating: 3/4 -- A Midnight Clear is powerful without being overbearing. Full Review
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Dec 28, 2018

Product Description:

In 1944, a six-man American intelligence and reconnaissance unit is sent by their reckless major on a mission in a remote part of the Ardennes forest on the German front. Isolated in a remote villa in the dead of winter, they wind up developing a cryptic relationship with a small band of German soldiers nearby who've all but given up on the war effort. The disillusioned soldiers come face-to-face with one another in a beautifully filmed series of events, sharing Christmas carols, snowball fights, and a mutual desire to stay alive. Ethan Hawke stars as Will Knot, the young leader of the American unit who agrees to fake a battle with the German soldiers, who want to surrender peaceably but save their reputation. The cast includes Gary Sinise, Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, and Frank Whaley as Will's fellow recon officers. Against the hauntingly beautiful landscape of the Alpine tundra, the young men must face their darkest fears while trying to escape the horrors of war. This powerful and quietly stylish ensemble drama features lyrically beautiful voice-overs delivered by Hawke as he questions the validity of war and his spiritual place in the world. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by William Wharton.

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