Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Blu-ray) PG-13
The courage to do the impossible lies in the hearts of men.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 17 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 13, 2008
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Russell Crowe & Paul Bettany | |
Performer: | Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, George Innes, Mark Lewis Jones, Robert Pugh, David Threlfall & Edward Woodall | |
Directed by | Peter Weir | |
Screenwriting by | Peter Weir | |
Composition by | Christopher Gordon, Iva Davies & Richard Tognetti | |
Produced by | Peter Weir, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. & Duncan Henderson | |
Director of Photography: | Russell Boyd | |
Executive Production by | Alan B. Curtiss |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 2003 -
Best Cinematography: Russell Boyd
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Marketed as a rollicking adventure at sea, "Master and Commander" instead is a disguised lesson in social history with just enough action sequences to make it palatable.
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Times-Picayune
Rating: A --
Crowe and director Peter Weir have thrown the cliche overboard and replaced them with great storytelling. Run -- don't walk. I liked it so much i wanted to enlist.
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Good Morning America
[M]ost of the action of Peter Weir’s movie, an adaptation of Patrick O’Brian’s popular series of seafaring novels, is of a far calmer variety, delving into the curious human ecosystem of a British warship.
The Atlantic
It never achieves the visual elegance or majesty that a David Lean might have provided. The story line isn't the freshest. And yet the film is satisfying all the same.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Rating: 9/10 --
So much fun to watch that the fact it's also quite ingenious and crafty can be surprisingly difficult to notice.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
Rating: 4/4 --
Peter Weir makes the Surprise a world to explore, not a splashy CGI simulation. Like a human body, the boat stays afloat through complex processes. A knockout mix of organic elegance, reflective drama and aggressive action on par with Sir David Lean.
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The Film Yap
Thanks in no small measure to Perfect Storm designer William Sandell, this handsomely mounted actioner exudes the authentic tang of salt, sweat and gunpowder.
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Time Out
Product Description:
Based on a series of books by Patrick O'Brian, and directed by Peter Weir, MASTER AND COMMANDER plunges viewers deep into the story of a British Navy ship at sea during the Napoleonic war. Russell Crowe stars as Aubrey, the charismatic captain who wrestles with issues like honor, pride, duty, sacrifice and loyalty while using ingenious tactics to engage his prey--a much larger and better-equipped French Man o' War. Paul Bettany plays his friend, the ship's doctor, who cautions Aubrey about letting revenge cloud his judgment after the French Man o' War almost sinks them in an early battle. Before the incredibly intense final skirmish the men battle a raging storm, launch an excursion to the Galapagos Islands, find time for grog-enhanced merriment, and endure some primitive surgery. Weir fills the film with a rich wealth of period detail, convincing dialogue, and the same haunting, dreamlike mood that has informed his best films, such as PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, THE LAST WAVE and THE TRUMAN SHOW. The wealth of sounds and sights on display are so evocative one can practically smell the salt air and feel the heave of the ocean. Russell is intense and inspiring as Aubrey, and Bettany proves a worthy match. MASTER AND COMMANDER is another triumph for Weir, and further evidence of his ability to fuse poetic realism with rousing entertainment.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 114,076
- UPC: 024543014102
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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