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The Last Samurai (2004, DVD)

Movie Description
Edward Zwick directs this sumptuously designed, action-packed period epic that stars Tom Cruise as Captain Nathan Algren. Algren, a former Civil War hero, is adrift in 1870s San Francisco after the war, a lost soul struggling to stay afloat in a booze-soaked stupor. When he is recruited by the Japanese government to train the Emperor's army, he departs for the unknown shores of Japan and begins training the soldiers in American military tactics. But these skills are useless against a band of samurai rebels led by the proud warrior Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe), and Algren is easily defeated. He is taken to a remote samurai village where he learns samurai warrior codes and ways of life, developing a deep bond with Katsumoto and sharing philosophical conversations with him. Caught between the feudal culture of the ancient samurai warriors and the encroachment of modern society, Algren is forced to choose between his own culture or Katsumoto's. THE LAST SAMURAI is lavish in its dramatic period costumes and intense performances, and will thrill fans of both historical drama and action films.

Credits
Producer:Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Paula Wagner, Scott Kroopf, Ted Field, Tom Cruise, Tom Engelman
Cast:Billy Connolly, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ken Watanabe, Masato Harada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, Tony Goldwyn

Details
Edition:2-Disc Widescreen Edition

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1
Double Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
   Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
   Dolby Surround 2.0 - English
   Stereo - English
   Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Additional Release Material:
   Audio Commentary - 1. Edward Zwick - Director
   Deleted Scenes - 1. "The Beheading" (Behind the Beheading); Algren and Katsumoto
   Documentaries - 1. "History vs. Hollywood: THE LAST SAMURAI"
   Featurettes - 1. "Tom Cruise: A Warrior's Journey"
    2. "Edward Zwick: Director's Video Journal"
    3. "A World of Design: Production Design with Lilly Kilvert"
    4. "Silk and Armour: Costume Design with Ngila Dickson"
    5. "Imperial Army Basic Training: From Soldier to Samurai - The Weapons"
    6. "Tokyo and Kyoto Red Carpet Premieres"
   Interviews - 1. "Making an Epic: A Conversation with Edward Zwick"
DVD-ROM Features, Theatrical Release Date: December 5, 2003

Editorial Reviews
"...[A] rousing, smoothly assembled historical fantasia....A handsome epic..."
Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum (12/05/2003)

"...Cruise plays the role with fierce energy and swings a Bushido blade like a pro..."
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (12/25/2003)

"[With] some of the most impressively realised battles this side of Middle Earth."
Sight and Sound - Ben Walters (02/01/2004)

"Mr. Zwick has absorbed the lethal agility of Akira Kurosawa; what registers just as powerfully as the sureness of the combatants is the ugly futility of the battles themselves."
New York Times - Elvis Mitchell (12/05/2003)

"THE LAST SAMURAI affords the sort of fizzy enjoyment that can come with epic movie endeavors, including a meticulously detailed world unlike our own, an excellent supporting cast and some pulse-pounding fights."
Los Angeles Times - Manohla Dargis (12/05/2003)

"Beautifully designed, intelligently written, acted with conviction, it's an uncommonly thoughtful epic."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (12/05/2003)

"THE LAST SAMURAI is another stirring Civil War-era epic directed by Edward Zwick."
Widescreen Review - Widescreen Review Staff (06/01/2006)

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      A Little Long In Running Time....
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    A Little Long In Running Time.... But well worth watching!

    Tom Cruise comes across well as the main character in this movie, and the other actors do a fine job also!

    This is a great period time piece and has enough action to make a guy stay and watch it also!

    Recommended viewing!

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    I feel Cruise delivered an excellent portrayal in this movie. I am a history buff, and once I heard this movie was being made, with Cruise playing a Civil War guy turned Samurai, I was shocked. I know Cruise is an excellent actor, and this one I just had to see for myself. Loved it from the get go. Started slow but progressed quickly.


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