The Vikings (Blu-ray)
Mightiest Of Men... Mightiest Of Spectacles... Mightiest Of Motion Pictures!
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 8, 2016
- Originally Released: 1958
- Label: KL Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine & Janet Leigh | |
Performer: | James Donald, Alexander Knox, Maxine Audley & Frank Thring | |
Directed by | Richard Fleischer | |
Edited by | Elmo Williams | |
Screenplay by | Calder Willingham & Dale Wasserman | |
Composition by | Mario Nascimbene | |
Produced by | Jerry Bresler | |
Director of Photography: | Jack Cardiff |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
It is the best advertisement for beer-drinking since the breweries put wrestling on TV.
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New York Times
...Jack Cardiff's Technirama photography still holds up...
USA Today
Rating: 3/5 --
Fighting he-men and their war ships
Kansas City Kansan
The film, gory and raucous, is a worthy specimen of its kind, and camera-ace Jack Cardiff's color photography deserves an Oscar nomination.
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Maclean's Magazine
Rating: B --
The real stars are the production people
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Old School Reviews
Rating: 4/5 --
An enjoyable adventure film that benefits from first class work all round, The Vikings is a must for film historians and a pleasure for the rest of us.
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Eye for Film
Rating: C --
Directed with brawn over brain by Richard Fleischer.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Product Description:
Einar (Kirk Douglas), a hideously scarred Viking warrior, seeks land acquisition and the hand of the beautiful Princess Morgana (Janel Leigh). Einar crosses paths with Eric (Tony Curtis) who has his sights set on the same prizes. The two have more in common than they know; unbeknownst to one another, they are brothers.
This 1958 epic was based on an actual Viking, Ragnar Lothbrok, a sadistic and adventurous sailor. While not very rooted in fact, the film is a rousing adventure with lusty, violent imagery very bold for its time. A scene where Janet Leigh's clothing is ripped, enabling her to row a boat and exposing her back was considered very risque and undoubtedly added to the film's stellar performance at the box office. Ernest Borgnine shines as Ragnar and Jack Cardiff's photography is breathtaking. An opening animated historical prelude is narrated by Orson Welles.
This 1958 epic was based on an actual Viking, Ragnar Lothbrok, a sadistic and adventurous sailor. While not very rooted in fact, the film is a rousing adventure with lusty, violent imagery very bold for its time. A scene where Janet Leigh's clothing is ripped, enabling her to row a boat and exposing her back was considered very risque and undoubtedly added to the film's stellar performance at the box office. Ernest Borgnine shines as Ragnar and Jack Cardiff's photography is breathtaking. An opening animated historical prelude is narrated by Orson Welles.