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Added on: 16/5/2000 15:29
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All Quiet On The Western Front (UK)

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They left for war as boys, never to return as men
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 123 mins
Retail Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:
All Quiet On the western Front is an acclaimed verison of Erich Maria Remarque`s devastating story of a generation destroyed.

In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their chauvinistic schoolmaster to troop off to the `glorious war`. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up.

Their disenchantment begins during the brutal basic training and then, as they board the train to the front, they see the terrible injuries suffered on the frontline - their first glimpse of the reality of war. In the trenches, one by one the boys begin to fall...

Special Features:
Interactive menus
Scene Access

Video Tracks:
Standard 1.33:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Mono English

Subtitle Tracks:
CC: English

Directed By:
Delbert Mann

Written By:

Starring:
Paul Mark Elliott
Patricia Neal
Ian Holm
Donald Pleasence
Ernest Borgnine
Richard Thomas

Director of Photography:
John Coquillon

Producer:
Ron Carr

Distributor:
Carlton

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2 / 10
No this is not the Lewis Milestone 1930 classic which is dated but still powelfull. This film is just an insult to the memory of that film.
posted by Richard73 on 7/2/2001 19:32