The Big Red One (DVD New Packaging) - DVD [ 1980 ] - War Movies On DVD - Movies On GRUV

His 1980 film version of his war experiences did not until now. The film is the squad's combat diary, war as it's fought and sweated and bled, and, maybe, survived. Lee Marvin, in a richly layered performance now revealed as one of his finest, stars as the sergeant of peach-fuzzed riflemen fighting from North Africa to Normandy and across Europe. "The real glory of war," Samuel Fuller said, "is surviving." A decorated combatant with the famed U.S. First Infantry in WWII, Fuller survived. Working with 70,000 feet of vault materials and Fuller's shooting script, critic/filmmaker Richard Schickel heads a reconstruction that adds over 40 minutes and transforms a truncated but admired war film into an epic masterwork.

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The Big Red One (DVD New Packaging) - DVD [ 1980 ] - War Movies On DVD - Movies On GRUV