This four part, eight hour miniseries turns the fate of a family of German Jews into a sprawling drama that covers all the bases of the holocaust horror. It was strong stuff and a big Emmy winner, boosting the careers of James Woods and Michael Moriarty. His warped charisma as a psychotic Nazi is so good that he’s consistently more interesting than the courageous victims. As for Meryl Streep, she became an instant star — everybody remembered her from this. Although it’s been called ‘The Holocaust for Dummies,’ it’s a quality show. Looking from today’s perspective, after forty years of Political Correctness adjustments, I’m not sure any two viewers will react in quite the same way.
Holocaust
Blu-ray
CBS Television Studio / Paramount
1978 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 7 hours, 36 min. / Street Date September 24, 2019 / 43.19
Starring: James Woods, Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty, Joseph Bottoms, Rosemary Harris, Fritz Weaver, Tovah Feldshuh, Deborah Norton,...
Holocaust
Blu-ray
CBS Television Studio / Paramount
1978 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 7 hours, 36 min. / Street Date September 24, 2019 / 43.19
Starring: James Woods, Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty, Joseph Bottoms, Rosemary Harris, Fritz Weaver, Tovah Feldshuh, Deborah Norton,...
- 10/5/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Films that are based on a true story are supposed to educate you on the subject matter and the story that film is trying to tell. There are characters that we learn about, feel for, and that keep us engrossed in the story. Hunger is based on a true story, but does none of these things.
Hunger is the directorial debut of Steve McQueen and tells the true story of Bobby Sands and the hunger strike he builds to help regain some rights as prisoners in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland, 1981. All of the prisoners there are kept naked in their confined cells with a cellmate. They are only given clothes to wear when they have visitors, and only blankets and loin cloths to cover themselves inside the hallways. The only hygiene they are presented with is when they are dragged out of their cell, held down on the ground...
Hunger is the directorial debut of Steve McQueen and tells the true story of Bobby Sands and the hunger strike he builds to help regain some rights as prisoners in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland, 1981. All of the prisoners there are kept naked in their confined cells with a cellmate. They are only given clothes to wear when they have visitors, and only blankets and loin cloths to cover themselves inside the hallways. The only hygiene they are presented with is when they are dragged out of their cell, held down on the ground...
- 6/22/2009
- by RyanBoy
- Atomic Popcorn
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