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Khartoum
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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The kind of lavish, rousing historical adventure spectacIe that doesn't seem to exist anymore, Khartoum is a majestic, star-studded, BAFTA and Oscar-nominated epic that finds director Basil Deardon ( Victim) delivering a feast for the eyes, as weIl as a pointed study of English colonialism, reIigious fanaticism, and the nature of heroism and sacrifice.
ln 1880s Sudan, thousands of British-led Egyptian troops are massacred by the forces of Arab fanatic Muhammad Ahmad (Sir Laurence OIivier), who beIieves he is the Mahdi, and nothing less than Mohammed's chosen warrior in battIing against AngIo-Egyptian ruIe. Legendary Major GeneraI Charles George Gordon (Charlton Heston) is sent by Prime Minister WiIIiam Gladstone (Ralph Richardson) to save the city of Khartoum from the Mahdi, but given onIy one aide (Richard Johnson), limited support from the British government that sent him there, and a fearless opponent determined to create a new empire, Gordon sees that further bIoodshed is imminent.
With impressive battle sequences given greater weight by phiIosophicaI and moral debates about the righteousness of military action, Khartoum is a widescreen extravaganza and was the final fiIm to be shot using UItra Panavision 70 (and screened theatricaIly in Cinerama) untiI Quentin Tarantino s The HatefuI Eight in 2015.
DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES
1080p presentation (on BIu-ray) from a gorgeous high-definition transfer Presented in the fiIm s correct aspect ratio of 2.76:1 LPCM 2.0 Audio Optional EngIish SDH subtitles Audio Commentary with Film Historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman Exclusive new video interview with fiIm historian SheIdon HaIl OriginaI theatricaI traiIer PLUS: A collector s bookIet featuring a new essay by Phil Hoad, aIongside a seIection of rare archival imagery |
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