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The Duellists [Blu-ray] [UK Region Spanish Import]

Keith Carradine (Actor), Harvey Keitel (Actor), Ridley Scott (Director) Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over Format: Blu-ray
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Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another officer and sets off a life-long enmity. The two officers, D'Hubert and Feraud, cross swords time and time again in an attempt to achieve justice and preserve their honor.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17 x 13.5 x 1.1 cm; 60 g
  • Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Ridley Scott
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, Import, Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 100 minutes
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Edward Fox, Albert Finney, Cristina Raines
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Ivor Powell, David Puttnam
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KDDNILW
  • Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Spain
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Griswold
    5.0 out of 5 stars An absolutely superb film.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2024
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    I love this film. Set in the early days of Napoleonic France, the film follows two French army officers in their constant duelling that goes on for years. The scenery is brilliant, miles of unspoiled countryside and the military uniforms are spectacular if not overly practical. The commentary by Ridley Scott at the end of the film is a must watch item. The cast of this film are also some of the very best actors of our time. whilst finding a location in which to make this film it was discovered that it was based on fact, a couple from the very same area had carried on just such a lifelong duel. If you have not seen this film you're missing out.
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  • cora
    5.0 out of 5 stars Visually Stunning
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2021
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    What a beautiful film this is. Every frame reminds of old oil paintings, be it officers in elaborate dress uniforms, a wounded soldier or a simple meal laid out on a wooden table. The whole film is a visual masterpiece. Quite astonishing considering this is Ridley Scott's first feature film. Talk about hitting the ground running.

    The story of the two eternally duelling officers is based on a story by Joseph Conrad, so you know it's not going to be cheerful. The mood is sombre throughout (except for one short moment where a tender twosome is interrupted by a randy horse - gotta love the filmmakers for not leaving that moment of unintended levity on the cutting room floor). There isn't a whole lot of dialogue, and apart from the recurrent scenes of duelling there isn't even a lot of action. This is slow drama. And for me it worked a treat. I enjoyed the visual splendour, and the slow pace helps convey that this is a story that plays out over a lifetime. Really enjoyable film.

    The DVD I purchased (Paramount Home Entertainment - green cover background with orange "Widescreen Collection" top bar) is very nice. Good picture and sound. Subtitles are available. Also included are the following (very nice) extra features:
    ~~~ Commentary with Ridley Scott
    ~~~ Isolated Score with Howard Blake Commentary
    ~~~ Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
    ~~~ Boy and Bicycle, Ridley Scott's first short film
    ~~~ Storyboards
    ~~~ Theatrical Trailer
    ~~~ Photo Galleries
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  • rob crawford
    5.0 out of 5 stars neglected masterpiece
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2011
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    I saw this when it came out and vividly remembered it for over 30 years, though when I saw it I did not know that Ridley Scott directed it. To see it again was an extraordinary pleasure, the quality was so great that I was astounded. This is an absolutely first rate film, a genuine masterpiece.

    The plot of the film is about two men locked in a duel of mortal combat, the tail end of the aristocratic honor code as the modern age dawns with Napoleon. Though an aristocrat, one man (Carradine) is rather civilized, given the task of hauling the other, an incorrigible brute, into prison for the murder by sword of a politician's relative. After a silly insult, the result is an explosive hatred, with the macho aggressor (Keitel) imposing the fight and his own code on his adversary. Carradine would like to stop the madness, but carries on for the sake of his reputation. All of this is played out against a vivid historical backdrop, the Napoleonic Wars and the restoration, which are evoked with splendid intelligence and subtlety.

    The action scenes - the fights - are of a bloody realism that I have rarely seen in an action film, but then, this is a historical drama of wonderful accuracy. In a variety of contexts, you watch the men go at eachother with a blood lust, with a youthful energy that slips away before the viewer's eyes, with a growing sense of futility and emotional scars. It is an extraordinary transformation.

    The cinematography of the film is also second to none: from the odd angles of provincial French architecture to the flourishes of the most Baroque aristocratic homes, you witness the men as they pursue their careers. Truly a feast for the eyes, utterly mesmerizing, breathtaking. Iconic images are a Ridley Scott hallmark.

    Finally, the extras on the making of the film are very nice. You get context with the usual hollywood fluff treatment. Recommended with the greatest enthusiasm.
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  • Jose
    2.0 out of 5 stars Anuncio falso.
    Reviewed in Mexico on 4 April 2023
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    A pesar de que ÍøÆغÚÁÏ dice que tiene subtítulos en inglés, la verdad es que no los tiene. Desgraciadamente lo guardé y pasó el plazo de devolución para cuando me encontré con la triste realidad.
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  • LALANDE Simon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good Product.
    Reviewed in Spain on 26 November 2024
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    Good Product.
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  • Captain Cologne
    5.0 out of 5 stars Immer wieder sehenswert!
    Reviewed in Germany on 5 November 2024
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    Ich weiß nicht, wie oft ich den Film bereits angeschaut habe, es müssen mindestens 15 Mal sein. Und jedes Mal entdeckt man neues oder erfreut sich jedes Mal auf‘s neue an der Schönheit dieses Werkes.
    Scotts Erstling war gleich ein Meisterstück, wunderschön fotografiert, hervorragend gespielt, voller Atmosphäre.
    Mangels einer deutschen Blu-ray bin ich nun, nach Jahren des vergeblichen Wartens, auf diese spanische Scheibe ausgewichen. Die Bildqualität ist doch eine deutliche Spur besser als die deutsche DVD, liegt aber leider nicht mit der guten deutschen Synchronisation vor, sondern lediglich im originalen Englisch und der spanischen Tonspur. Desgleichen die Untertitel.
    Dennoch: Für Fans des Streifens, die die Hoffnung auf eine deutsche Scheibe aufgegeben haben: Zugreifen lohnt sich!
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  • Dr. Robert F. Knoll
    5.0 out of 5 stars Swords, Pistols and the Elusive Pursuit of Honor
    Reviewed in the United States on 3 June 2013
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    When film fans think of director Ridley Scott, his sci-fi classics "Alien"(1979) and "Blade Runner"(1982) spring immediately to our minds. Yet Ridley Scott is nothing if not diverse in his choice of films to direct. His historical war films range from "Gladiator", the 2000 Oscar winner for Best Picture, set in imperial Rome, to "Kingdom of Heaven"(2005), a very contemporary take on the Crusades. Western forces conflict with Muslim ones again in his masterpiece, "Black Hawk Down" (2001), this time during the recent civil war in Somalia.
    Scott also directed the landmark feminist film "Thelma and Louise" (1991) and the cops and robbers saga "American Gangster" (2007). His latest is the extremely ambitious sci-fi behemoth "Prometheus" (2012).
    Such an illustrious film career had to begin somewhere. After a long and prosperous stint in television and advertising, Scott moved into feature film production, winning the Best First Feature Award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival for "The Duellists", based on Joseph Conrad's short story and set during the Napoleonic Wars.
    "The Duellists" has been lovingly restored in high definition by Paramount Pictures and marketed by the Shout Factory. The sword play rings out loudly and clearly, the blacks are suitably inky and the colors vibrant, both in natural lighting and indoors by candlelight. Indeed, the look and texture of this disc, augmented by Howard Blake's haunting score, has only one rival in the category of period film made during the 1970's,Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon"(1975). "The Duellists" has the advantage of being based on a short story so, at 100 minutes, it is just long enough to create exquisite period detail in its production and costume design, and to present 2 alpha males engaged in mortal combat, a theme that would become a Ridley Scott obsession.
    The two leading characters/actors could not be more opposite in manner and philosophy of life. Keith Carradine, who attracted favorable notice as an ill-fated cowboy in Robert Altman's "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" (1971), and won an Oscar for Best Song for "Nashville"(1975),and Harvey Keitel, most famous for Martin Scorsese's studies of urban pathology, "Mean Streets"(1973) and "Taxi Driver" (1976), portray Napoleonic officers, upwardly mobile to the rank of general. D'Hubert.an aristocratic officer with a keen sense of irony and absurdity faces off against Feraud, a proletarian hothead fueled by class hatred and a self-serving sense of honor. After Feraud seriously wounds a relative of the mayor of Strausbourg, d'Hubert is sent to place him under house arrest.Thus begins a tragedy of errors and misunderstandings which will consume decades of both men's lives from 1800 through the French invasion of Russia in 1812 to the attempted restoration of Napoleon years later.
    Feraud becomes for d'Hubert the embodiment of the classical Furies, trying on foot and on horseback, using swords and pistols, to kill his self proclaimed enemy, whose sense of honor is genuine and requires him to accept every challenge from the increasingly irrational Feraud.
    Before the climactic scenes, amidst the ruins of a medieval fortress, d'Hubert tells Feraud's seconds, "We came here to kill each other. Any ground is suitable for that." (I'm tempted to find a filmmaker's commentary on the antiquated code of honor by virtue of the film's final bleak settings).Only after d'Hubert refuses to shoot Feraud when he has the chance can this film story resolve itself. "I shall declare you dead," says d'Hubert. The final image is an enormous close up of the solitary Feraud, his purpose in life having vanished.
    Although it takes a while to accustom oneself to the spectacle of Harvey Keitel in braids, Keith Carradine, with his long and lanky frame, wears both his moustache and his uniform with great panache, even when limping. The two very modern stars are surrounded by a gallery of well chosen character actors, including Albert Finney, Robert Stephens, Edward Fox and Alan Webb. Among the actresses, Diana Quick makes a strong impression as d'Hubert's mistress, a "lady of the garrison", worldly wise and worldly weary.
    Producer David Puttnam, who would later win the Oscar for Best Picture for "Chariots of Fire" (1981), helped bring in a masterpiece on quite a limited budget. Cinematographer Frank Tidy's ravishing images are faithfully rendered in high definition. All the artists and craftspeople invoved are honored by this transfer.
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  • Argus
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Question of Honour
    Reviewed in Canada on 3 February 2013
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    Few films are more beautiful to look at than Ridley Scott's debut feature from 1977, "The Duellists." Although the bluray release by Shout Factory is only a marginal improvement on the 2002 DVD release, it might be argued that any enhancement of such a sumptuous visual treat should be welcomed.

    The film rolls like a sequence of classical paintings with Scott's uncanny eye for lighting and colour applied to perfectly composed interiors and ravishing locations in the Dordogne. Uniforms, weapons, fencing techniques and hairstyles are meticulously faithful to the Napoleonic period. The illusion of historical richness is furthered by Howard Blake's evocative score and the thoughtfully elegeant script, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novella, "The Duel."

    The story is of a long-running duel between two French cavalry officers pursued for its own sake in which ideas of honour, obsession and obligation are examined. Writer Gerald Vaughan-Hughes provides a cinematic dimension by interposing a premarital relationship for one of the protagonists, Armand D'Hubert (Keith Carradine), to accentuate the destructive nature of his contest with adversary, Gabriel Ferraud (Harvey Keitel). Keitel brings a passionate intensity to his role of a resentful man driven "to feed his spite" on a fellow officer of privileged background whom he sees as a pampered "general's poodle." As the hero, Carradine offers the counter-balance of reason with a character of easy charm but one which also raises interesting questions about life's priorities.

    Good performances are also given by Albert Finney, Robert Stephens, Diana Quick, Meg Wynn Owen, Edward Fox and Tom Conti.

    Special features: the bluray edition includes an exclusive new interview with Keith Carradine.
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