Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  602 reviews
Sales Rank: 811
Format: Ac-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed), Spanish (Published)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 196
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D23866D
UPC: 025192386626
EAN: 0025192386626
ASIN: B00012QM8G
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 1993
Release Date: March 9, 2004
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Steven Spielberg had a banner year in 1993. He scored one of his biggest commercial hits that summer with the mega-hit Jurassic Park, but it was the artistic and critical triumph of Schindler's List that Spielberg called "the most satisfying experience of my career." Adapted from the best-selling book by Thomas Keneally and filmed in Poland with an emphasis on absolute authenticity, Spielberg's masterpiece ranks among the greatest films ever made about the Holocaust during World War II. It's a film about heroism with an unlikely hero at its center--Catholic war profiteer Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who risked his life and went bankrupt to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. By employing Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army, Schindler ensures their survival against terrifying odds. At the same time, he must remain solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant (Ben Kingsley) and negotiate business with a vicious, obstinate Nazi commandant (Ralph Fiennes) who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa overlooking a prison camp. Schindler's List gains much of its power not by trying to explain Schindler's motivations, but by dramatizing the delicate diplomacy and determination with which he carried out his generous deeds. As a drinker and womanizer who thought nothing of associating with Nazis, Schindler was hardly a model of decency; the film is largely about his transformation in response to the horror around him. Spielberg doesn't flinch from that horror, and the result is a film that combines remarkable humanity with abhorrent inhumanity--a film that functions as a powerful history lesson and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the context of a living nightmare. --Jeff Shannon
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Schindler's List, a Steven Spielberg film, is a cinematic masterpiece that has become one of the most honored films of all time. Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, it also won every major Best Picture award and an exceptional number of additional honors. Among them were seven British Academy Awards; the Best Picture Awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics, the National Board of Review, the Producers Guild, the Los Angeles Film Critics, the Chicago, Boston and Dallas Film Critics; a Christopher Award; and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Golden Globe Awards. Steven Spielberg was further honored with the Directors Guild of America Award. The film presents the indelible true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference, and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history because of what he did. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film, which also won Academy Awards for Screenplay, Cinematography, Music, Editing and Art Direction, stars an acclaimed cast headed by Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle and Embeth Davidtz.
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 IMPORTANT MESSAGE October 3, 2008
This is without a doubt the single most important film of my time. I am 35 years old, and I fancy myself a movie freak. I am not a Jew; in fact I am an Atheist and a very proud one. I mention this because if you read my first sentence, you probably deduced that I was a religious person, thus driving me to make such an impactfull comment about this film. I say this film is the most important film I have ever seen because it shows the ignorance of mankind in its most raw form, bloodshed, on an un-imaginable scale. As silly as it is for a human being to believe in an imaginary old man up in the sky, or living in you chest if you prefer, will save you when you die only if you denounce all other imaginary old men living in the sky while worshiping that particular one, it is just as easy for a group of mislead sheep to attempt to wipe out a race of human beings. Definitely not one of mankind's finest hours. This is a wonderful account of TWO men making a huge difference and saving lives, regardless of the consequences. That's right i said TWO men, because when i discuss this film with other's, they can never tell me who Itzhak Stern is. If it wasn't for him, the list would probably have never been. "The list is life".
 Mandatory Viewing September 3, 2008
I believe this movie should be mandatory viewing by all seniors in the high school system, to show them how cruel and meaningless war was and is. I enjoyed the movie when it was first released, I found it shocking, brutal and touching. I didn't really care for the character Schindler (I found him to be ruthless money grabber), but the characters revolving around him in the chaotic times of WWII was where I found the real depth of the movie.
If everyone of our children watch "Schindler's List" and walk away with a true feeling of how precious life is, then I think we can stand proud as parents, and feel as if we have taught them something that they can teach their own children in the future. That war is war, nothing more, nothing less. That war should be avoided at all costs, no matter what the price.
I have two daughters and when they are old enough, I will sit and watch this most important and insightful film with them. I suggest you all do the same.
 PORTRAYS JEWS AS HELPLESS WIMPY SHEEP: SCHINDLER DID IT FOR MONEY - POLE, IRENA SENDLER SAVED JEWS AS A HUMANIST. August 30, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Poles, unlike the Jews, fought back and paid dearly for it. 3,000,000 Polish-Catholics were murdered by the germans and another 2,000,000 Polish-Catholics were murdered, worked to death and deprted to the gulags by Stalin. Hello, that's 5,000,000 Polish-Catholics murdered in WWII!
A thought: Schindler saved 1,200 Jews with NO risk to his life whatsoever. Irena Sendler, a POLISH-CATHOLIC, saved over 2,500 Jewish children, with the risk of death at any second. She carried Jewish Babies out of the ghetto hidden in gift boxes!!! The Germans broke both her legs and tortured her, but she never revealed ZEGOTA, a Polish-Catholic underground movement to save jews in german-Occupied Poland. So... WHO! gets the big and over the top Hollywood movie!? More ironic is that, Schindlers wife, was honest to say that Oscar stole everything from the Jews he was with, completely exploited them for profit and chrged Jews an arm and a leg. Spielberg chose the wrong person (Spielberg to me is a decent human being, with consciece), but again, he chose the wrong person. Spielberg changes the ending from the book,i.e., Schindler leaves these Jews in the end, again, taking all valuables from them and charging them for their safety, Irena, a Polish-Catholic, charged nothing and did this as a humanist. Read and acknowledge IRENA SENDLER, a true hero of WWII, unlike Schindler which is well....
A gross understatement.... August 29, 2008
To call Schindler's List, "a cinematic masterpiece," is a gross understatement. Unfortunately, I can't think of any better term than that. This is one of the most outstanding movies I have ever had the privilege to see. It has inspired me to reach out to the Jews of today who are still facing persecution in countries around the world. I want to start my own list of names. It will be of those Jews who I help make aliyah (emigrate to Israel). "The list is life."
Probably the greatest movie ever made August 28, 2008
Like many cinematic masterpieces, it's not possible to summarize this film in a TV-guide style and portray any sense of its monumental achievement. I'm not going to describe its content but it's a film that every person should watch as a lesson for not just where true evil can lead, but also how hope, honesty and humanity offers redemption.
It's even more of a testament to Steven Spielberg that he was reviewing FX reels of Jurassic Park in between filming sequences for this, since ever shot is vital to the film and perfectly crafted. It's also one of the few films that warrant buying a home theater system for - you simply won't believe the difference when viewing on a large LCD screen with surround sound.
I originally saw this three times at the movie theater, which is a major commitment for a 4-hour film. I've also seen it several times on cable and accidentally ended up watching the whole thing. It's simply one of the most compelling films ever made and, as a piece of art, grabs you from the very beginning to the very end.
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PS - As an aside, I once saw this in the theater in London where a bunch of skinheads were at the front making constant derogatory comments and slurs. About 25 minutes in, a jumbo-sized container full of Coke whizzed passed my ear and hit one of them on the squarely on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious on the floor. The whole theater erupted with cheers and applause, and it's one of the most satisfying acts of swift justice I've ever witnessed!
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