The Dirty Dozen (Two-Disc Special Edition) |  | Directors: Andrew V. McLaglen, Robert Aldrich
Actors: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  116 reviews
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 245 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D67921D
UPC: 125696792142
EAN: 0125696792142
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 1967
Release Date: May 23, 2006
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| • | Lee Marvin portrays a tough-as-nails major volunteered in the Army way to command a squad of misfits on a suicide mission against Nazi brass. Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Trini Lopez, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Clint Walker are among the 12 jailbirds who will earn their freedom if they survive. And Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard) directs, blending anti-authority gibes w |
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A group of conscripted convicts, most already destined for death row, are drafted to go on a near-suicide mission with the understanding that if the Nazis don't kill them, the U.S. Army won't, either. In the hands of hardboiled director Robert Aldrich and a tough-as-leather cast headed by Lee Marvin (as a troublesome U.S. Army major), that's all the plot that's needed to make one rip-roaring World War II action flick. Marvin's mission is two-fold: first turn his dozen prisoners into a fighting unit and then turn them loose on a French chateau occupied by partying German officers. His crime-minded charges include John Cassavetes as a chronic malcontent, Telly Savalas as a ready-to-blow psycho, Donald Sutherland as a lame-brained lummox, and Charles Bronson and then-just-retired NFL superstar Jim Brown as a couple of clutch performers. The first half of the film allows the colorful cast of character actors to have their fun as they get their tails whipped into shape and develop shaky bonds with their commander. The second part is all action, as the culprit commandos wreck havoc and then run for their lives. Despite the fact that few of the "heroes" survive the bloodbath, the message here isn't that war is hell. Rather, it seems to be: war can be a hell of a good time... if you've got nothing to lose. --Steven Stolder
Product Description
Lee Marvin portrays a tough-as-nails major volunteered in the Army way to command a squad of misfits on a suicide mission against Nazi brass. Charles Bronson Jim Brown John Cassavetes Trini Lopez Telly Savalas Donald Sutherland and Clint Walker are among the 12 jailbirds who will earn their freedom if they survive. And Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard) directs blending anti-authority gibes with explosive excitement. Nominated for four Academy Awards. The Dirty Dozen won for Best Sound Effects.Running Time: 149 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569679214 Manufacturer No: 67921
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 Movie for Father`s 89th Birthday October 21, 2009
Sandra Merz
My Father-in-law has been looking for this movie "The Dirty Dozen" and hasn`t been able to find it anywhere so he mentioned it to us and I went right to Amazon.com and ordered it.A done deal. I`ll have to say we did go to Best Buy first but they didn`t have it. I promise next time I want something I`ll just go to Amazon first. He loves the movie and I bet he lets us watch it too.
Thank You
Sandra Merz
Phoenix, Arizona
MUST OWN MOVIE!!!!!!! October 15, 2009
Michael D. Famico (Marblehead, MA)
This is a must own classic. Any Lee Marvin fan will HAVE to own this gem!
 HASN'T AGED WELL ... August 17, 2009
CHASE
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been catching up on movies I missed when they first came out, and last night
finally watched THE DIRTY DOZEN. Sad to say, it appears to be showing its age. The
Dirty Dozen, for example, are basically pussycats, with the notable exception of Telly Savalas. There's a lot of wince-inducing dialogue (Ernest Borgnine: I've never
gone for all that "behind-the-lines" stuff. A soldier should wear a uniform!) And the film teeters awkwardly between Boys And Their Toys comedy, and Blast 'em To Bits
action. I'm reminded of FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE. When that first came out, the scene towards the end, where Bond releases barrels of gasoline from a boat and then blows them up in the water, had the audience SCREAMING with excitement. We'd never SEEN
anything like that before. Now it doesn't even raise an eyebrow. So watch this for a
pleasant way to pass the time, and a look at stars like Donald Sutherland when they were barely dry behind the ears. But don't expect a Classic For The Ages!
The Dirty Dozen August 2, 2009
Joseph Filipowicz (new jersey)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
One of Lee Marvin's greatest movies as the leader of 12 convicts. Great cast very good war action movie.
Dirty Dozen DVD June 26, 2009
Charles J. Taraboletti (Bartlesville, OK)
Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis! Charles Bronson, Donald Sutherland, Telly Sevallas, and the rest of a group of GI's all of whom are imprisoned for various serious crimes get a "deal" from Lee Marvin -- attack a German R & R center full of brass. If you live you get a pardon, if you don't it doesn't matter. Ernest Borgnine plays the role of the general who sells the idea to Marvin. This was shot about the time that Bornine was playing Quinton McHale in McHale's Navy on TV -- a character who was always looking for the angle to get out of the fight. Quite a contrast. Good photogray and and excellent score.
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