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| Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Actors: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna, Claudio Bisio, Gigio Alberti
Studio: Walt Disney Video
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 9506
Format: Color, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Greek (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Turkish (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 630267672X
UPC: 717951593030
EAN: 9786302676723
ASIN: 630267672X
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Release Date: January 14, 2003
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Condition: in very good condition , inventory blk2
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| Customer Reviews:
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PLEASE, RELEASE THIS FILM IN VIDEO! January 9, 2000
Alberto Perez Gomez (Alcala de Henares, Spain)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
As other reviewers, I have looked for the video version of this film to find that it isw not available. What a dissapointment! I think this is a lovely film, with a lot of humour and light, which nevertheless it's not light in its content, as it shows how stupid war is (these italian soldiers lost in an idilic greek war are informed one day by someone arriving from the outside that their former enemy is now their ally!) Lovely film, definitively a must, and among my ten favourite films.
please,release this film in dvd August 7, 2000
C. Avallone (Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo,Brazil)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
exellent,exellent,exellent...
Let's have it... time for the DVD! November 20, 2000
scarmer (Lakewood, CO USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is one of the best foreign films I have ever seen and while I was looking for Il Postino on DVD, I thought of this one too. I am very disappointed to see that it is not available on either VHS or DVD. I will be waiting for it to arrive impatiently...
Where is the DVD?!?!?!? April 8, 2006
Delawanna (Florida)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Where the heck is the DVD for this grand movie?? What the heck are the morons at Miramax and Disney doing???? RELEASE THE DVD IN THE USA!!!!! Che Piccato!!!!
20th century iliad? December 11, 2001
Alessandro Bruno (Toronto, Canada)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Mediterraneo is an excellent title for this film, for I truly think it exposes the mediterranean character and as a very mediterranean person myself I identified fully with the lack of organization, improvisation and genral unwillingness to follow, or modify, orders that the group of Italian soldiers display as they invade the island. In truth several abandoned and semi-abanodened Greek islands weer 'colonized' by the Italian army in WWII and just like the soldiers in the film, many had no idea what was going on in the rest of the war. The film is therefore very good from this standpoint. However, it's also good at showing the affinity that Mediterraneans share and the ease with which the Italians adapt to the island, even becoming reluctant to elave when the time comes. Then agian, many leave to go to Italy in search of opportunities, the chance to re-build a better Italy after the tragedy of fascism and Mussolini. if the film had stopped here it would have been very good; however, there's more, and perhaps only those very familair with Italian politics in the early 90's could have captured the subtle criticism. Indeed, the film is really an indictement of the modern era. The film was made when Italy was deep into an investigation that uncovered several layers of corruption at the governmental and high business level. The investigation was known as Mani Pulite - Clean Hands - and its outcome was a shake-up of the old parties and oled politicians, or so it seemed. The film then shos that nothing had really changed since Mussolini, the great nation that was supposed to be did not arise and the prospects for improvement were no better. The main characters meet again in fact on the island in the present as they escaped the relaity of Italy once more. Despite this obvious self-criticism I also think the film shows some of the more positive aspects of Italys' non-greatness. the fact that it can laugh at itself and the subtle defiance of authority that preserves and respects individuality, not to mention the sense of humor that can develop into a people in such circumstances.
As a final note I found the film's music to be superb.
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