Braveheart (Special Collector's Edition)
starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan
directed by: Mel Gibson
directed by: Mel Gibson
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Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 12/18/2007Run time: 177 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com essential video:
Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning 1995 Braveheart is an impassioned epic about William Wallace, the 13th-century Scottish leader of a popular revolt against England's tyrannical Edward I (Patrick McGoohan). Gibson cannily plays Wallace as a man trying to stay out of history's way until events force his hand, an attribute that instantly resonates with several of the actor's best-known roles, especially Mad Max. The subsequent camaraderie and courage Wallace shares in the field with fellow warriors is pure enough and inspiring enough to bring envy to a viewer, and even as things go wrong for Wallace in the second half, the film does not easily cave in to a somber tone. One of the most impressive elements is the originality with which Gibson films battle scenes, featuring hundreds of extras wielding medieval weapons. After Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky, Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight, and even Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, you might think there is little new that could be done in creating scenes of ancient combat; yet Gibson does it. --Tom Keogh
Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 12/18/2007Run time: 177 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com essential video:
Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning 1995 Braveheart is an impassioned epic about William Wallace, the 13th-century Scottish leader of a popular revolt against England's tyrannical Edward I (Patrick McGoohan). Gibson cannily plays Wallace as a man trying to stay out of history's way until events force his hand, an attribute that instantly resonates with several of the actor's best-known roles, especially Mad Max. The subsequent camaraderie and courage Wallace shares in the field with fellow warriors is pure enough and inspiring enough to bring envy to a viewer, and even as things go wrong for Wallace in the second half, the film does not easily cave in to a somber tone. One of the most impressive elements is the originality with which Gibson films battle scenes, featuring hundreds of extras wielding medieval weapons. After Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky, Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight, and even Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, you might think there is little new that could be done in creating scenes of ancient combat; yet Gibson does it. --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Very pleased with my purchase
I ordered a copy of this movie from a reseller and I am very happy with the purhcase.
As for the movie, you don't need my review...This movie is great both historically and aesethically.
A+++
Rating: - SIMPLY THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE
Below you will find a desription of the movie.This is my favorite movie of all time.
William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free ... Read More
Rating: - a great epic film
This film is undoutedly a classic.While it is certainly longer than your typical 90-120 minute feature, it is truly an inspiring yet heart wrenching story that will have you asking for more.
Uri Gofman
Rating: - This Movie Will Change Your Life and The World
"Every man dies - Not every man really lives."
"Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!"
This movie changed my life. It made me realize that it would be better to live one moment as a champion ... Read More
Rating: 
- great entertainment
Notwithstanding historical inaccuracies (and there are many), this was great entertainment.I usually watch a DVD at home over the course of 2-3 nights, but I could not turn this one off, and watched the whole thing (nearly 3 hours) in one sitting.Such a great story and wonderful acting, scenery, etc.
- Very pleased with my purchaseI ordered a copy of this movie from a reseller and I am very happy with the purhcase.
As for the movie, you don't need my review...This movie is great both historically and aesethically.
A+++
- SIMPLY THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADEBelow you will find a desription of the movie.This is my favorite movie of all time.
William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free ... Read More
- a great epic filmThis film is undoutedly a classic.While it is certainly longer than your typical 90-120 minute feature, it is truly an inspiring yet heart wrenching story that will have you asking for more.
Uri Gofman
- This Movie Will Change Your Life and The World"Every man dies - Not every man really lives."
"Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!"
This movie changed my life. It made me realize that it would be better to live one moment as a champion ... Read More
- great entertainmentNotwithstanding historical inaccuracies (and there are many), this was great entertainment.I usually watch a DVD at home over the course of 2-3 nights, but I could not turn this one off, and watched the whole thing (nearly 3 hours) in one sitting.Such a great story and wonderful acting, scenery, etc.
