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Zulu (DVD)
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Genre | Action & Adventure |
Format | Anamorphic, Multiple Formats, Color, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Widescreen |
Contributor | Michael Caine, Paul Daneman, Richard Davies, Glynn Edwards, Peter Gill, Patrick Magee, Stanley Baker, Denys Graham, Dickie Owen, Jack Hawkins, David Kernan, Ulla Jacobsson, Neil McCarthy, Dafydd Havard, Nigel Green, Larry Taylor, Gary Bond, Ivor Emmanuel, Cy Endfield, Tom Gerrard, James Booth See more |
Initial release date | 2020-07-06 |
Language | English |
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Zulu (DVD)
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 1.6 ounces
- Item model number : 1004529
- Director : Cy Endfield
- Media Format : Anamorphic, Multiple Formats, Color, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 18 minutes
- Release date : July 6, 2020
- Actors : Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Language : Unqualified, French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Mono)
- Studio : WarnerBrothers
- ASIN : B00008PC13
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,291 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #104 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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1. The annoying Swedish missionary and his daughter fled the scene long before the battle began, as opposed to the movie's version of them being locked up on the post during the first series of Zulu attacks.
2. In determining which of the two lieutenants would assume overall command for the battle, the date of Chard's commission was actually 3 YEARS before Bromhead's, not 3 months as stated in the movie.
3. The portrayal of Pvt Henry Hook is very inaccurate. Hook was a fine, obedient soldier -- not the drunken malcontent shown in the film. He in fact received the Victoria Cross - the highest battle award for a British soldier - for his heroism during the battle.
4. The portrayal of Lt Gonville Bromhead (played by Michael Caine) is not entirely accurate. Bromhead was not the flamboyant, aristocratic dandy as shown in the first part of the film. While he did come from several generations of high-ranking officers in the British Army, he himself was not highly regarded, as evidenced by his low rank (Lieutenant) for his length of commission (7 years) at the time of this battle. Also, Gonville Bromhead was very hard of hearing - nearly deaf - but in this movie his hearing appeared to be normal.
5. The film barely mentions one of the real heroes of Rorke's Drift: James Dalton, Assistant Commissary. Dalton, who had - unlike Chard and Bromhead - actual combat experience, was instrumental in setting up the defense of Rorke's Drift. Chard and Bromhead took advice from him in laying out the mealie bag walls and overturning the wagons to complete the barricades. During the battle, Dalton performed heroically and was severely wounded. He was one of the 11 recipients of the Victoria Cross.
6. In the movie, the actor playing Color Sergeant Bourne was middle-aged and quite tall (well over 6'). In reality, Bourne was only 5'5" tall and just 24 years old at the time of the battle.
7. The actual battle was fought from about 4:30 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. -- a majority of it after sundown. In the movie, almost all of the battle scenes are during daylight hours.
8. The final Zulu attack after sunrise the following day never occurred. The hostilities had ended at around 2:00 a.m. The Zulus did appear on the horizon after sunrise, but they soon left after seeing a large British relief force off in the distance headed toward Rorke's Drift.
9. The movie was filmed 60 miles away from Rorke's Drift in an area much more mountainous than the area around Rorke's Drift.
10. The British lost only 17 men during the battle. The movie leads one to believe that they lost at least half of their force.
11. Approximately 500 Zulu warriors were killed outright by British bullets and bayonets during the battle. After the battle, at least 400 Zulu warriors lay wounded on the battlefield. All of the Zulu wounded were executed by the British (shot, bayoneted, or hung), perhaps in retaliation for similar treatment of British wounded at the nearby battle of Isandlwana (over 1300 British soldiers were slaughtered at Isandlwana). The movie makes no mention of how the wounded Zulus at Rorke's Drift were dealt with.
Despite these inaccuracies, the movie is well-made and a worthwhile watch. Some would criticize its lack of realism in some of the battle scenes (not enough blood and gore, bayonet "kills" that obviously miss the mark, "spears" that can be seen wobbling and obviously made of rubber), but the movie was made back in 1964 -- well before the advent of CGI and other cinematic tricks. If you are expecting to see eviscerations and decapitations, you will be disappointed. If, on the other hand, you want to view a mostly accurate, well-made reenactment of the Battle of Rorke's Drift that focuses on the bravery and tenacity of both the British and the Zulus, this movie is highly recommended.
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Stanley Baker, who was the driving force behind the making of this movie, & Michael Caine, in his first starring role, portray the British officers in charge of the defence against the Zulu Army. And they give quite a performance. Baker's character is quick to grasp the danger the British are in at their outpost & how unlikely it is that they can survive the coming Zulu attack. But he opts to stand & fight regardless. Caine's Broomhead, an arrogant, upper class twit who is forced by seniority to give over his command to Baker, is the perfect counterpoint to Baker's lower class Chard. The conflict between these 2 characters informs the first half of this movie & sets the stage for actual battle.
And what a battle it is! Zulu Impis hurl themselves at the British with a heedless courage that reminds one of the Troopers who attacked the Russians guns at the Charge of The Light Brigade, or the Federal troops who tried to take Fredericksburg, or Pickett's attack on the Union centre on Day 3 of the Battle of Gettysburg. As a French General said, between sobs, as he watched the "Cherry Bums" ride to their annihilation at Sebastopol, "This is magnificent, but it is not war." And just as it had in the Crimea & during the Civil War, Zulu courage proves unable to overcome superior firepower, better tactics & an entrenched position.
The battle sequences in this film are truly stunning, filmed so that the raw energy & terror of close order combat is a feeling that is visceral. You see how very close the Zulus came to overwhelming the Redcoats, who survived because of their Martini-Henry rifles, lethally effective against spears, & their rock-solid discipline. If you ever wondered how the British created an empire on whose borders the sun never set, then this movie is a good example of the role their military played in that creation.