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Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard Directed By: Richard Attenborough Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Sony Pictures Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 99 Release Date: February 20, 2007 Theatrical Release Date: December 08, 1982
Description: A critical masterpiece, GANDHI is an intriguing story about activism, politics, religious tolerance and freedom. But at the center of it all is an extraor- dinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence, and set an entire nation free. Winner of 8 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director (Lord Richard Attenborough) and Best Actor (Sir Ben Kingsley), GANDHI’s highly acclaimed cast also includes Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Sir John Gielgud, Roshan Seth and Martin Sheen.
The extras include more than 90 minutes of new material, including interviews with director Lord Richard Attenborough; actors Geraldine James, Saeed Jaffrey, and Edward Fox; Diana Hawkins (Director of Publicity), Terry Clegg (Executive in charge of production), Billy Williams (Cinematographer) and Stuart Craig (Production Designer). The DVD includes a Director’s commentary with Attenborough, who also filmed a personal introduction to the film. The featurettes include In Search of Gandhi, Reflections on Ben, Madeleine Slade: An Englishwoman Abroad, The Funeral, Shooting an Epic In India, Looking Back, Designing Gandhi (3 mini featurettes) and From the Director’s Chair (2 mini featurettes).
Amazon.com: Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 multiple-Oscar winner (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley) is an engrossing, reverential look at the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who introduced the doctrine of nonviolent resistance to the colonized people of India and who ultimately gained the nation its independence. Kingsley is magnificent as Gandhi as he changes over the course of the three-hour film from an insignificant lawyer to an international leader and symbol. Strong on history (the historic division between India and Pakistan, still a huge problem today, can be seen in its formative stages here) as well as character and ideas, this is a fine film. --Tom Keogh
Gandih I had not seen this movie since it first came out and it is still a superb movie. I would recommend this movie to anyone. As a child, I can recall news articles about Gandih. But like most of us, as a child things going on around you don't actually sink in. But this movie re-awakened a very important part of world history for me.
Kingsley IS "Gandhi" Kudos to film makers who go to great lengths to cast an actor who more than just resembles the person being depicted. With Ben Kinglsey playing the role, they couldn't have done a better job: he IS Gandhi!
Partition was the best thing to happen to India This is like what others have said, a great movie about a great soul.
I also want to point out something to think about.
IMO, Partition was the best thing that happened to India. Obviously not the way it happened. It would have been good if Gandhi and Nehru had not resisted Jinnah's request to partition.
Imagine if there was no partition. The 200 million Pakistani Muslims, the 140 Mil Bangala Desi Muslims and the 200 Indian Million Muslims would have made 450 Million Muslims in India. In about another 20 years, Indua would have been an Islamic nation.
There has never been a pluralistic secular Muslim majority country with justice and liberty for all. One exception, Turkey. Thats cause, they had to reject their religion in the realm of Politics and this was done ruthlessly by Ataturk.
Hinduism has no religious compulsion to tyrannize others politically. I cannot say the same thing about Islam.
Although the vast majority of Indian Muslims are secular in their politics (They are a large...but a minority group), once they are a Majority, I do not trust the few secular liberals can resist the temptation of the Islamic majority to do what they do when they are the majority. Find out what %age of Pakistanis were Hindus in 1947 and what happened to this Hindu people in Pakistan? Where are they today? What is the %age of Hindus living in Pakistan today?
Gandhi looked at others using his own standards. That's a losing proposition when others are scoundrals. And Nehru learned this lesson the hard way, As the first Prime Minister of India, he trusted the Chinese and got run over by them and lost Indian land to the Chinese. The Chinese have the Sun Tzu's "Art of war" mentality. And I would wager Nehru was ignorant about that.
As a Spiritual and moral light, Gandhi was right. But as a political leader, he would not cut it.
Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) I purchased this title for our social justice learning group to view. It was every bit as good as I remembered it from the big screen. What I can't believe is that it has been more than 25 years since its release. No doubt this film was the apex of Ben Kingsley's career. As a model for teaching the power of non-violent resistance, this film is unparalleled.
Superb story of perhaps the world's greatest human being Ben Kingsly was Gandhi, in appearance, in demeanor, in manner. His greatest role as the world's greatest leader and humanitarian. This movie should be seen by everyone. It is a beautifully made film about India, about Indians, about human beings, and last of all about Mahatma Gandhi, the inspiration to billions.
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