| Legendary British director Sir Richard Attenborough (GANDHI, CRY FREEDOM) made his directorial debut with the scathingly satirical antiwar musical OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR. Based on Joan Littlewood's 1963 stage play, the film reimagines the tragic conflagration of World War I as a macabre amusement park in which ghastly images of war's futility--such as generals playing leapfrog on the battlefield while their soldiers die around them--are set to farcical musical numbers like "The Bells of Hell" and "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire." Attenborough assembled a virtual who's-who of iconic British thespians--including Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, and Maggie Smith--to enact the masterful pacifist diatribe that was seen as a thinly veiled commentary on the Vietnam War at the time of its 1969 premiere--and remains just as timely and relevant at its 2006 re-release. | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| UPC | 0097360690149 |
| eBay Product ID (ePID) | 55295973 |
| Product Key Features | |
| Director | Richard Attenborough, Sir Richard Attenborough |
| Edition | Special Collector's Edition |
| Rating | G |
| Format | DVD |
| Movie/TV Title | Oh! What a Lovely War |
| Sub-Genre | Musical |
| Genre | Musical & Performing Arts |
| Additional Product Features | |
| Film Country | United Kingdom |
| Region Code | Region 1 |
| Display Format | Special Collector's Edition |
| Number of Discs | 1 |
| Signal Standard | Dvd |
| Leading Role | Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Susannah York, Maggie Smith |
| Release Date | 20061107 |