Unrated 2-Disc Box Set
Directed by Anthony Mann
Starring Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren
Available Jan. 29, 2008
The sixties were a funny time… You know, for EVEN MORE than the obvious reasons. It was the decade that the studio system in Hollywood finally fell to corporate ownership. The debate rages to this day on whether or not this was a development for the better.
As Martin Scorsese notes in his liner-note introduction for today's film, Anthony Mann's El Cid "is a picture that marks the passing of an era in American moviemaking." Quite possibly the last huge epic before corporations. Before Kubrick. Before Hippies. Before Altman...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
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DVD Review: 'El Cid' Box Set
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