Review of The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One' (2005) by Adam M — 02 Feb 2008
One of the greatest and most influential of war films ever made, and Samuel Fuller's best. A true patriot but a man of compassion and an ouspoken political progressive, Fuller knew of war first-hand and he brings this to bear in this most personal of films.
Lee Marvin is the very embodiment of the WWII veteran sergeant, and Mark Hammil give a suitably memorable performance as the soldier who finally falls over the edge (no doubt drawn from Fuller's own WWII experience).
Long only available in a butchered studio cut, the Reconstruction reveals to us a film that is a masterpiece.
This review of The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One' (2005) was written by Adam M on 02 Feb 2008.
The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One' has generally received positive reviews.
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