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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 88 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4216
Category: DVD
Actors: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Patricia Laffan
Directors: Anthony Mann, Mervyn Leroy
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
Brand: Warner Brothers
Label: Warner Home Video
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd, Original Recording Remastered, Special Edition, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 171 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD039880D
UPC: 883929026623
EAN: 0883929026623
ASIN: B00005JN8Z
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: November 8, 1951
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008
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"Welcome to Nero's House of Women" greets a concubine to a slave girl, Lygia (Deborah Kerr). Later this self-same greeter reveals that she, too, like Lygia, is really a fellow Christian neophyte. And it's that mixture of tawdry Hollywood sex and a strong Christian message that makes this film an enjoyable "gentiles and gladiators" flick. Marcus Vinicius returns home after conquering the Britons to find that Rome is infected with a crazy new sect called Christians and that his beloved emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov, roly-poly and wicked) has become increasingly wacky. Marcus tries his centurion wiles on Lygia, and she's smitten, but she's also a Christian convert and begs Marcus not to force her to choose between him and her god. The Christians have a tough go of it, with martyrdom in the Coliseum as punishment for belonging to the new religion in town. Though three hours long, director Mervyn LeRoy's film always has something going on. It could help you enjoyably kill any rainy Sunday afternoon. --Keith Simanton
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 Beautiful video restoration July 4, 2009
Quo Vadis is a rollicking sword & sandals epic from 1951, complete with campy performances, huge crowd scenes and pious moralizing. It's great fun, and is brought to Blu-ray in a beautiful restored transfer. Kudos to Warner Bros. for providing the original mono soundtrack and not a souped-up 5.1 version; the sound is actually very good for the film's age, and highlights Miklos Rosza's beautiful score.
Epics the way they used to be June 29, 2009
This is an incredible DVD transfer. It shows you what movies used to be like when color was really COLOR! I've always enjoyed this film, but cannot believe how absolutely gorgeous it is on DVD. (And it really makes me long to see a restored print on the big screen.) The commentary is excellent, full of wonderful anecdotes about the making of the film and the fabulous cast. If you are fond of anciente epics, remember that QUO VADIS is the one that set the whole cycle in motion. Watch this. You are in for a treat.
 Biblical days Classics June 28, 2009
At last a version worthy of having. This special edition is excellent - both sound and color and presentation.
Though this was never one of my favorite films - I just didn't like many of the actors in those particular roles - it is a classic tale in those days after Christ and during the period of Nero. Full of spectacle and drama and the Burning of Rome, and not to mention the killing of Christians in the arena, there is a lot packed into this very long drama. Because I am a lover of classic movies and historical-based epics, it is an added addition to my library and will be to yours.
Good to see it restored in its original splendor though where it breaks at the end of disc one could have been broken with Intermission or the like - especially in these films that require part two on a separate disc. Don't know how theatrical you want to make it at home, but adds to the experience and charm of the movie. I often wonder if these people at the studios marketing divisions ever actually are true movie buffs and put any thought in to how discs are compiled. Come on guys - some of us like that full theatrical experience - that is why we have home theater systems.
Excellent special features add to a great disc set. Great classic!
Excellent Epic June 22, 2009
I gave it 4 stars because of historical inaccuracy and sometimes cheesy acting. That said, the costumes and set (actually filmed in Rome) was superb. The Roman triumph and music also superb. Although a Catholic film, for all intents and purposes based upon the novel from a Nobel winning Catholic (surprise), it was a good story about good, evil, redemption and sacrifice. Meaning, all ages can learn from it and come away with possibly some personal growth.
BTW, Peter Ustinov played a perfect psychopathic coward.
I just wish more epics on this scale could be made again.
Quo Vadis.(Blue Ray) June 20, 2009
From Australia.
As a former Film Projectionist I screened this film over a 10 month period at the Metro Theatre in Melbourne Australia in the late 1950s.
This Blue Ray print is nothing short of 'out of this world.' Not one blemish or artifact. Like receiving a new print for screening at the theatre, and believe you me I watched this DVD with a critical eye.Very
very HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Thomas Knight.ALC.ACA.AFFPA.
Wintergarden Community Film and Television Services.(Aust)
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