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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767883603 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767883608 Label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Region Code: 99 Running Time: 225 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: May 08, 2002 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Would you believe the most enchanting musical of the year is an almost four-hour-long epic about a ragtag group of 19th-century Indian farmers who form a cricket team to take on an arrogant British captain? The old-fashioned Hollywood musical is alive and well in India's Bollywood industry, where the joyful explosion of music and dance and innocent romance abounds in sweeping epics. In this infectious tale of bloodless revolution, the underdog outcasts and oddballs of a fractured village pull together into a unified team to take on the oppressive colonial Brits at their own game. Think The Longest Yard meets The Seven Samurai by way of Rudyard Kipling, with cricket bats, choreographed dance numbers, romantic triangles, and a rousing call to solidarity. There are no surprises, but what spirit, what color, what good fun! --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating:  - This DVD is in PAL formatEven though it explicitly states near the top of this page that this DVD is in NTSC format, it is not. It is in PAL format, which does not play at all on most DVD players/televisions in the United States. Rating:  - As a sports movie, "Lagaan" is dramatized with great élan and suspense...The setting is historical... The year is 1893... The British Raj imposes heavy taxes on the poor villagers despite all the problems droughts have caused on their income... An arrogant army captain--unknown to him that his sister has fallen in love with a sensitive idealistic--confident in his countrymen's ability, offers the people relief if they can beat the fearsome British team at a game of cricket... Despite its closeness to the conventions, "Lagaan" proved to be a ... Read More Rating:  - Inspiring Story of the Human SpiritA deeply spiritual movie with redemptive themes that captures the courage and determination of the human spirit, Lagaan will transport you to a time and place you'll wish you were part of. Can an Indian movie with subtitles hold your attention for nearly four hours? Our family has watched the DVD so many times we've actually purchased our second copy, and prefer to watch it in Hindi. The characters pull us in, and we feel part of the community; which love story will prevail? Will the subjugated ... Read More Rating: - captivatingMy nephew recommended this one to me. He's a 15 year who had to watch it in school. It required him to read subtitles, listen to foreign mucic and watch people dancing around. With all of that he told me that he and his friends were amazed at how they were sitting on the edge of their seats and rooting for the characters. With that kind of recommendation it was a must purchase. He was right on the money. I loved this story, more historical in it's telling. I also learned a great deal from it. ... Read More Rating: - Lagaan DVDIf you are new to Bollywood film viewing, why not start at the top? This film, Lagaan, is one of the very best and completely entertaining. |
