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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 0027616921703 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) MPN: 1008132 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 19, 2005 Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: 1954 Editorial Review: Product Description: Academy Award®-winner* Gregory Peck gives a "commanding and convincing" (Citizen-News) performance in "exotic" (Mirror-News) World War II drama. An "engrossing" (Citizen-News) and "visually alluring" (LA Examiner) film full of harrowing suspense The Purple Plain is "something everyone should see" (LA Daily News).After his wife is killed during the Blitz Forrester (Peck) is bent on achieving one thing in the war: his death. But when his plane crash-lands in enemy territory he realizes that he must save himself in order to guide his two injured companions to safety. As they cross the Burmese desert with no food and little water Forrester's will to live grows stronger than ever.System Requirements: Running Time 102 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 027616921703 Manufacturer No: 1008132 Average Rating:
 Rating: - Gregory Peck fan, here.......and I will admit that this isn't my favorite roll of his. But it is a good story, quite suspenseful and well directed. The characters are, well, characters, in the "British" sense. That means, that they are drawn with clearly delineated strengths and weaknesses, and are each rather eccentric in their own way. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes Peck's acting and might have missed this one. And to anyone who likes war movies with a bit of psychology woven into the interaction of the characters. Rating: - 'Per Ardua Ad Astra'In this enjoyable wartime yarn (set in WWII Burma) the Royal Canadian Air Force would have been proud of Gregory Peck as the angry, deeply troubled pilot who literally battles 'through adversity to reach the stars' (or in this case star - the enchanting Anna played by actress Win Min Than). Peck as Forrester is haunted by the loss of his wife killed during a German bombing raid on London. Through a series of nighmares, flashbacks and some atmospheric use of sound while Peck lays soaked with perspiration ... Read More Rating: - 12 O'Clock High Goes BurmeseThe Purple Plain is a winner, a handsomely mounted WW2 drama set in Burma where the Japanese are never seen: the enemy is the hostile landscape and the memories that cripple its hero. Gregory Peck's damaged pilot is still suffering from a bad case of 12 O'Clock High after the death of his wife in an air raid on their wedding night until he falls for Burmese girl Win Min Tan. (This being 1954, they may share an inter-racial romance, but they never actually kiss.) Naturally, as soon as he rediscovers a reason ... Read More Rating:  - The Purple PlainI am delighted to have this hard-to-find film! It played like a charm! Thanks for the fine service. Rating:  - Self-Redemption in BurmaWhile Gregory Peck heads the cast, "The Purple Plain" is a British World War II film, produced in 1954 by the J. Arthur Rank Studios (and presumably distributed by MGM). So far reviews seem to fall into two camps--people who love it and people who are unimpressed with it. I find myself somewhere between these two extremes. Unlike at least one other reviewer, I will try not to reveal too much of the plot for first-time viewers. Mr. Peck plays Squadron Leader Bill Forrester, a Canadian pilot and veteran ... Read More |
