Waterloo (1970) (Mediumrare)

[Mattmck99]

Waterloo Blu-ray

Release date: 14th June 2021

First time on Blu-ray in the UK.

Waterloo is the 1970 epic period war film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by legendary producer Dino De Laurentis. It depicts the story of the preliminary events and the Battle of Waterloo and is famous for its lavish battle scenes.

Starring Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as the Duke of Wellington with a cameo by Orson Welles as Louis XVIII of France, and Jack Hawkins all contribute fine portraits of great men against a magnificent backdrop of battle and bloodshed.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• New 30-minute documentary on the making of Waterloo with previously unseen photos and behind-the-scenes footage.
• Brand new audio commentary by Simon Lewis- author of the forthcoming book Waterloo- The Making of an Epic and actor Richard Heffer.
• Waterloo Re-enactment footage France 2015
• Theatrical Trailer
• English subtitles

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Hardbound slipcase featuring newly commissioned artwork
• Perfect-bound booklet of original 1970 Waterloo Souvenir Brochure
• Reversible poster featuring the film original poster and Blu-ray original artwork.
• 6 collectors' art cards

*All extras subject to change

[justwannaboogie]

Wasn't expecting this deluxe treatment, I assume it will still be cut for horsefalls, though the extras are a big selling point as the German disc is pretty barebones.

[rapta]

MediumRare onto the slipbox game now...our shelf space is now truly at the mercy of these companies!

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

While I don't particularly care for the film, I'm more excited by the fact that it's a Paramount title and that bodes well for other titles. Hopefully this means other labels have managed to license from Paramount as well.

"Waterloo" is Sony.

[Scottishguy]

Originally Posted by Darby1985

I thought this was a terribly dull film with Steiger totally miscast.

If you want to kill your emperor? Here I'am.

[dressedtokill]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

"Waterloo" is Sony.

You're right. I don't know why I was under the impression it was with Paramount. Oh well..

[Aclea]

Like most big budget Dino De Laurentiis pictures up to the mid-80s, it's Paramount in the USA but various distributors in the rest of the world - in the this case Sony in most of Europe and Mosfilm in the Soviet Union.

[indisposed]

How severe are the horse fall cuts? Are we talking Conan the Barbarian extensive or Rambo III brief?

[Aclea]

They're not especially noticeable as far as I recall. Certainly there aren't any "What just happened?" moments that stick out like Ulzana's Raid.

[Scottishguy]

Maybe this is a sign MR are upping their game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB1S...ature=youtu.be

[Dr Lenera]

Well this is a happy coincidence, I only watched this for the first time the other evening on one of the Sony movie channels and thoroughly enjoyed it; the recreation of the battle [bar the odd inaccuracy] was absolutely amazing in my opinion, especially those awe-inspiring aerial shots. I think stuff like this is even more exciting for me these days than when I was a kid because such things tend to be done more with CGI now.

Anyway, I said to myself "I've got to get this on Blu-ray" and came on here....and saw this!!

[mattyl149]

I wasn't necessarily going to double dip as I have the Imprint release, but damn, that is some nice packaging

[CelestialAgent]

£21 isn't a bad price for a slipbox either

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

£21 isn't a bad price for a slipbox either

If you had ordered from Amazon immediately it went live was only £18.99

[Big-D]

"Soldiers, of my old guard, after 20 years… I have come… To Say… Goodbye.
France has fallen, so remember me.
Though I Iove you all, I cannot embrace you all.
With this kiss, remember me.
Goodbye my soldiers. Goodbye my sons and goodbye my children".


What an absolutely amazing performance by Rod Steiger, much imitated but never equaled.

[Scottishguy]

Originally Posted by Big-D

"Soldiers, of my old guard, after 20 years… I have come… To Say… Goodbye.
France has fallen, so remember me.
Though I Iove you all, I cannot embrace you all.
With this kiss, remember me.
Goodbye my soldiers. Goodbye my sons and goodbye my children".


What an absolutely amazing performance by Rod Steiger, much imitated but never equaled.

If there's anything in this world about which I know positively nothing. It is agriculture.

[ShellBeacher]

Anyone willing to pick one of these up for me and send to the U.S.? (I may ask for one more title in that regard.)

Please PM me.

I see that Amazon UK is still not shipping to the U.S.? Does MediumRare have a website? I can't find it.

Thanks!

[leocan]

£38.68 shipped to Canada... not sure about it. I wish there are better options than Amazon.

[Modman]

Originally Posted by leocan

£38.68 shipped to Canada... not sure about it. I wish there are better options than Amazon.

Here's another option (I believe they ship to Canada), whether you consider them better is up to you.

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/waterl.../12917068.html

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

"Waterloo" is Sony.

Waterloo was released by Paramount in the US/Canada/Latin America, Mosfilm in Russia/Ukraine, and Columbia for the rest of the world. Mediumrare licenced it from Sony UK and are using their lovely looking 4k remaster.

About 10 years ago, Olive Films were looking into releasing Waterloo from their Paramount licence (since it was a title Paramount never released on DVD themselves). They dropped it when they discovered Paramount only had a heavily battered 35mm interneg, and Sony wouldn't ship out the needed film elements to create a new transfer nor loan out their existing HD master.