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The Big Red One
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Having previously fought in World War I, an unnamed sergeant (Lee Marvin) now leads soldiers of the U.S. First Infantry Division through World War II. The film follows his unit as they try to serve in and survive the war.
Having previously fought in World War I, an unnamed sergeant (Lee Marvin) now leads soldiers of the U.S. First Infantry Division through World War II. The film follows his unit as they try to serve in and survive the war.
Actors:
Perry Lang,
Giovanna Galletti,
Howard Delman,
Abraham Ronai,
Doug Werner,
Maurice Marsac,
Serge Marquand
Perry Lang
24 December 1959, Palo Alto, California, USA
Giovanna Galletti
27 June 1916, Bangkok, Thailand
Howard Delman
Abraham Ronai
14 September 1932, Budapest, Hungary
Doug Werner
Maurice Marsac
23 March 1915, Croix, Nord, France
Serge Marquand
12 March 1930, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Country:
United States
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February 18, 2005
The cast smartly underplays things, with Marvin being as charismatic as usual playing a man of few words. And Hamill, an actor given to over-the-top outbursts, reins it in here; this may be his best big-screen performance.
September 12, 2007
Personal observation bleeds out of every scene, and somehow it feels like a true story in a way that most war movies can't achieve.
January 20, 2005
To see this seamless 'reconstruction' -- consisting of some 15 entirely new sequences as well as augmentations to 23 others -- is to behold a masterpiece revealed.
Salt Lake Tribune
February 18, 2005
These places were where Fuller himself served during the war, and he imbues these stories with the same gritty detail he probably delivered telling them over a beer.
Seattle Times
December 10, 2004
Even though it has gained more than 45 minutes, it doesn't feel longer. Scenes that were choppy or half-baked are now allowed to play out as Fuller intended.
April 12, 2009
... if you want a World War II story from a real vet's perspective, Sam Fuller is still the man and The Big Red One, drawn from his own war experiences, is the film
January 20, 2005
A big, impressive slab of drama -- maybe not a masterpiece or an epic, but a colorful story that sweeps you up and covers a lot of ground at a fast clip.
October 02, 2006
... displays both raw power and the hint of war's brutality.
December 03, 2004
The director's gift for bare-knuckles lyricism rescues scene after scene.
Filmcritic.com
May 10, 2005
meant to be the culmination of a life's work... It didn't come to pass.
January 20, 2005
'The Reconstruction,' which clocks in at 2 hours, 43 minutes, with not a single extraneous frame, elevates the work from a robust genre film to a full-blown epic.
December 02, 2004
If you don't elect to watch The Big Red One through the lens of Sam Fuller's mystique ... you'll realize that it has been celebrated in ways that essentially make virtues of its flaws.