The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)

Director:

Mark Murray

Release Date:

14 May 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

The 100 Greatest War Films of all time, as voted for by the public of the UK. |

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title

Cast

Sean Pertwee	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Aaronovitch	...	Himself
Ken Annakin	...	Himself
Jean-Jacques Annaud	...	Himself
Richard Attenborough	...	Himself (as Lord Attenborough)
J.G. Ballard	...	Himself
Anthony Beevor	...	Himself (as Antony Beevor)
Martin Bell	...	Himself
Tony Benn	...	Himself
Jo Berry	...	Herself
Juliette Binoche	...	Herself
John Boorman	...	Himself
Joanna Bourke	...	Herself (as Prof. Joanna Bourke)
Richard Boyle	...	Himself
James Bradley	...	Himself
Johnny Briggs	...	Himself
James Brown	...	Himself
Vic Bulluck	...	Himself
Peter Caddick-Adams	...	Himself
Robert Carradine	...	Himself
George Chakiris	...	Himself
Terry Charman	...	Himself (as Dr. Terry Charman)
Emma Cochrane	...	Herself
Brian Cox	...	Himself
Adrian Cronauer	...	Himself
Edwina Currie	...	Herself
Nick Davis	...	Himself
Sophia Ngor Demetri	...	Herself
Dominik Diamond	...	Himself
Stephen Dillane	...	Himself
Dale Dye	...	Himself (as Capt. Dale Dye)
Tony Earnshaw	...	Himself
Glynn Edwards	...	Himself
R. Lee Ermey	...	Himself
Angie Errigo	...	Herself
Leslie Felperin	...	Herself
Ralph Fiennes	...	Himself
Prof. David Forgacs	...	Himself
Alan Frank	...	Himself
Juliet Gardiner	...	Herself
Arthur Gardner	...	Himself
Lewis Gilbert	...	Himself
Elliott Gould	...	Himself
Ysenda Maxtone Graham	...	Herself
Bonnie Greer	...	Herself
Peter Guttmacher	...	Himself
Sheldon Hall	...	Himself (as Dr. Sheldon Hall)
Mark Hamill	...	Himself
Guy Hamilton	...	Himself
Briony Hanson	...	Herself
Jan Harlan	...	Himself
Robert Harris	...	Himself
Ian Hart	...	Himself
Ronald Harwood	...	Himself
Jack Higgins	...	Himself
Agnieszka Holland	...	Herself
Dennis Hopper	...	Himself
Amanda Hussain	...	Herself
Brian G. Hutton	...	Himself (as Brian G Hutton)
Richard Jobson	...	Himself
Nick Freand Jones	...	Himself
Janusz Kaminski	...	Himself
Sally Kellerman	...	Herself
Ben Kingsley	...	Himself
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Himself
Karen Krizanovich	...	Herself
Christiane Kubrick	...	Herself
Will Lawrence	...	Himself
Eric Lax	...	Himself
Angus Lennie	...	Himself
Ken Loach	...	Himself
Prof. Jay Lorenz	...	Himself (as Prof. Jay K Lorenz)
Gillies MacKinnon	...	Himself
Derek Malcolm	...	Himself
Ellen Martin	...	Herself (as Lady Baker)
Virginia McKenna	...	Herself
Paul McKenzie	...	Himself
Edward McPherson	...	Himself
Sarah Miles	...	Herself
John Mills	...	Himself (as Sir John Mills)
Anthony Minghella	...	Himself
Matthew Modine	...	Himself
Sheridan Morley	...	Himself
Patricia Mountbatten	...	Herself (as The Countess Mountbatten of Burma)
Ian Nathan	...	Himself
Kim Newman	...	Himself
John Nichol	...	Himself
Michael Nicholson	...	Himself
Emma Norman	...	Herself
Philip Norman	...	Himself
Richard Olivier	...	Himself
Solomon Perel	...	Himself
Wolfgang Petersen	...	Himself
Nev Pierce	...	Himself
Michael Portillo	...	Himself
Nick Powell	...	Himself (as Nicholas Powell)
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Himself
Charles M. Province	...	Himself (as Charles M Province)
David Puttnam	...	Himself (as Lord Puttnam)
David O. Russell	...	Himself (as David O'Russell)
Richard Schickel	...	Himself
Thelma Schoonmaker	...	Herself
Ridley Scott	...	Himself (as Sir Ridley Scott)
Martin Sheen	...	Himself
John Simpson	...	Himself
Donald Sinden	...	Himself (as Sir Donald Sinden)
Adam Smith	...	Himself
Dan Snow	...	Himself
Jason Solomons	...	Himself
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself
Mark Steel	...	Himself
Oliver Stone	...	Himself
Hew Strachan	...	Himself (as Prof. Hew Strachan)
John Sturges	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dr. Lawrence H. Suid	...	Himself (as Dr. Lawrence H Suid)
Sylvia Syms	...	Herself
Andrzej Szpilman	...	Himself
Danis Tanovic	...	Himself
Richard Todd	...	Himself
Tricia Tuttle	...	Herself
Joseph Vilsmaier	...	Himself
Robert Wagner	...	Himself
Christopher Walken	...	Himself
Sam Waterston	...	Himself
Caroline Westbrook	...	Herself
James Wilby	...	Himself
Bernard Williams	...	Himself (as Bernie Williams)
Linda Ruth Williams	...	Herself (as Dr. Linda Ruth Williams)
Richard Woodman	...	Himself (as Capt. Richard Woodman)
Edward Woodward	...	Himself
Richard D. Zanuck	...	Himself (as Richard D Zanuck)

Runtime:

385 min (including commercials) (2 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Granada Television

Movie Connections:

Features Hell in the Pacific (1968)

Zulu is miles ahead as the greatest

The story of the welsh regiment at rourke's drift is a timeless epic of movie making and story telling

visually stunning great characterisation wonderful true story respectful of both sides

The way it takes the right amount of time to build the tension story and characters, the situation, the drip drip drip effect

I loved the quirkiness of the characters, the drunken Welsh preacher and his daughter, the maverick rogue James booth who rose to the occasion, the homesick welsh farmer feeding the lambs and longing for Bala in wales. the twittish under officer played by Michael Caine who sorts of grows up as it goes along and all held together by the stoic and wonderful Stanley baker.

whilst Caine hams absurdly, bakers performance is fantastic and gets better with every viewing, hes human, hes serious , hes dark and broody. This is a game for the rulers of the British empire who demand this bridge be built. But it sue ain't no game for the Zulu warriors or the welsh regiment most of whom die in the battle

the bets line in movie history as the Zulus finally allow the welsh regiment to survive?

"Its a miracle sergeant."

baker stares into the abyss

"It it is it was loaded with a gun."

People can always find holes in any movie and they will here. Do the fight scenes date? probably a little who cares, being stabbed with a bayonet or shot leads to death and sickness, we get the picture why do we need to spend hours watching the blood drip? would the welsh really sing in battle? ask any soldier whose served with a Welshman or woman you bet they sing all the time. usually an ancient welsh hymn like emen of harlech as in this movie

historically accurate?

yes very accurate. Stanley baker paid to produce this epic tale and nearly went bankrupt as he got no support from the British film industry or the government. as usual? sad

anyone who visits Wales should visit the beautiful brecon. there is the welsh regiment which exists today and trains in the nearby mountains. there is a huge museum there detailing specifically this battle at rourke's drift in s Africa

Pls note also this may have been a welsh regiment but there were also a great number of Scottish and Englishmen in the regiment and this is a British story not just a welsh one.