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DVD : Joyeux Noel (Widescreen)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazón directed by: Christian Carion  List Price: $14.94 Amazon.com's Price: $9.99 You Save: $4.95 (33%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 0043396150997 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: November 14, 2006 Running Time: 116 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Sales Rank: 1680 MPN: COLD15099D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominee for Best Foreign Film, Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) tells the true-life story of the spontaneous Christmas Eve truce declared by Scottish, French and German troops in the trenches of World War I. Enemies leave their weapons behind for one night as they band together in brotherhood and forget about the brutalities of war. Diane Krüger (Troy), Daniel Brühl (Good Bye Lenin!) and Benno Fürmann (The Princess and the Warrior) head a first-rate international cast in a truly powerful, must-see film. Amazon.com: Joyeux Noel captures a rare moment of grace from one of the worst wars in the history of mankind, World War I. On Christmas Eve, 1914, as German, French, and Scottish regiments face each other from their respective trenches, a musical call-and-response turns into an impromptu cease-fire, trading chocolates and champagne, playing soccer, and comparing pictures of their wives. But when Christmas ends, the war returns...Joyeux Noel has been justly accused of sentimentality, but if any subject warrants such an earnest and hopeful treatment, it's the horrors of trench warfare. The largely unknown cast--the more familiar faces include Diane Kruger (Troy), Daniel Bruhl (Good Bye Lenin!), Benno Furmann (The Princess and the Warrior), and Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot)--deliver low-key but effective performances as the movie dwells on the everyday elements of life in the face of war. Based on a true incident (though considerably fictionalized). --Bret Fetzer Stills from Joyeux Noel (click for larger image)
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 Rating:  - From personal experienceMy war was of a different time and place. This film has captured that small part of humanity found in all wars. A facinating study of the human condition in the extreem. This DVD makes a wonderful Christmas gift. Rating: - Excellent FilmThis movie shows the human side of WWI, a side of war you don't see in most movies. I've shown it two years in a row in my American History class (high school), and will continue to do so as the years move forward. My students hear that it has subtitles and automatically think the movie is going to be terrible. After viewing it, most say it's one of the best films they've ever seen. Rating: - fantastic moviethis movie is well acted and i would recommend that those of you who have not seen it .please go ahead and watch it Rating:  - A pretty decent filmThe film is pretty amusing due to the characters and their interactions with one another. I did enjoy it although it wasn't necessarily as life-changing as some people told me it was. All in all: not bad. Rating: - Best war movie ever!It's better than the one of the WWII, where the American and the Japs run out of ammo, become friends but then kill each other. Don't remember the name. Browse for similar items by category:
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