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05/15/07
Battle of Algiers (1966)
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Reviews Counted: 61 Fresh: 60 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 9/10
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A powerful, almost documentary-like examination of the response to an occupying force, The Battle of Algiers hasn’t aged a bit since its release in 1966.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Theatrical Release: 11-05-2007
Synopsis: Gillo Pontecorvo's presents a harrowing, documentary-style depiction of the Algerian's people's struggle to liberate themselves from France between 1954 and 1962. The film creates a stunning illusion of realism by combining actual newsreel footage with staged sequences featuring... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Yacef Saadi, Jean Martin, Brahim Haggiag
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Gillo Pontecorvo's epic of revolutionary fervour has dimmed not an iota since it was first released in 1966.
05/11/07
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Whatever they made of The Battle of Algiers at the Pentagon, this is a must-see for everyone else now.
05/11/07
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Brilliantly directed set-pieces and remarkable thronging crowd scenes make the film a masterpiece; the ominous familiarity of its subject makes it a must-see.
05/11/07
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The most important piece of political filmmaking since Battleship Potemkin.
05/11/07
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Vital and disquieting, this is a powerful depiction of the pity of war. As shocking today as it was on the day of its release.
10/26/03
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The inspiration and blueprint for docudrama and ideological cinema worldwide.
02/07/07
what really resonates on watching Algiers is its message about the widespread loss of civilian life and the staggering destruction to civic infrastructure as the heaviest costs of war
12/07/06
While it's clear that the movie is very much a stacked deck, which invariably takes the Algerian side, the bias doesn't lessen the film's lesson.
09/08/05
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07/21/05
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A thrilling movie with the unusual message that sometimes terrorism works.
10/21/04
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10/19/04
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