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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781598370263
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 159837026X
Label: Tango Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageZuluOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Tango Entertainment
MPN: TNGDTE1018D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tango Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Running Time: 113 minutes
Studio: Tango Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: May 15, 1979

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Tango Entertainment Inc Release Date: 09/27/2005

Amazon.com:
Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of Isandhlwana, which remains the worst defeat of the British army by natives, with the British contingent outnumbered 16-to-1 by the Zulu tribesmen. The film's opinion of events is made immediately clear in its title sequence: ebullient African village life presided over by King Cetshwayo is contrasted with aristocratic artifice under the arrogant eye of General Lord Chelmsford (Peter O'Toole). Chelmsford is at the heart of all that goes wrong, initiating the catastrophic battle with an ultimatum made seemingly for the sake of giving his troops something to do. His detached manner leads to one mistake after another, and this is wryly illustrated in a moment when neither he nor his officers can be bothered to pronounce the name of the land they're in. That it's a beautiful land nonetheless is made clear by the superb cinematography, which drinks in the massive open spaces that shrink the British army to a line of red ants. Splendidly stiff-upper-lipped support comes from a heroic Burt Lancaster and a fluffy, yet gruff, Bob Hoskins. Although the story is less focused and inevitably more diffuse than the concentrated events of Rorke's Drift which followed soon after, Zulu Dawn is an unflinchingly honest depiction of British Imperial diplomacy. --Paul Tonks




Rating: - Not "That" good
This DVD may well go in to the box with the other films I have purchased, and I will keep, but may never watch again. I had not seen the film before purchasing but I love the outstanding film "ZULU". So for that reason alone I ordered it. The film itself gets 3-stars. The transfer (from celluloid to DVD) gets a Zero. The quality of picture is poor - very poor. It is actually painful to watch on a big screen TV! Other reviews site how much of the original frame is lost. I don't know all the ... Read More

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Rating: - Classic Movie
While this great movie is not quite as good as Zulu its definetly worth getting for your collection.The movie itself boasts great location shots filmed in South Africa and is generally pretty accurate.Historians have only recently worked out exactly what happened on this day back in 1879,it seems the British and colonial lines were spaced out at least up to 2km from there camp and the gaps between the soldiers was wide probably 2-3 metres and the field they were on consisted of hight grass put this ... Read More

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Rating: - Why Imperialism
A very good action, war story;this film has it all - glorius scenery,great musical sound track, deep look into the human condition. There are rousing battle scenes and tender moments of comraderie.It is an excellent look into the Victorian emperialistic world.

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Rating: - Victory by bare footed natives
Zulu Dawn is an excellent and historically accurate movie. It seems to have been actually filmed at Isandalwana, Natal where the action took place. Unfortunately, this movie should have come out before the excellent 'Zulu', simply because the massacre at Isandalwana occurred before the fight at Rourkes Drift depicted in Zulu.

It is also not quite as good of a film as is 'Zulu' which is a bit difficult to understand because this is clearly the better and more expensive production. In ... Read More

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Rating: - Zulu Dawn
Great acting about a true event in African/British history. It was sad to see how being 'stiff' and following tradional and order defeated the British. Good movie.

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