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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Jack Cardiff |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 24 June, 1964 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia Tristar Hom |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396121195 |
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Customer Reviews of The Long Ships
The best Viking movie I have seen! A yarn of long ships and tall men. The long ship: one especially constructed as King Harald's funeral ship. The hero: Richard Widmark, a ne'er-do-well as crafty as Odysseus. His father: Krok, a tremendous beer-swilling thane, builder of the long ship. King Harald dupes Krok, paying him a mere two gold pieces for his two years of effort. So Rolf (RW) and his brother Orm consider it fair to steal the long ship to search for a legendary golden bell, "as tall as three tall men" to recoup their fortunes. To guard against reprisals against their family while they are absent, Rolf and Orm also kidnap the king's lovely daughter. Thereby is the stage set for the search for the bell, the pursuit by the king, and the exciting clash with the Moors, led by Sidney Poitier. If you like action and adventure, you must see this movie!
Far and away the best Viking flick. A ripping adventure.
This is a rousing rock 'em and sock 'em Viking movie. It is far better than "The Vikings" (Kirk Douglas) which more or less launched the genre. The storyline moves at a breakneck pace. This is a ripping adventure film about a bunch of rogues who steal a Long Ship and head out into the unknown near "the edge of the world" in search of loot. There is a tremendous amount to like about this movie. It is tongue-in-cheek at times, but ultimately this is an old-style adventure film. The film is very unpretentious, and accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do, which is entertain. No dreary political messages here. This movie is entertaining and great fun, and that's the end of it.
Widmark, Portier, and cast do a fine job. The acting is consistently good. Buy it, watch it, keep it. My only gripe is why can I not find this movie on DVD?
The DVD has been beautifully remastered!
This is one of my all-time favorite fun films, and far and away the best Viking film around. I originally bought it in VHS format because that was all that was available. However, I just got the DVD version, and it is just great! They did a fabulous job remastering it--the video is very crisp and bright, doing justice to a wonderful and fun story. As I noted in the review of the VHS version, this is an unpretentious, ripping adventure film with plenty of action, good acting, and no dreary political axes to grind. Widmark, Portier and cast do a fine job.
This is the story of a gang of Vikings who steal the King's funeral ship and go on a raiding party to seize "the Mother of Voices" -- a huge golden bell "as tall as three tall men" which contains "half the gold in all the world in one place..." The Moors, led by Sidney Portier, are also after the bell, and therein lies a fine and fun tale of adventure. This is a film the whole family can watch and enjoy more than once.