The Pacific / Band Of Brothers [2010]

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Product Description This item is an import and contains foreign writing on the rear but the disks and menus are all in English. An amazing gift set that combines two best selling TV box sets. From executive producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman the two critically acclaimed 10-part HBO Miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific come to us in a stunning Blu-ray gift set. Includes a never seen before bonus disc. Band of Brothers Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elite rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties, and whose lives became legend. The Pacific From the team behind the Emmy;- and Golden Globe;-winning HBO miniseries Band of Brothers comes The Pacific: an epic ten-part miniseries that tracks the intertwined odysseys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge and John Basilone - across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. These men, along with other Marines, are tracked from their first battle on Guadalcanal in 1942, through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and strongholds of Peleliu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and, finally, to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-J Day in 1945.Extra ContentContains all extra content from previous editions of Band of Brothers and The Pacific plus 60 minutes of never before seen footage: Called to Service The 60-minute documentary, Called to Service, will include new historian interviews and reunites veterans from Easy Company (European front) and the 1st Marine Division (Pacific theater) in a conversation revealing their experiences after World War II. Organized in a four-act structure, the documentary captures how these veterans re-acclimated back to life after being at war and the transitions these men went through coming back home.Language and SubtitlesThe PacificAudio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS Digital Surround 5.1, LAM Spanish 2.0, Castilian Spanish DTS Digital Surround 5.1, Polish V.O. 2.0 Subtitles: English SDH, French, LAM Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech, Greek, European Portuguese, KoreanBand of BrothersAudio: English 5.1Subtitles: EnglishBonus DiscAudio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1Subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Castilian Spanish, Dutch, Latin Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese Synopsis From executive producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman the two critically acclaimed 10-part HBO Miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific blu-ray gift set with special documentary “Called to Service” featuring never-before-seen interviews from the Easy Company and 1st Marine Division veterans.|Band of Brothers/Pacific, The (w/EC Bonus Disc/BD) Review: Excellent shows and well worth owning - Excellent shows, well worth owning the physical copy Review: He has seen war. - This has to be one of the best value for money box sets you can get (£37 at the time of writing). I already owned Band of Brothers on dvd and was going to buy the Pacific on blu ray but thought i may as well upscale BoB at the same time for a few more quid. I was pleased I did. The black case is not just a slip containing two tins as i thought it might be, its a good case containing the two series in their own inserts as well as a passport style case with a bonus disc with a documentary called "He has seen war". If anybody has not seen these series before they are, in my opinion, one of the best things that have ever been on telly. In terms of war films i like saving private ryan, the thin red line, battle of britain and platoon, so that should give you some idea if you share my tastes. As each series contain ten episodes you get a chance to really get interested in the characters and to care about their plights. This adds a dimension that you don't really get with films. There are really powerful moments that make you stop to think how brutal the war must have been, and others (such as the liberation of the death camp) that show you some of the autrocities people could commit against their fellow man. The thing that sets these apart for me is the interviews with surviving veterans at the start of each episode. There is one interview where an ex US soldier talks about how he felt engaging with the enemy and being ordered to kill someone who, in another situation, he may have been friends with. At times these interviews can be moving as they recall the horrors they lived through and the friends they lost. Nothing could set the scene for the episode more beautifully. The series scrubs up very well on blu ray, the d day drops and the battle in Carentarn in particular are stunning. The bonus documentary was a plesant surprise, and gives a really good account of how the heroes of easy company struggled to get back to the normality of everyday life. I never thought about how difficult it must have been to resume your life after having served in a World War, it is really well made and gives the whole thing an even greater personal element. I actually watched that this evening, i thought it was apt given today is 11.11, and i know have even greater respect for those we remembered today. I know i've gone on a bit but in summary, brilliant piece of telly, i slightly prefer BoB to the Pacific, and this should be given to A-level history students to watch as homework.