“Invasion Europe’s” excellent features are “The Big Red One” (1980, two versions, PG original, R restored), starring Lee Marvin “The Dirty Dozen” (1967, unrated), with Marvin and an all-star cast, and “Where Eagles Dare” (1968, PG), with Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton. Also here are the original 1944 “Memphis Belle” documentary and a new documentary, “The First Motion Picture Unit: When Hollywood Went to War,” plus six shorter documentaries. “True Stories” has the fine features “Memphis Belle” (1990, PG-13), starring Matthew Modine “Battle of the Bulge” (1965, unrated) with Henry Fonda leading an all-star cast in a Cinerama epic, and “Defiance” (2008, R), with Daniel Craig. “World War II Collections: Invasion Europe” (Warner/Blu-ray, 1967-2005, PG/R for violence, four discs).Įach of these sets includes Blu-ray upgrades of three Hollywood features on various aspects of World War II, plus documentaries about the war and the involvement of Hollywood talent in bringing flag-waving propaganda to U.S. “World War II Collections: True Stories of WWII” (Warner/Blu-ray, 1965-2008, PG-13/R for violence, four discs). Two new Blu-ray box sets have pulled together some classic World War II dramas and documentaries for film buffs, and a number of other newly released or reissued older films are also available this week.
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