The Hill [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Seven-Arts Productions presents a Kenneth Hyman production ; screenplay by Ray Rigby ; produced by Kenneth Hyman ; directed by Sidney Lumet.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 79705 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419849247
- 9781419849244
- Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Thelma Connell.
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1966: Film awards, Best British cinematograpy, black and white.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Hill was unfairly subjected to ridicule by the more obtuse "critics" of 1965 who harped on the fact that it starred Sean Connery and, unlike Connery's Bond pictures, had no women in it. Bypassing these cretinous comments, it must be noted that The Hill is an above-the-norm entry in the "military prison" genre. The film takes place during World War II, in a Libyan stockade for incorrigible British soldiers. The camp's brutal Sergeant Major (Harry Andrews) puts his charges to work on grueling, monotonous and pointless projects to break their spirits. When one rebellious inmate dies due to this treatment, the Sergeant Major is reprimanded by Joe Roberts (Connery), who has been appointed as the prisoners' spokesman. The result is that Roberts is likewise subjected to the most demeaning and humiliating of prison chores -- but his spirit, and that of his comrades, is not so easily crushed. Based on a TV play by Ray Rigby, The Hill should never be seen in any form other than its dusty, parched original black-and-white; the currently available colorized version is a crime against humanity. One problem: The British dialects in the first 20 minutes are so thick that an American viewer practically needs subtitles (British critics chalked this problem up not to elocution but to poor sound recording). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on an original play by Ray Rigby and R.S. Allen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1965.
Special features: Vintage featurette "The sun ... the sand ... The Hill"; 1965 war movies trailer gallery (The hill, Operation Crossbow and Battle of the Bulge).
Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Thelma Connell.
Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch, Ossie Davis, Roy Kinnear, Jack Watson, Ian Hendry, Sir Michael Redgrave.
Set in the Libyan Desert during World War II, British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up "The Hill," a manmade instrument of torture--a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. They are in this military prison because they once defied, rebelled and talked back to their superiors.
Not rated.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (matted, enhanced) original theatrical presentation; Dolby Digital mono.; dual-layer.
English and dubbed French soundtracks with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1966: Film awards, Best British cinematograpy, black and white.