How I Won the War

"There's been some marvelous advances in surgery, thanks to war!"
3.9K ratings
Price: $21.50
Available: Usually ships in 5-7 business days
Format:  DVD-R
item number:  HYVX
Made-on-Demand
Different formats available:

DVD-R Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 51 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: December 26, 2013
  • Originally Released: 1967
  • Label: MGM

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring &
Performer: , , &
Directed by
Edited by
Screenwriting by
Composition by
Cinematography by
Produced by

Entertainment Reviews:

Rotten50%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 14

Upright61%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 1,365
It suggests an overaged boyishness almost incapable of relating to the hard-nosed, dry, sardonic war films supposedly under attack here. Full Review
Artforum
Oct 3, 2018
A film so critical of others' attitudes should perhaps have given more positive vetting to its own. Full Review
The Spectator
Apr 11, 2016
Dated, maybe, but Lester's gruesomely black anti-war comedy still looks inventive, and manages occasionally to hit home with its blend of surreal lunacy and barbed satire. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
Rating: 2/4 -- I got no impression from this film that Lester really, personally, cares very strongly one way or the other about war. It was only a currently fashionable subject, a good excuse to make a movie. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 24, 2004
Patrick Ryan's novel has been adapted into a screenplay which, as directed by Richard Lester, substitutes motion for emotion, reeling for feeling, and crude slapstick for telling satire. Full Review
Variety
Sep 10, 2007
Lester's op-pop style, jump cutting from incident to incident, seems too inherently cheerful for the material, which features fountains of stage blood. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: 3/5 -- Thought provoking, at very least, John Lennon starrer.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Feb 23, 2008

Description by OLDIES.com:

John Lennon stars in his first film performance in this hilariously surreal collage of battle footage and one-liners lampooning the absurdity of the war. Michael Crawford also stars. The feature has been remastered for this DVD release with supervision from Richard Lester (Director), and John Victor-Smith (Editor). Now you can bring home John Lennon's only non-Beatles performance in a feature film.

Keywords:

This product is made-on-demand by the manufacturer using DVD-R recordable media. Almost all DVD players can play DVD-Rs (except for some older models made before 2000) - please consult your owner's manual for formats compatible with your player. These DVD-Rs may not play on all computers or DVD player/recorders. To address this, the manufacturer recommends viewing this product on a DVD player that does not have recording capability.
Studio Vaults
MGM Limited Edition Collection

Similar Products

Genres:

Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 31,784
  • UPC: 883904243205
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

To place an order or for customer service, call toll-free 1-800-336-4627 or outside the United States, call 1-610-649-7565
Open Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm, (Eastern Time)