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Cast a Giant Shadow [VHS]
see larger picture 		  Staring: Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, James Donald, Stathis Giallelis
Director: Melville Shavelson
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5

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Product Details
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302923049
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302923042
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Running Time: 142
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1966-03-30
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Editorial Review
Amazon.com
Cast a Giant Shadow is based on Ted Berkman's biography of Colonel Mickey Marcus, the American soldier who served as an adviser in the fight to establish the state of Israel in 1948. Marcus (played by Kirk Douglas) must decide whether to settle into peacetime America or follow his more natural, combative instincts abroad--a dilemma symbolized by a love triangle involving wife Angie Dickinson and Senta Berger as a soldier whom he falls for in Palestine. Although lavish and spectacular, especially in the war scenes--filmed in the actual Middle Eastern locations in which they occurred--Cast a Giant Shadow is not entirely authentic. Moreover, in the light of later troubles in the region, not everyone will find heartwarming this depiction of plucky little Israel coping against Arab foes who are barely depicted as human throughout the film. Still, it's an impressive enough relic of epic 1960s cinema, with cameos by Yul Brynner, John Wayne, and Frank Sinatra. --David Stubbs
Customer Reviews

Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5 Birth of a Nation, Oy Vey!, 2010-02-02
Everyone has made such interesting reviews here, I just wanted to add a few unnoticed items.

1) Kirk Douglas is kick-ass in this film (which unfortunately always has struck me as flat ginger ale--I'd love to see Spielberg remake it).

2) Let's be forgiving of the drudgery and clear lack of budget: consider its release year of 1966. Plus they had to pay John Wayne and Frank Sinatra!

3) Maybe just me, but I was almost offended by the clown who played David Ben Gurion, and the battle scenes were just a little 'California backyard' for my taste. After all, Wayne did well with battle scenes in "The Alamo"--if he did it, why couldn't these guys?

4) This is truly an unavoidable film, because its history and message are vital. I love the way Col. Marcus finally realized HE'S JEWISH!! He fits in somewhere!!

Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 Good History...so so acting, 2009-07-13
This DVD is a good overview of the birth of modern Israel. The best actor in the movie is Senta Berger. Angie Dickenson is bit saccharin. Kirk Douglas is overly melodramatic. Yule Brenner is fine. Frank makes a nice cameo. What the movie does well...and very well...is the story about the Jewish struggle for a homeland. I rate it as something that all should view...at least once.

Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5 A strange movie about a Jewish war hero, 2009-09-01
In the American army as a Jew he only got so high, but
they made him a top general in Israel in 1948.
His trick of using jeep mounted antiaircraft guns
to defeat the Egyptian tanks shows you why.
The new road he build to Jerusalem is real history.
Micky Marcus is an American Jew who hasn't
been given his due in history?
Everyone thought Israel was through
before they began in 1948!

Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5 not family friendly, lingo and sexuality, 2010-02-05
We bought this film, saw a version from library that made us return this before opening it. We returned it, paid the 3 dollar fee for doing so. Bad language and sex outside of marriage throughout. There are better films about the history of Israel to buy, and be inspired by. Cannot recommend this film!

Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5 Cast A Giant Shadow, 2009-10-07
I have always liked this movie & its better on DVD than VHS. I can give that away now. More people should watch the older movies sometimes they are more entertaining than the new ones.