{"id":35633,"date":"2023-04-23T23:16:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T03:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=35633"},"modified":"2023-04-23T23:16:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T03:16:52","slug":"vids-all-quiet-on-the-western-front-comes-to-blu-ray-dvd-on-may-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=35633","title":{"rendered":"Vids: All Quiet On The Western Front comes to Blu-ray & DVD on May 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"

A film with 4 Oscar\u00ae wins and 7 BAFTA \"\"<\/a>wins, All Quiet On The Western Front will be released as a high-quality home theater edition. On May 9th, Capelight pictures in collaboration with Netflix will release Edward Berger’s masterpiece on DVD and Blu-ray.<\/p>\n

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The Netflix film recently took home four Oscars for International Feature, Production Design, Original Scoreand Cinematography. The film also made history for being the first German production ever to be nominated for an Oscar\u00ae in the Best Picture category. All Quiet On The Western Front has also been the big winner at this year\u2019s BAFTAs, taking home seven of Britain\u2019s most important film awards, among them Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Original Score. The German Film Academy has also nominated the film in 12 categories for the German Film Awards \u2014 the most of any film this year.<\/p>\n

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The Story<\/p>\n

All Quiet On The Western Front tells the poignant story of a young German soldier on the Western Front during World War I. Spring 1917. 17-year-old Paul B\u00e4umer (Felix Kammerer) and his friends are extremely eager to go to war, to beat the French soundly and march to Paris victorious. This is how the boys imagine it. This is the war they are promised by their principal in a rousing speech. With jubilation, fanfare and song, the \u201cyouth of iron\u201d marches off \u2013 for Emperor, God and Fatherland.<\/p>\n

The enthusiasm, however, does not last long. When they arrive at the Western Front after days of marching. It\u2019s pouring rain. The trenches are filling up and fast becoming a swamp. But the French do not wait to attack. Flares rise up, brightening no-man’s land with a surreal beauty. Until all hell breaks loose again and the French bombard the trenches.<\/p>\n

What follows portrays Paul and his comrades\u2019 first-hand experience of how the initial euphoria of war turns into horror, suffering and fear as they desperately fight for their lives in the trenches.<\/p>\n