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Az Utolsó Erőd — The Last Castle, DreamWorks Home Entertainment (DVD)

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Product Details

UPC: 0667068830194
Product Type: DVD Video
Director: Rod Lurie
Starring: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Delroy Lindo
Release Year: 2001
Genre: Drama, Action
Publisher / Distributor: DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Country of Producing: United Kingdom / Ireland
Catalog Number: DVD 688 301 9

Product Features

Format: DVD Video, single disc
Runtime: 126 minutes
Audio: English (Dolby Digital)
Language: English
Region: PAL Region 2 (VFC 35045)
Rating: 15 (UK/IRL)
Extras: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, featurette

Overview

A three-star general (Robert Redford) arrives at a military prison run by Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini) — and the colonel is thrilled. General Irwin is a legend, a living symbol of command authority. Within days, however, the general concludes that Winter is corrupt, abusive, and unworthy of the uniform. What begins as a moral standoff between two immovable men becomes a slow-burn prison drama about what leadership actually means versus what it looks like.

Rod Lurie's film works precisely because it refuses to simplify either side. Redford is quiet and authoritative without being saintly; Gandolfini is controlling and dangerous without being a cartoon villain. The film is best understood as a study of institutional power — who deserves it, who abuses it, and what it costs to challenge it. Mark Ruffalo provides grounded support as a soldier caught between the two. This UK/Ireland DreamWorks edition runs the full 126 minutes.

Interesting Facts

James Gandolfini was in the middle of filming The Sopranos when he took this role — the contrast between Tony Soprano and Colonel Winter is instructive; both are men of institutional authority who rule through fear.
Robert Redford's portrayal of General Irwin drew comparisons to classic Hollywood portraits of military honour, particularly Gregory Peck's work in Twelve O'Clock High.
Director Rod Lurie served as a film critic before becoming a director — he had reviewed films for Los Angeles Magazine and KABC Radio.
The prison sequences were shot largely on location, giving the film a physically credible sense of confinement that studio backlot shooting would have undermined.
Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper called it "fantasztikusan szórakoztató" — a remark reproduced on the Hungarian version of the film's promotional material.
Delroy Lindo plays Yates, one of Irwin's key allies inside the prison population.