Das Boot
 

Just saw a television commercial for a special showing of Das Boot:the Director's Cut

I missed the timeframe, but it'll be on the evening of June 30th on AMC (American Movie Classics)
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Funnly enough I just recieved this and watched this last week, outstanding stuff :yep:

Das Boot is possibly the best sub movie ever :yep: I Have the DVD :smug:
Plus watch out for the mad mechanic!!

I would never watch that director's cut version. Try to get the mini series on DVD, it's an entirely different movie!:yep:

When I was a kid I watched the mini series on television (in Germany) and it was amazing!:rock:
After a couple of years I also watched the director's cut on TV and I was pretty much disappointed. They mostly took out the action scenes from the mini series and made them into a movie. You will lose all that 'real uboat life' feeling that was portrayed in the mini series including the famous 'Gammelfahrt'.:D

Also I heard that the movie is poorly translated into English, so, if you don't speak German you'll lose another bunch of atmosphere.:down:
The translation of movies is always poor IMHO, so I watch them in their original language (if I can ;) ).

Happy hunting!:arrgh!:

There is a mini series??? I never knew!

AFAIK there are 4 versions of 'Das Boot':

1. Das Boot (1981) - original cinema version, 149 min.
2. Das Boot mini series (1985) - first TV version, approx. 300 min.
3. Das Boot: Director' Cut (1997) - improved quality (sound, etc.), 208 min.
4. Das Boot mini series (2004) - TV version with improved quality, 282 min.

I think only #3 and #4 are available on DVD nowadays.
And I lost my #2 version somehow!:damn: :damn: :damn:
So I bought the #4 DVD version and I'm quite happy now, though there are at least two scenes missing compared to the #2 version!:cry: :D

So, go for the #4 version, it rocks!!!:rock: :rock:

Das Boot in english is just wrong. Accidentally selecting english soundtrack when watching a dvd was ... jarring.

I speak bits and pieces of german, which helps. But subtitles are good. I don't really understand the mindset that goes into dubbing movies.

Laziness, mostly - and profit. Your movie will sell more if the viewing public doesn't have to work at watching it.

"Das Boot is probably the most over-rated sub movie ever made. The acting (if it can be called that) is juvenile, the production values look like they came out of someone's garage, and the writing is sophomoric at best. Quite a waste of good film stock and has no redeemable story value whatsoever."
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Okay, seriously, how many of you guys had a heart attack when you read that? We hope you have enjoyed your little soujorn to "Incredibly Dumb and Insupportable Things to Say about Das Boot" World. We now return control of your Internet provider back to you. Me? I'm gonna go watch Das Boot because it effing ROCKS! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I too watched Das Boot as a child on TV and loved it week after week. I was a bit disappointed when I recently got the "Directors Cut" as it was indeed cut. Cut to ribbons that is. I must try to find a copy of the original series, if that's possible.

Well, for many of us the movie is all we've ever seen. I have little doubt the miniseries is better (i'm looking for a copy now), but as a person who is critical of most war movies (with maybe 3 exceptions), the film version of Das Boot is terrific when viewed in its' own right. It ranks firmly in my top 5 war films of all time.

Do you know why, it's the best sub movie ever???

there are no hero, there are no "john wayne" there are no glamour and so on

the movie showed us how life was on a german sub, during WWII

markus

I enjoy this movie. Very Good sound track. The funny english voices make me laugh my brains out. Still, I enjoy watching no matter what.

German words spoken and English subtitles to read...my usual preference but sometimes I do feel crazy about language settings.

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Das Boot will always be my favorite movie.

Have any of you read the book the movie was based on ('Das Boot' by Lothar Günther Buchheim)?

I don't know whether it was ever translated though.:hmm:

You get pretty more details concerning 'real u-boat life' and some nice little stories about other german submarines, too.

So, if you can, go for it!!!:rock:

See my reply in the post in the SH4 forum.

http://www.amazon.com/Das-Boot-Origi...2109826&sr=1-2
Or if you're not in the US:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Das-Boot-Min...2109892&sr=1-1

Try watching it in English with the subtitles on as well. It's a real trip.

Very possible. See my links above.

There is also no story, which in this case is a plus. Just following a very bad patrol, and watching it evolve. I love it.

Yes, it's available in English, and it's excellent.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...ther&y=18&x=43