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starring: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman, Polly Bergen
List Price: $79.99Amazon.com's Price: $38.99 You Save: $41.00 (51%)Prices subject to change.
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097368013049
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Miniseries, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Running Time: 883 minutes
Sales Rank: 1991
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: February 06, 1983
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Product Description:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/15/2007 Starring: Robert Mitchum Jan-michael Vincent Run time: 879 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
An engrossing, 1983 television miniseries based on a bestselling work of historical fiction by Herman Wouk, The Winds of War is an admirable production reminiscent of the era of Hollywood's epic features. At the center of the globe-trotting story is the Henry family, whose laconic but straight-shooting patriarch is United States Navy Commander Victor 'Pug' Henry (Robert Mitchum), sent to Hitler's Berlin in the spring of 1939 as a naval attaché to the then-neutral American embassy. A keen observer, Pug deduces that Germany is not preparing for war on two fronts (western Europe on one side, Russia on the other) despite what the Nazis want the world to believe, meaning that Hitler must be working out a secret peace deal with Stalin. Pug's prescience makes him a favorite eyewitness in Berlin for Franklin D. Roosevelt (Ralph Bellamy); the irony is that Pug is far less sagacious when it comes to the realities of his family.
Polly Bergen plays unhappy wife Rhoda, who turns to A-bomb developer Palmer Kirby (Peter Graves) for comfort. Pug's 19-year-old daughter, Madeline (Lisa Eilbacher), defies her iron-willed dad's decision that she stay in school by taking a job for CBS radio in New York. Compliant son Warren (Ben Murphy) can't seem to get Pug's attention despite doing everything right (including becoming a Navy pilot, eventually present at the bombing of Pearl Harbor). By contrast, Pug spends more time fuming over black sheep son Byron (Jan-Michael Vincent), who is working in increasingly Fascist Italy as an assistant to an art historian (John Houseman) while trying hard to woo the latter's exasperating niece, Natalie (Ali MacGraw). The story of Byron and Natalie takes up much of The Winds of War as the pair traverse Poland during the shock of Hitler's 1939 assault, and Jewish Natalie later finds herself trapped inside Italy facing the threat of concentration camps. Before The Winds of War ends, each of these characters will end up in places and situations, and with historical figures (Churchill, Mussolini) as well as ordinary people, they would not have anticipated outside the pressures of war. The program's length and smart script allow for a lot of ideas and background detail that pull a viewer in--happily. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Simply Great!
This is my first purchase of anything that had to deal with the 2nd world war. Sure, I've watched Private Ryand and Bands of Brothers but this series showed the makeup behind the USA getting slapped at Pearl Harbor. If anyone is looking for a history lesson via the DVD arena, this series sums it up within 15 hours.
Rating: - If only we had Ali MacGraw instead of Jane Seymour for the complete mini series
I just spent an hour with reading all reader's reviews and agree with most of them, enjoyed reading the one by the history professor from Zagreb the most!
However I totally disagree with the reader's review from Tracy Marks on 9/14/2006. I did read the Wouk books before I watched the mini series and always felt that there was no better cast choice for the part of Natalie Jastrow than Ali MacGraw. I've seen "Love Story" and found it quite nice, but when I watched "Winds of War", I was completely ... Read More
Rating: - Winds of War
Very good serie about a US naval family during the pre war days of 1939-1941. Also very informative about the outbreak of WW2
Rating: - A tremendous mini-series
This is a wonderfully engrossing mini-series. I know there are some complaints about the ages of the actors but the romance is very captivating. Great performances all around. Highly recommended.
Rating: - Best Mini-Series Ever~Fantastic~Edge of your seat all the time.
I never saw this when it was on TV. I just bought the set and it is FANTASTIC. It is constantly exciting. It is a war story and there is some fighting and bombing but it is not constant gore. I love it because it is about a family and everything they go thru.
There is romance, intrigue, mystery. I did a marathon watching of the whole thing because I am sick has been a great way to stay in bed when you have to.
I know I will be watching this many times over it is that good. Will ... Read More
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