| | | His triumph changed the world forever.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Surround Sound, English, Subtitled, French, Spanish, Dubbed & Subtitled
Gandhi was not a ruler of nations, nor did he have scientific gifts. Yet this small, modest man did what others before him could not. He led an entire country to freedom. He gave his people hope. Gandhi, the man of the century is explored in this breathtaking, unforgettable motion picture. After 20 years in the making, this masterful epic garnered nine 1982 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. In stirring detail Gandhi's life, principles and power explode on the screen with vivid scenes such as the horrific massacre at Amristar, where the British opened fire on 15,000 men, women and children, and the dramatic march to the sea where Gandhi led thousands of his fellow Indians to prove that sea salt belonged to all and was not a British commodity. A distinguished cast of characters surrounds Academy Award-winning Ben Kingsley as Gandhi, including Candice Bergen, Martin Sheen, John Gielgud and Trevor Howard. A vision the heart and soul of a man, Gandhi is a classic epic as timeless as Gandhi himself.
"Kingsley is a marvel...a riveting epic..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
"Storytelling at its best, in the tradition of great Hollywood epics..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
This Oscar-winning biopic is the acclaimed dramatization of the life of Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, from his beginnings as a South African-educated lawyer through his historic, galvanizing struggle to free India from British Colonial rule. With a large, distinguished cast, headlined by Ben Kingsley in a nuanced performance, Sir Richard Attenborough's biopic is a classic of the genre. GANDHI earned a mammoth 11 Academy Award Nominations and took home nine statuettes, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Ben Kingsley, and Best (Original) Screenplay.
Plot Summary
Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi.| In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Fed up with the unjust political system, he joins the Indian Congress Party, which encourages social change through passive resistance. When his "subversive" activities land him in jail, masses of low-skilled workers strike to support his non-violent yet revolutionary position. Back in India, Gandhi renounces the Western way of life and struggles to organize Indian labor against British colonialism. A strike costs many British soldiers their lives, so the crown responds by slaughtering 1,500 Indians. Enraged, the ascetic, spiritual leader continues to preach pacifism until he has lead India out from under the tyranny of British imperialism.
| Features | Animated Menus | | Scene Selections With Motion Images | | Chinese Subtitles | | Korean Subtitles | | Thai Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Portuguese Subtitles | | Production Notes | | Audio: English Dolby Digital, French, Spanish | | English Subtitles | | Theatrical Trailer | | Talent Files | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | "Making Of..." Photo Montage | | The Words Of Mahatma Gandhi | | Weblink To Official Gandhi Website | | Widescreen Version | | Ben Kingsley Talks About Gandhi | | Four Vintage Gandhi Newsreel Clips |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Lions Gate |
| Release Date: 8/28/2001 |
| Running Time: 190 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1982 | | Catalog ID: 03297 | | UPC: 00043396032972 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1983) |  | Ben Kingsley, Winner, Best Actor | | Ronnie Taylor, Billy Williams, Winner, Best Cinematography | | Richard Attenborough, Winner, Best Director | | John Briley, Winner, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen | | Stuart Craig, et al., Winner, Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | | Bhanu Athaiya, John Mollo, Winner, Best Costume Design | | John Bloom, Winner, Best Film Editing | | | Tom Smith, Nominee, Best Makeup | | | George Fenton, Ravi Shankar, Nominee, Best Music, Original Score | | | Jonathan Bates, et al., Nominee, Best Sound | |
Golden Globe (1983) | | Ben Kingsley, Winner, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Drama | | Richard Attenborough, Winner, Best Director | | John Briley, Winner, Best Motion Picture Screenplay | |
British Academy Awards (1983) | | Ben Kingsley, Winner, Best Actor | | Richard Attenborough, Winner, Best Director | | Rohini Hattangadi, Winner, Best Supporting Actress |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...The embattled spirit of respect for human dignity and the need for mutual tolerance flow clearly through the film..." 12/01/1982 p.64-5Variety
"...Eloquently expressive and technically exquisite....The score, springing from the talents of Ravi Shankar and George Fenton is a major plus in evocation of the film's many emotional variations..." 11/24/1982 Sight and Sound
"...Ben Kingsley's central performance shines..." 03/01/2002 p.64 Total Film
"...A challenging and inspiring story..." 08/01/2000 p.100 The Motion Picture Guide 10 of 10
...we are so caught up in the vast saga that we often forget these are actors and they are being told what to do by a director... Gandhi takes us on a roller coaster of emotions...
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