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Features: DVD, Deluxe Edition
Editor's Note
Loosely based on the life story of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's original front man (who was kicked out of the band for his bizarre and disturbing behavior only to go insane shortly thereafter), PINK FLOYD: THE WALL stars Bob Geldof as Pink, a mentally damaged man who has gone from a hopeful child artist to a burned-out rock star drifting away from reality. As Pink festers in his hotel room, elements of his abusive childhood come back to haunt him until he begins to descend into absolute madness.Director Alan Parker's intense and fully realized film interpretation of the English band's classic album THE WALL melds whimsical fantasy with dark Shakespearean drama. The film makes innovative use of sets, costumes, and special effects to create a unique surrealistic strangeness worthy of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali's UN CHIEN ANDALOU. Both disturbing and bedazzling, PINK FLOYD: THE WALL is a must-see film for any music lover.
| Features | Region [unknown] | | Keep Case | | Full Frame - 1.33 |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: SONY MUSIC |
| Release Date: 1/25/2005 |
| Running Time: 83 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1982 | | Catalog ID: 58163 | | UPC: 00074645816395 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | Bob Hoskins | | Pink Floyd | | Eleanor David | | James Laurenson | | Bob Geldof | | Roger Waters - Screenplay | | Roger Waters - Cameo | | Steve O'Rourke - Executive Producer | | Pink Floyd - Composer | | David Gilmour - Composer | | Gerald Scarfe - Production Designer | | Penny Rose - Costume Designer | | Roger Waters - Composer | | Jon Ezrine - Additional Music/Songs | | Alan Marshall - Producer | | Peter Biziou - Director of Photography | | Gerry Hambling - Editor | | Alan Parker - Director |
| Memorable Quotes| "We don't need no education.| We don't need no thought control.| No dark sarcasm in the classroom.| Teacher, leave those kids alone.| Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone.| All in all you're just another| Brick in the wall." ---- ROGER WATERS |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...Elaborate camera effects and a quarter-hour of full-color animation....One of the most captivating and unusual assemblages of footage seen in a long time..." 06/02/1982New York Times
"...Parker has brought plenty of energy to this project, and he has done his resourceful best to make it an overpowering experience....A shameless all-out assault on the senses..." 08/06/1982 p.C8 Mojo
"At the core of this bleak psychodrama is Bob Geldof's acting debut as rockstar Pink..." 12/01/2004 p.58 Uncut
"[With] the Floyd's music set to powerful visuals, including startling Gerald Scarfe animations." 01/01/2005 p.169 |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  5 | | Plot | 5 | | Acting | 5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 Best Moive Ever Thursday, January 03, 2008
A Viewer from Tempe, AZ
This is the best movie ever made, and the best album ever made, I've always loved this movie, and now I own it. It also comes with a great poster and nice packaging. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 Best movie for those with intellectual mind Saturday, December 09, 2006
A Viewer from Miami, Florida
Best movie ever made by Floyd.
...For those with intellectual minds.
For architecs, musicians, artsts...
...La boeme Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Their best work Friday, September 15, 2006
bow2myers from massapequa, ny
This movie is a perfect transcription of the album to movie. The energy of the music combined with the symbolism and artwork were just created, simply a joy to watch. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Spiraling down to that hole in the ground Friday, August 04, 2006
kevinlenius from Germantown Wi
This is a classic. Kudos to the director for his artfull interpretation of the thought process of an emotional break with reality. It is one of the deepest mind altering movies ever made. The combination of incredible music and video takes you into the mind of a rocker who gets so f***ed up that he lets loose that cork in the bottle which holds in those scary thoughts and feelings of insecurity and weakness we all keep buried deep, deep, deep in the inner reccesses of our psyche. He can no longer take the emotional pain of the real world and he just gives up, slipping into emotional numbness, in an animated world of madness. Just when you are so deeply immersed in this alter world that reality is nothing more than a dim light at the end of the tunnel, your eyes are forced open and the real world rushes in again leaving you with the helpless feeling that under the right circumstances any one of us could slip and fall, going spiraling down to that hole in the ground. It's the next best thing to loosing your mind. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 The Wall Friday, March 04, 2005
Jon from Albuquerque
This movie is one of the best i've seen. I recommend it to anyone who likes pink floyd. Was this review helpful?
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