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Criterion LaserDiscs Paths of Glory Criterion #57 Rare LaserDisc Douglas Meeker Drama

Paths of Glory Criterion #57 Rare LaserDisc Douglas Meeker Drama

Kubric Sets Out to Make Devastating Anti-War Statement

Paths of Glory Criterion #57 Rare LaserDisc Douglas Meeker Drama

Kubric Sets Out to Make Devastating Anti-War Statement

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Paths of Glory Criterion #57 Rare LaserDisc Douglas Meeker Drama

Kubric Sets Out to Make Devastating Anti-War Statement

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Paths of Glory

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1157L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Paths of Glory
1957 - 87 min. - Black and White
Genre: War
Rated G
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
PATHS OF GLORY is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. The story takes place in 1916 France, as the French command orders an exhausted unit to wrest control of an anthill from the Germans--expecting a casualty rate of 60 percent. The battle--during which the Germans are never seen, indicating that the French are their own worst enemy--turns into a bloody massacre. Looking for a scapegoat, General Mireau (George Macready) orders Colonel Dax (a never-more-intense Kirk Douglas) to select three of his men to face a court-martial and possible firing squad for the troops' cowardice. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, PATHS OF GLORY, based on the novel by Humphrey Cobbs, is a gut-wrenching, unforgettable drama. Every scene is awash in grays, covered in doom. Kubrick marvelously contrasts the ornate palace where the generals sip their cognac with the ramshackle trenches where injured men stumble about, demoralized and shellshocked. Douglas gives a tough, gritty performance; his tense sparring with the high command features sharp, biting dialogue. The entire cast is outstanding; watching so many men die for no reason is maddening. Kubrick captured the Vietnam War in FULL METAL JACKET, the cold war in DR. STRANGELOVE, the Seven Years' War in BARRY LYNDON, and a slave uprising in SPARTACUS, but PATHS OF GLORY is his crowning achievement when it comes to depicting the devastation, both physical and psychological, that war wreaks on the individual--as well as the state.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Adapting Humphrey Cobb's novel to the screen, director Stanley Kubrick and his collaborators Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson set out to make a devastating anti-war statement, and they succeeded above and beyond the call of duty. In the third year of World War I, the erudite but morally bankrupt French general Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his troops to seize the heavily fortified "Ant Hill" from the Germans. General Mireau (George MacReady) knows that this action will be suicidal, but he will sacrfice his men to enhance his own reputation. Against his better judgment, Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) leads the charge, and the results are appalling. When, after witnessing the slaughter of their comrades, a handful of the French troops refuse to leave the trenches, Mireau very nearly orders the artillery to fire on his own men. Still smarting from the defeat, Mireau cannot admit to himself that the attack was a bad idea from the outset: he convinces himself that loss of Ant Hill was due to the cowardice of his men. Mireau demands that three soldiers be selected by lot to be executed as an example to rest of the troops. Acting as defense attorney, Colonel Dax pleads eloquently for the lives of the unfortunate three, but their fate is a done deal. Even an eleventh-hour piece of evidence proving Mireau's incompetence is ignored by the smirking Broulard, who is only interested in putting on a show of bravado. A failure when first released (it was banned outright in France for several years), Paths of Glory has since taken its place in the pantheon of classic war movies, its message growing only more pertinent and potent with each passing year (it was especially popular during the Vietnam era). --- Hal Erickson

Paths of Glory is a remarkable anti-war film that retains its impact decades after its release. The story's horrifying, tragic inevitability combines with Stanley Kubrick's forthright documentary style to create a film of rare power, a stinging, pre-Vietnam indictment of the inflexibility of war-time decision-making. Kirk Douglas, who produced the film, seems an odd choice to play a French colonel in World War I, yet he fills the screen with his righteous indignation. Kubrick's indictment of a military elite out of touch with even openly antagonistic towards its own men is brilliantly vicious. Filmed in pristine black-and-white that mirrors the thematic emphasis on the battle between good (enlisted men) and evil (the officers), with Kubrick's keen eye toward detail, Paths of Glory is both an intellectual and a visual treat. The film touched many raw nerves, and it was banned in several European countries, with France the last to lift the ban in the late 1970s. The conclusion features the soon-to-be Mrs. Kubrick in a sentimental and melodramatic scene that has been criticized as out-of-step with the rest of the somber and gritty film. --- Dan Jardine

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Cast for Paths of Glory

Kirk Douglas - Col. Dax
Ralph Meeker - Corp. Paris
Adolphe Menjou - Gen. Broulard
George Macready - Gen. Mireau
Wayne Morris - Lieutenant Roget
Richard Anderson - Maj. Saint-Auban
Joe Turkel - Private Arnaud
Timothy Carey - Private Ferol
Peter Capell - Col. Judge
Susanne Christian - German Girl
Bert Freed - Sgt. Boulanger
Jerry Hausner - Cafe Owner
Harold Benedict - Capt. Nichols
John Stein - Capt. Rousseau
Ken Dibbs - Pvt. LeJeune
Emile G. Meyer - Priest

Crew for Paths of Glory

Stanley Kubrick - Director / Screenwriter
James B. Harris - Producer
Humphrey Cobb - Book Author
Jim Thompson - Screenwriter
Calder Willingham - Screenwriter
Georg Krause - Cinematographer
Gerald Fried - Composer (Music Score)
Eva Kroll - Editor
Ludwig Reiber - Art Director
Ilse Dubois - Costume Designer
Arthur Schramm - Makeup
Erwin Lange - Special Effects
Hannes Staudinger - Camera Operator
Martin Mueller - Sound/Sound Designer

Awards for Paths of Glory

Best Film - Both Any Source and British Stanley Kubrick 1957 British Academy Awards
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1992 Library of Congress


Anica-Flash Best First Film (win) Lee Tamahori 1994 Venice Film Festival

Feature Details

Title: Paths of Glory
Feature Release Date: 1957
Genre: War
Rating: G
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 87 Minutes
Chapters: 16
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: CC1157L
UPC: Does not apply
ISBN: 0-931393-86-8
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1157L
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with one split

Kirk Douglas and Ralph Meeker in... Stanley Kubrick's...

Paths of Glory

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1157L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Original Theatrical Trailer
See the History of Criterion LaserDiscs at DaDon's...

Paths of Glory
1957 - 87 min. - Black and White
Genre: War
Rated G
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
PATHS OF GLORY is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. The story takes place in 1916 France, as the French command orders an exhausted unit to wrest control of an anthill from the Germans--expecting a casualty rate of 60 percent. The battle--during which the Germans are never seen, indicating that the French are their own worst enemy--turns into a bloody massacre. Looking for a scapegoat, General Mireau (George Macready) orders Colonel Dax (a never-more-intense Kirk Douglas) to select three of his men to face a court-martial and possible firing squad for the troops' cowardice. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, PATHS OF GLORY, based on the novel by Humphrey Cobbs, is a gut-wrenching, unforgettable drama. Every scene is awash in grays, covered in doom. Kubrick marvelously contrasts the ornate palace where the generals sip their cognac with the ramshackle trenches where injured men stumble about, demoralized and shellshocked. Douglas gives a tough, gritty performance; his tense sparring with the high command features sharp, biting dialogue. The entire cast is outstanding; watching so many men die for no reason is maddening. Kubrick captured the Vietnam War in FULL METAL JACKET, the cold war in DR. STRANGELOVE, the Seven Years' War in BARRY LYNDON, and a slave uprising in SPARTACUS, but PATHS OF GLORY is his crowning achievement when it comes to depicting the devastation, both physical and psychological, that war wreaks on the individual--as well as the state.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Adapting Humphrey Cobb's novel to the screen, director Stanley Kubrick and his collaborators Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson set out to make a devastating anti-war statement, and they succeeded above and beyond the call of duty. In the third year of World War I, the erudite but morally bankrupt French general Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his troops to seize the heavily fortified "Ant Hill" from the Germans. General Mireau (George MacReady) knows that this action will be suicidal, but he will sacrfice his men to enhance his own reputation. Against his better judgment, Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) leads the charge, and the results are appalling. When, after witnessing the slaughter of their comrades, a handful of the French troops refuse to leave the trenches, Mireau very nearly orders the artillery to fire on his own men. Still smarting from the defeat, Mireau cannot admit to himself that the attack was a bad idea from the outset: he convinces himself that loss of Ant Hill was due to the cowardice of his men. Mireau demands that three soldiers be selected by lot to be executed as an example to rest of the troops. Acting as defense attorney, Colonel Dax pleads eloquently for the lives of the unfortunate three, but their fate is a done deal. Even an eleventh-hour piece of evidence proving Mireau's incompetence is ignored by the smirking Broulard, who is only interested in putting on a show of bravado. A failure when first released (it was banned outright in France for several years), Paths of Glory has since taken its place in the pantheon of classic war movies, its message growing only more pertinent and potent with each passing year (it was especially popular during the Vietnam era). --- Hal Erickson

Paths of Glory is a remarkable anti-war film that retains its impact decades after its release. The story's horrifying, tragic inevitability combines with Stanley Kubrick's forthright documentary style to create a film of rare power, a stinging, pre-Vietnam indictment of the inflexibility of war-time decision-making. Kirk Douglas, who produced the film, seems an odd choice to play a French colonel in World War I, yet he fills the screen with his righteous indignation. Kubrick's indictment of a military elite out of touch with even openly antagonistic towards its own men is brilliantly vicious. Filmed in pristine black-and-white that mirrors the thematic emphasis on the battle between good (enlisted men) and evil (the officers), with Kubrick's keen eye toward detail, Paths of Glory is both an intellectual and a visual treat. The film touched many raw nerves, and it was banned in several European countries, with France the last to lift the ban in the late 1970s. The conclusion features the soon-to-be Mrs. Kubrick in a sentimental and melodramatic scene that has been criticized as out-of-step with the rest of the somber and gritty film. --- Dan Jardine

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Cast for Paths of Glory

Kirk Douglas - Col. Dax
Ralph Meeker - Corp. Paris
Adolphe Menjou - Gen. Broulard
George Macready - Gen. Mireau
Wayne Morris - Lieutenant Roget
Richard Anderson - Maj. Saint-Auban
Joe Turkel - Private Arnaud
Timothy Carey - Private Ferol
Peter Capell - Col. Judge
Susanne Christian - German Girl
Bert Freed - Sgt. Boulanger
Jerry Hausner - Cafe Owner
Harold Benedict - Capt. Nichols
John Stein - Capt. Rousseau
Ken Dibbs - Pvt. LeJeune
Emile G. Meyer - Priest

Crew for Paths of Glory

Stanley Kubrick - Director / Screenwriter
James B. Harris - Producer
Humphrey Cobb - Book Author
Jim Thompson - Screenwriter
Calder Willingham - Screenwriter
Georg Krause - Cinematographer
Gerald Fried - Composer (Music Score)
Eva Kroll - Editor
Ludwig Reiber - Art Director
Ilse Dubois - Costume Designer
Arthur Schramm - Makeup
Erwin Lange - Special Effects
Hannes Staudinger - Camera Operator
Martin Mueller - Sound/Sound Designer

Awards for Paths of Glory

Best Film - Both Any Source and British Stanley Kubrick 1957 British Academy Awards
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1992 Library of Congress


Anica-Flash Best First Film (win) Lee Tamahori 1994 Venice Film Festival

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