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Quo Vadis Director: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov

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  • Blu-ray Release Date: 03/17/2009
  • Original Release: 1951
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 25,957

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Commentary by Critic/film historian F.X. Feeney; Digitally remastered from restored picture and audio elements; Original roadshow overture and exit music; Rejoined to the film for the first time in 56 years; New featurette In the Beginning: Quo Vadis adn the Genesis of the Biblical Epic; Theatrical trailers

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Originally advertised as "Colossal Quo Vadis," this opulent MGM production is far and away the most elaborate of the many versions of Henryk Sienkiewicz' novel. The plot, as always, concerns the romance between a beautiful early Christian woman (Deborah Kerr) and the initially agnostic Roman soldier Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor). This love story is laid against the larger intrigues of the debauched emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov), who hopes to gain immortality by destroying Rome with a fire and remaking it in his own image. Part of Nero's master plan is the elimination of the Christian "threat," leading to the climactic lion picnics in the arena. In spite of the many more celebrated highlights (the burning of Rome, the rescue of Lygia [Deborah Kerr] from a rampaging bear, the upside-down crucifixion of Simon Peter), the scene that remains most vivid in the memory is the posthumous "final insult" delivered to Nero by his contemptuous former aide Petronius (Leo Genn). Sophia Loren can be briefly spotted as an extra during one of the crowd scenes. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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September 27, 2008: Quo Vadis is one of my all time favorite movies and when it became available as a DVD thru B &amp N online, I couldn't wait to buy it! How disappointed I was to discover that the media format was such poor quality! It was not created with 5.1 or 6.1 digital sound, which should have been my first clue, there are no options to change the audio set-up at all, you cannot fast forward to the next chapter while running the movie and overall, it feels like I am watching my VHS recording but even that has better video detail than this DVD. I am very disappointed with this DVD. I should have been more careful to see that it was not put out by MGM in the first place. Don't be duped by this mistaken identity!

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February 28, 2008: This movie like a few others is dubbed in Japanese (see The African Queen). It would be very nice if B & N would announce that loud and clear in it's description. This is the second "surprise" I've gotten. The only way to tell from the website is to take a good long look at the picture of the movie. If you miss that, you may end up with something other than what you think you are ordering.

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