The Mahabharata with Robert Langton-Lloyd: DVD Cover
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The Mahabharata Director: Peter Brook Cast: Robert Langton-Lloyd, Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Bruce Myers, Vittorio Mezzogiorno

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  • DVD Release Date: 11/25/2008
  • Original Release: 1989
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 16,528

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Making The Mahabharata

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Disc #1 -- The Mahabharata
1. Main Title; A Great Poem [6:19]
2. Beginnings [8:58]
3. Blind Marriage and One Hundred Sons [7:06]
4. The Teacher and the Challenger [6:17]
5. One Bride for Five Brothers [7:43]
6. The Game of Dice [18:11]
7. Exile in the Forest [7:48]
8. A New Life [6:05]
9. The Absolute Weapon [10:00]
10. A New Age and the Coming of War [14:13]
11. "Your Enemies Are Your Brothers" [5:49]
12. Seeking Detachment [7:39]
13. War [8:47]
14. The End of Bhisma [10:03]
15. A Trick of Darkness [8:42]
16. Death [4:02]
17. The Final Battles [17:09]
18. The Toll of War [9:43]
19. The Last Illusion [2:04]
20. End Credits [3:13]
1. Program Start; Great India [9:52]
2. Studying the Mahabharata [5:53]
3. Casting [3:59]
4. Direction [9:54]
5. Stages and Images [7:05]
6. Costumes [2:32]
7. War [3:58]
8. Philosophy and Relevance [10:39]
9. End Credits [:46]

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Director Peter Brook collaborates with writer Jean-Claude Carriére for this screen adaptation of the epic, 100,000-stanza Sanskrit poem tracing mankind's quest for universal truth as explored through the ongoing conflict between two warring families - the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Originally a nine-hour stage production, the lengthy play was pared down to just over five hours for the screen. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Absolutely wonderful film, but beware--this is the trunctated TV versionby Anonymous

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February 11, 2009: This is a wonderful work of art by Peter Brook, but this particular DVD edition is the trunctated 3-hour TV version, NOT the full-length, 6-hour version originally released on DVD in, I believe, 2002. Beware! One star for the reissue, five stars for the film, three stars as the average.

Entertaining Mythosby Anonymous

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May 24, 2003: A deeply powerful story, filmed with hypnotic beauty and poetry, while leaving the solomnly trippy plot largely intact: includes complicated marriages, a woman whose mother is a fish, infinite lengths of yellow silk, demons, giants, ultimate weapons, involuntary sex changes, a talking lake, a dog who is also a god, and other miracles. This might be a good one for anime fans who want to branch out.

This review was written about the DVD edition.