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# The Big Red One: The Reconstruction

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## Description

A US Army sergeant who participated in the First World War now leads a rifle squad in the same division in which he's served, the First Infantry. The squad participates in combat action from storming Vichy French Africa into the long seige of Sicily and Italy, into D-Day at Omaha Beach,and onward through the push to Germany.

Review: A Classic American Film - Don't let the nay-sayers have their way, those weaned on loud, big budget, thought challenged contemporary war films like Black Hawk Down, Glory, Pearl Harbor, and the like. This is the real thing. Sam Fuller, finally given a reasonable budget (though no where near the budget of the films mentioned above: Josh Hartnett's make-up was probably more than what Fuller could spend on costumes), produced in 1980 a strange, not thoroughly satisfactory but weirdly affecting and anachronistic little movie about a rifle squad in World War II. What became known once this film quickly disappeared from the theatres was that it was not what Fuller intended, that the studio had cut it significantly. To Fuller fans, this was his Greed, his Magnificent Ambersons, the film that could have been but wasn't. That it was his perhaps his most polished film, that it took a decidedly unsentimental view of war and American soldiers, that it contained one of Lee Marvin's final great performances, none of this could make up for the nagging question of what could have been. Now, with this reconstruction, we know, and it is indeed his masterpiece, and one of the best movies made ever about men in war. It is still a relatively low budget affair, which will turn off those used to CGI and big recongnizable stars. But what concerns Fuller is the grunt eyed view of battle, and for that he doesn't need a Bruckheimer budget. If this film can be compared to something recent, it would be Band of Brothers, another relatively unsentimental depiction of American soldiers in WWII. But Spielberg nor Tom Hanks would ever go as far as Fuller does in showing how hard and deeply cynical war can make a person, as Fuller does in the great scene of the GI partially blown up by a booby trap and Marvin chuckling as he shows the poor guy his blown off testicle and proclaiming something along the lines of "Hey, that's why you got two." The film is full of these moments. The squad doesn't give a damn about the replacements that show up to take the place of the replacements just killed. As one of the men says, the new guys are just "walking dead men." Are Marvin and his squad heroes? Fuller would laugh at that. His men have one goal in mind, and that is survival. Fuller, an infantryman himself in the First Division during the war, knows what war is. And that first hand knowledge is evidenced in every frame of this movie. The reconstruction gives the original film a much greater scope, giving it the feel of the tiny epic it promised to be in 1980. Fuller doesn't romanticize his heroes--this isn't Spielberg, this isn't Bruckheimer. He makes them hard, bitter men, boys really, who do what they have to in order to live another day. At the end, the Fuller stand-in, the wanna be writer in the squad, says, "I'm going to dedicate my book to the men who survived." This is that story, and as we slog away in another way where young men and women are dying every day, Fuller's cautionary tale is needed more than ever.
Review: Understated gem. - Well made.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B004FQX5DY |
| Actors  | Bobby DiCicco, Kelly Ward, Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine |
| Best Sellers Rank | #11,865 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #124 in Military & War (Movies & TV) #1,188 in Action & Adventure DVDs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (3,944) |
| Director  | Samuel Fuller |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| Item model number  | WHV1000164927DVD |
| Language  | English (Dolby Digital 4.0), English (Stereo 2.0) |
| MPAA rating  | R (Restricted) |
| Media Format  | Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Producers  | Brian Jamieson, Douglas Freeman, Gene Corman, Richard Schickel |
| Product Dimensions  | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces |
| Release date  | January 4, 2011 |
| Run time  | 2 hours and 42 minutes |
| Studio  | Warner Home Video |
| Subtitles:  | English, French, Spanish |

## Product Details

- **Format:** Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen
- **Genre:** Military & War
- **Initial release date:** 2011-01-04
- **Language:** English

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Classic American Film
*by J***E on October 31, 2005*

Don't let the nay-sayers have their way, those weaned on loud, big budget, thought challenged contemporary war films like Black Hawk Down, Glory, Pearl Harbor, and the like. This is the real thing. Sam Fuller, finally given a reasonable budget (though no where near the budget of the films mentioned above: Josh Hartnett's make-up was probably more than what Fuller could spend on costumes), produced in 1980 a strange, not thoroughly satisfactory but weirdly affecting and anachronistic little movie about a rifle squad in World War II. What became known once this film quickly disappeared from the theatres was that it was not what Fuller intended, that the studio had cut it significantly. To Fuller fans, this was his Greed, his Magnificent Ambersons, the film that could have been but wasn't. That it was his perhaps his most polished film, that it took a decidedly unsentimental view of war and American soldiers, that it contained one of Lee Marvin's final great performances, none of this could make up for the nagging question of what could have been. Now, with this reconstruction, we know, and it is indeed his masterpiece, and one of the best movies made ever about men in war. It is still a relatively low budget affair, which will turn off those used to CGI and big recongnizable stars. But what concerns Fuller is the grunt eyed view of battle, and for that he doesn't need a Bruckheimer budget. If this film can be compared to something recent, it would be Band of Brothers, another relatively unsentimental depiction of American soldiers in WWII. But Spielberg nor Tom Hanks would ever go as far as Fuller does in showing how hard and deeply cynical war can make a person, as Fuller does in the great scene of the GI partially blown up by a booby trap and Marvin chuckling as he shows the poor guy his blown off testicle and proclaiming something along the lines of "Hey, that's why you got two." The film is full of these moments. The squad doesn't give a damn about the replacements that show up to take the place of the replacements just killed. As one of the men says, the new guys are just "walking dead men." Are Marvin and his squad heroes? Fuller would laugh at that. His men have one goal in mind, and that is survival. Fuller, an infantryman himself in the First Division during the war, knows what war is. And that first hand knowledge is evidenced in every frame of this movie. The reconstruction gives the original film a much greater scope, giving it the feel of the tiny epic it promised to be in 1980. Fuller doesn't romanticize his heroes--this isn't Spielberg, this isn't Bruckheimer. He makes them hard, bitter men, boys really, who do what they have to in order to live another day. At the end, the Fuller stand-in, the wanna be writer in the squad, says, "I'm going to dedicate my book to the men who survived." This is that story, and as we slog away in another way where young men and women are dying every day, Fuller's cautionary tale is needed more than ever.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Understated gem.
*by D***N on November 30, 2025*

Well made.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review without Spoilers - Pros & Cons
*by T***O on April 20, 2023*

The Big Red One (1980) is a U.S. WWII film written & directed by Samuel Fuller. The film stars Lee Marvin alongside Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Siegfried Rauch, Bobby Di Cicco, & Kelly Ward. The film is based on Fuller's own experiences & was produced independently on a low budget & heavily cut on its original release, but a restored version, The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (2004) features many of the scenes that were originally cut & improves the film in my opinion. Here are the pros & cons of this film as I see it, I hope this helps you. Pros: 1. In my opinion, the second-best WWII movie made after Come & See (1985) 2. The film is very accurate, in fact I use to listen to the stories from a Scottish gentleman inn the 1970s who served in WWII as a medic until the end of the war, & it is amazing how similar some of his experiences were to those in this film 3. Lee Marvin does a great job in this film and brings credibility to many of the scenes 4. Funny, I never was a Mark Hamill fan, but I like him & his acting in this film 5. Since this film was based of the WWII experiences of the director, it gives credibility to the film Cons: 1. If you are looking for a WWII film with constant action, special effects, computer effects, & pointless excessive gore, then this WWII film may not be for you 2. Some may find this film a bit disjointed, but that is actually a more accurate portrayal of how service was in many cases in WWII & how companies experienced the war from location to location

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