To Hell and Back

We recently went on a Viking Rhine River cruise and visited the town of Colmar, France and saw the valley where the Americans pushed the German Nazis out of the place they had been entrenched for 4 or 5 years. American forces alone fought this portion almost concurrently with the Battle of the Bulge, it was a very hard location to fight, Americans were at a large disadvantage. This was the battle field Audie Murphy was decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the film was a reenactment of his actions during his Army career, he starred and directed the movie. Excellent war flick!

Audie Murphy, WWII's most decorated soldier.

True Life movies are so much better to watch

Great old movie

I thought it was a pretty good war movie even starring Audie Murphy in his own role

I liked the price and the speed in which it came. I bought it for a Birthday gift for my brother. He loved it.

The Kino Lorber blu-ray of To Hell and Back is the only way to watch this film. If you’ve seen this in the past or are simply interested in war films in general, this wonderful HD presentation does this move justice and honors the spirit in which it was made. THaB is an important milestone in the genre and entertains while illuminating Audie Murphy the man.Growing up, I had watched this film several times during Saturday afternoons. I found it engaging as a child and was surprised that Audie Murphy played himself. Even being a youngster, I figured it must have been very hard for him to reenact those combat and death scenes. It was because of To Hell and Back that I knew of Audie Murphy since I never encountered any of his other films. Regardless, many of the moments in the movie stuck with me. On a side note, when I was in Basic Training, the Drill Sergeant was supposed to teach my platoon The Army Goes Rolling Along, but he preferred The Dog-faced Soldier and we sang that instead. So I developed a soft spot for that tune which is used extensively in different arrangements in the film.For WWII movies, it’s important to remember that there is a time before Saving Private Ryan and a time after Saving Private Ryan. What I mean by this is that audiences raised on a harder action films with gore will often find older war films wanting. But it was just not possible to show the level of carnage allowable today in 1955 when To Hell and Back was made. This has to be understood as not making the movie any less dramatic but rather a theatrical convention of it’s time. The horror of war doesn’t come from depicting bloody slaughter but from watching your best friends die just as Audie Murphy did in real life.To Hell and Back is a “B” film that was given a few extras that pushed it to higher level of quality. It was shot in color and in widescreen CinemaScope which really helps it pop on modern HD screens. The Blu-ray also has a nice commentary track by two historians and I appreciated that the cover of the case actually used the original poster for the artwork.A few negatives, the lame introduction by the general dulls the opening and the combat scenes were shot in Yakama Washington, and while picturesque, this area doesn’t really look like Sicily, Italy and France. Plus, nobody had a panzer so an American tank fills in for that, but as you probably already know, this happened a lot in most WW2 flicks. Finally, Audie Murphy was 30 but playing himself as he was at 17 to 20, so some suspension of disbelief is needed.To boil it down To Hell and Back is a coming of age story amidst the terror of war and about the loss of friends. It was made when those raw memories were still fresh and is a good time capsule of 1950s moviemaking. Recommended!

Told the story of Audie Murphy from adolescent to the action in WW2.

I've watched this movie many times. It's one of my favorite movies Tha fact it's a true story and have the actual person whom it's about is amazing.The picture and sound quality is great.

Excellent movie hard to believe he portrayed himself

L'Enfer des hommes, tel était le titre du DVD Universal en son édition française cop. 2007. Là, j'ai craqué sur le Blu-ray, davantage peut-être, a priori, pour l'acteur trop souvent sous-estimé, que pour le film de guerre que j'avais déjà vu. Or, en tant que film de guerre, il tient bien la route. En 1955, l'on sait ce qu'est la guerre de type 1941-45, celle des Américains, et la guerre fait rage en Corée. Image et son : superbes. L'ennui, c'est que sans être nul en anglais, comprendre des dialogues entre militaires américains, avec de l'humour adapté au milieu propre à la troupe, et à des soldats en guerre, ne va pas toujours de soi. Bref, c'est un grand moment de cinéma, mais personnellement j'en ai perdu ici ou là, sauf dans l'action (Murphy au top, avec quelques autres). Là, je viens tout juste de reprendre le DVD, qui n'offre pas seulement des sous-titres français, comme annoncé sur le boîtier, mais aussi la VF audio : bonne surprise. Cette fois, peu de pertes d'informations, sinon en quelques fins de phrase. En définitive, le DVD fait plus léger, plus fun, malgré la guerre ; le Blu-ray est plus âpre et fait mieux ressortir tout, la parade initiale (finale aussi) comme les combats en leur dureté : To Hell and Back. Donc, un excellent blu-ray, dépourvu certes de tout sous-titre, mais qui vient rendre beaucoup de force au film : du vrai cinéma sur écran OLED. Une acquisition justifiée.

Un film cult di guerra sulla vera storia di Audie Murphy, qui come attore, oltre che eroe americano.Un edizione imperdibile con un master davvero ben fatto, finalmente anche in dvd in formato widescreen spettacolare.Consigliato per tutti i collezionisti del vecchio cinema americano!!!!

Regalo para mi suegro porque es una peli que vio de niño y le quedó marcada, la verdad es que el regalo ha sido todo un éxito.