03720cgm a2200661 i 4500 333086647 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 d 040217t20042003||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780790782768 0790782766 9781419893247 1419893246 085392838325 28383 Warner Home Video (OCoLC)54435762 TxAuBib rda eng fre eng fre spa eng The last samurai / Warner Bros. ; The Bedford Falls Company ; Cruise-Wagner Productions ; Radar Pictures, Inc. ; producers, Tom Cruise, Marshall Herskovitz, Scott Kroopf, Paula Wagner, Edward Zwick ; screenplay, John Logan and Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz ; director, Edward Zwick. Burbank, Calif : Warner Home Video, [2004] ©2003. 2 videodiscs (ca. 154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Special features: Disc 1. Theatrical film with commentary by director Edward Zwick. Disc 2. Deleted scenes with commentary; history vs. Hollywood: 'The last samurai' [History Channel documentary]; Tom Cruise: a warrior's journey; Edward Zwick: director's video journal; making an epic: a conversation with Edward Zwick and Tom Cruise; a world of detail: production design with Lilly Kilvert; Silk and armor: costume design with Ngila Dickson; Imperial Army basic training; From soldier to samurai: the weapons; Japan premieres (Tokyo & Kyoto red carpet); theatrical trailer. Director of photography, John Toll ; editors, Victor DuBois, Steven Rosenblum ; original music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designer, Ngila Dickson ; production designer, Lilly Kilvert. Ken Wantanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Masato Harada. Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test. MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and battle sequences. DVD; dual layer; widescreen; NTSC, region 1. 20170101. With separate English (Dolby digital 5.1) and French (Dolby digital 2.0) language tracks and English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. Samurai Japan Drama. Soldiers Conduct of life Drama. Japan History 19th century Drama. Feature films. Films for the hearing impaired. Cruise, Tom, 1962- Wantanabe, Ken, 1959- Atherton, William. Lindberg, Chad. Connolly, Billy. Goldwyn, Tony. Harada, Masato, 1949- Herskovitz, Marshall. Kroopf, Scott. Wagner, Paula, 1946- Zwick, Edward. Logan, John, 1961- Warner Bros. Picture (1969- ). Bedford Falls Company. Cruise/Wagner Productions (Firm). Radar Pictures. Warner Home Video (Firm).