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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 30377
Released: April 19, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Academy AwardÂ(r)-winner* Gregory Peck gives a "commanding and convincing" (Citizen-News) performance in "exotic" (Mirror-News) World War II drama. An "engrossing" (Citizen-News) and "visually alluring" (LA Examiner) film full of harrowing suspense, The PurplePlain is "something everyone should see" (LA Daily News). After his wife is killed during the Blitz, Forrester (Peck) is bent on achieving one thing in the war: his death. But when his plane crash-lands in enemy territory, he realizes that he must save himself in order to guide his two injured companions to safety. As they cross the Burmese desert with no food and little water, Forrester's will to live grows stronger than ever.
The Purple Plain Reviews:
Very good 
2009-07-04 - On time and as discribed.
I saw the first half of this many years ago on the late show. Something went wrong and never saw the end. Well, now I have.
The Purple Plain 
2009-03-06 - An interesting case of a man who finds love again after losing his wife during a bombing. However; that isn't the only focus in this WWII story about a fighter pilot played by Gregory Peck. While flying with his bombadier in their Mosquito they are ferrying another man to a different location when they crashland. Peck must then find a way to get them out of Japanese territory to their own lines. Survival in Burma during the Summer months is grueling and makes their treck back all the harder. The Bombadier was badly burned in the crash and requires the other two to carry him. This is not a well known movie but I think worth at least a rental. Good quality DVD with fair replayability. If you enjoyed this catch 633 Squadron.
CA Luster
An Angry Finch Goes to Burma 
2009-01-31 - The movie is okay and you could spend a worse 90 minutes. Gregory Peck is a little angrier than usual at the beginning but he converts to a total good guy later. Yet another hero saved by a good woman. The story and the characters just lack depth. You can't get into his sorrow over his wife because you don't know her. After he agonizes over her to the point of mental disease, he becomes a new man after meeting another woman for about a total of 3 hours. It just doesn't add up. On the other hand, the acting is very good across the board.
Gregory Peck fan, here....
2008-02-07 - ...and I will admit that this isn't my favorite roll of his. But it is a good story, quite suspenseful and well directed. The characters are, well, characters, in the "British" sense. That means, that they are drawn with clearly delineated strengths and weaknesses, and are each rather eccentric in their own way. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes Peck's acting and might have missed this one. And to anyone who likes war movies with a bit of psychology woven into the interaction of the characters.
'Per Ardua Ad Astra'
2006-05-19 - In this enjoyable wartime yarn (set in WWII Burma) the Royal Canadian Air Force would have been proud of Gregory Peck as the angry, deeply troubled pilot who literally battles 'through adversity to reach the stars' (or in this case star - the enchanting Anna played by actress Win Min Than). Peck as Forrester is haunted by the loss of his wife killed during a German bombing raid on London. Through a series of nighmares, flashbacks and some atmospheric use of sound while Peck lays soaked with perspiration in his tiny tent, Director Robert Parrish brings the H E Bates novel and Eric Ambler's screenplay to life.
Memorable performances from British screen stalwarts Maurice Denham (Blore), Bernard Lee (Dr Harris)and Lyndon Brook (Carrington)together with Ambler's racey pacey script keeps audiences guessing to the end. Brenda De Banzie's wonderful performance as missionary 'Miss McNab' and Win Min Than as the beautiful, gentle 'Anna' are just what the doctor ordered for the brooding Forrester as he battles behind Japanese lines when his Mosiquito fighter-bomber crashes on a routine mission.
Released in 1954, when the British War movie genre was in full flow, Parrish manages moments of Hitchcock in a taut psychological drama of Peck against the elements driven by duty, personal pride and the beautiful Anna who waits anxiously in a Burmese village. It might not be a classic (whatever that might be) but The Purple Plain nevertheless captivates and entertains through tragedy, love and action-packed drama. Well done Greg! And well done cast, crew and writers! Chocks away chaps!
