Product Description

A timeless classic based on the famous William March novel. In a small American town in 1933, troubled WWI veteran Joe Delaney has just finished writing a book about his experience as a U.S. marine. How in the nightmare of war, each man is defined by singular moments in which his true character is revealed. Joe describes the German soldier who haunts his dreams, the camaraderie fused by fighting together and the reality of dying for your country.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37842 in DVD
• Brand: INDICAN PICTURES
• Released on: 2008-02-19
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 5.00 pounds
• Running time: 102 minutes

Features

• In a small American town in 1933, troubled WWII veteran Joe Delaney has just finished writing a book about his experience as a U.S. marine. How in the nightmare of war, each man is defined by singular moments in which his true character is revealed. Joe describes the German soldier who haunts his dreams, the camaraderie fused by fighting together and the reality of dying for your country. Featu

Review
Based on William March's memoir of his time in the trenches, Robert Clem turns his camera to a faithful, personal, and introspective look at the war -- Clem's film has surprising production values and is full of period detail: Authentic uniforms and weaponry are used to outfit our heroes -- a group of soldiers on the front lines in Europe...the end result is a very watchable and often quite good war flick. --Christopher Null, FilmCritic.com

Review
A riveting account of his days fighting in the Great War, as well as the after-effects upon returning home, March managed to make the conflict both spellbinding and sorrowful, a story of men as well as a tragic tale of war's lasting shadow upon the soul. Clem definitely had his work cut out for him and, amazingly, he managed to somehow translate a great deal of March's feeling and foresight into his independent motion picture. That he also made the kind of movie Hollywood studios would hope to achieve on a tiny fraction of a Tinseltown budget is an amazing accomplishment. That he found fabulous actors, realistic locales, and authentic artifacts from the period (including costumes, artillery and vehicles) is the icing on this epic cake. While it might not be the most memorable or effective film, Company K does the memory of the men it honors very, very proud. --Bill Gibron, DVD Verdict.com

Review
Rating **** In his book, Company K , March provides a no bs first-hand account of what war is really like and I think if he were alive today, he would be grateful for the fantastic job Robert Clem did of translating his stories to the screen. I always felt I was where the story was taking me and that s right down there in the trenches with these confused American soldiers on the European frontlines. I mean, there are tanks and planes and authentic weaponry and uniforms, not to mention battle scenes. Honestly, I wasn't expecting such incredible production value and matching it is the amazing cast, each member bringing back to life these soldiers that co-existed in March s living nightmare. --Eric Campos, Film Threat

Customer Reviews

Not The Usual War Film.
This is a hard film to adjust to as it carries you through the war experence of a person who wrote a book from which this film is taken. Its not the typical story because of the excerps of individual members of Company K. It is slow moving compared to most war films and spends as much time on personel than on battle sequents. It's a moving story that is not for the faint of heart & brings out the worst of men under wars battle conditions. Even though the events took place in World War One, it holds true for our wars now. I would not recommend it to the average war buff because of it's pace and some of the events shown. All in all ,I enjoyed it. Don't expect it to leave you with a good feeling. It was well done and the acting was good with no big names. I was disappointed because there was not more battle footage, but to each his own.

One of the great anti-war films
This is one of the great anti-war films, along with All's Quiet On The Western Front and Die Bruecke (The Bridge -- which is still not available on DVD). It has great acting from dozens of actors, without a single star in the cast. This is a powerful and poetic film, with beautiful photography -- many of the screen compositions are worthy of the great masters, Eisenstein, Dreyer, Hitchcock....
Company K consists entirely of vignettes, some of which are very short ... and unforgettable. It is commendably devoid of sentimentality, sensationalism, propagandistic jingoism, and the usual war-movie cliches. Some of the episodes are tragic and shocking: American soldiers are ordered to kill defenceless prisoners of war. A sleep-deprived soldier murders his superior officer. A decent soldier, the narrator, kills a friendly German. A piggish sergeant executes a young soldier -- who was not insubordinate, but simply too frightened to move.
The senseless carnage of World War I. The message of this film, and the novel it is based on, is that these things must never happen again. But they did happen again, and are happening now.

Not so great movie about the Great War
Directed by Robert Clem, Company K is based on a novel of the same name written by William March. The cinematography and the use of accurate World War I uniforms, weapons and vehicles was good, but the rest of the movie is forgettable, especially the background music. It was difficult to keep up with most of the characters since the actors are not very well known. I would recommend either "The Lost Battalion" (2001) or "Sergeant York" (1941) if you're looking for good movies about U.S. troops in World War I.