Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition) | Omar Sharif, Julie Christie

Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition) | Omar Sharif, Julie Christie | Dr Zhivago Among The Finest All Time Classic's

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highly recommended

A Timeless Piece

The depth of this master piece is timeless for all generations to come. Compared to what we are having on the market today, most of them are cheap, superficial and rediculous, I recommand this movie to everyone; at least watch it once to experiece what real love and real life are.

Dr Zhivago Among The Finest All Time Classic's

I wish I could live a life as full as Dr. Zhivago. Every so often one realizes that when events in history happen, it changes the lives of people to the extent that can only be read about or viewed to believe. The loneliness, and then joy, Fear,uncertainty, and ultimately sorrow.

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Classic movie epic based on the classic novel

It is easy to see why this is one of the movie classics of 20th century film based on the book by Boris Pasternak of the same name.
This drama-romance-war film is set for the most part in early twentieth century Russia and the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
The first scene in the film which will be used as the framing device involves Police General Yevgraf Zhivago (Alec Guinness), some time in the 1950s searching for information about his late brother Yury Zhivago (Omar Shariff) and his paramour Lara (Julie Christie).
He questions a young woman Tonya Komarovskya (Rita Tushingham) who seemingly remembers nothing.
The movie then takes us the opening scene of the little boy Yury (Tarek Sharif)at his mother's funeral in the early twentieth century. Yury go's to live with the Gromykos and their daughter Tonya whom he later marries.
The movie, which departs slightly from the book in various ways, takes us to the life and career of Yury and the turmoil of pre-revolutionary Russia and the First World War and finally of the cruelties and horrors of the Russian Revolution and the Civil War.

The movie focuses on Dr Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago and several friends and associates of his including his loyal and strong wife Tonya, the beautiful and mystifying Laryssa Fyodorovna (Lara),her husband, the self-righteous revolutionary Pavel "Pasha" Antipov (Tom Courtenay), who later reappears as the cruel and mass murdering Red Army officer Strenikov. Young revolutionaries either grow out of their revolutiary ideals or become coldblooded fanatics.

Lara has been involved romantically involved with the villainous lawyer with political connections Victor Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), who tries to dissuade her from marrying Pavel and rapes her.
She then attempts to shoot him at a Christmas party.
Zhivago -disgusted by the poverty and injustices of Tsarist Russia - initially supports the high ideals of the Bolsheviks but after their bloody seizure of power it soon becomes clearer and clearer that the Bolsheviks are far and away crueler and more steeped in hypocrisy than even the worst elements of the Tsarist order.

The love of Yuri and Lara is one of the great romances of literature like that of Romeo and Juliet ,Heathcliff and Catherine from Wuthering Heights , and Lancelot and Guinevere

Lara describes it a something ordained by the very forces of nature but at the same time something predestined to be destroyed

He sends a few brief , ecstatic but fearful months with her after the Civil War but hey are again cruelly separated. By this time Yuri's wife Tonya and their children have gone into exile.

Komarov then reappears and Lara is forced to accompany him to the east.
They are never to meet again but
SPOILER WARNING
Zhivago sees her briefly in Moscow before suffering a heart attack.
We learn later that Lara died later inn a labour camp.

Some very memorable scenes that will be familiar to those who have read the book including the scene where Zhivago meets Lara for the first time after Lara's mother has tried to commit suicide by swallowing iodine, Lara's attempt on Komarov's life and Lara and Yury's life in the cottage in Siberia.

Strikingly done and very life like, with beautiful musical background to accompany the entire range of emotions, including the well known Lara's theme by composer Maurice Jarre.

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Cascading oceans of tears

I just saw this last night and was almost immediately extremely emotionally expressive throughout the whole film. The juxtaposition between the rich and the poor and then the fall of society into communism is absolutely heart wrenching. But Omar Sharif's portrayal of Dr. Zhivago is all about hope during this depressing time and his bright attitude toward life is felt throughout by the viewer as well as many of the characters, but the despair is always there. Shadows of fear, violence, betrayal, and hatred lurk all around him and Lara, played by Julie Cristie. But Dr. Zhivago is driven by hope and tireless perseverance to build a better life for his family. Their love for one another keeps them strong and keeps them going.

I must warn you that this movie is not for the faint of heart. My husband, who had seen it a few times before, was emotional because of my sorrow filled emotion. Yes, it took a monumental toll on me as a viewer and I continued to be affected by it hours after watching the film. But make no mistake: THIS MOVIE IS WORTH WATCHING. It is a long film (3 hours, 20 minutes), but it is at the pinnacle of genius. Its star-studded cast performs brilliantly and in a believably disturbing way that pulls the viewer in and holds him for the length of this epic film.

This is such a powerful movie that I should think that everyone must be able to watch it before they go off into that goodnight of existence. In fact, I encourage it. This film will have such a powerful effect on the viewer for the rest of his life, it is so powerful.

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Dr. Zhivago review

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The Movie ain't bad either !!! Real tear-jerker . Put it on and watch the wife/lover cry .

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