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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TCFHE/MGM
EAN: 9780792866862
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079286686X
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledEnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: MGMDM10359D
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 12, 2005
Running Time: 121 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: February 04, 2005
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IN 1994, AS THE COUNTRY OF RWANDA DESCENDED INTO MADNESS, ONE MAN MADE A RPOMISE TO PROTECT THE FAMILY HE LOVED - AND ENDED UP FINDING THE COURAGE TO SAVE OVER 1200 PEOPLE. THE INSPIRING STORY OF REAL-LIFE HERO PAUL RUSESABAGINA WHO USED HIS COURAGE AND CUNNING TO SHELTER OVER 1000 REFUGES FROM BERTAIN DEATH.
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Solidly built around a subtle yet commanding performance by Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda emerged as one of the most highly-praised dramas of 2004. In a role that demands his quietly riveting presence in nearly every scene, Cheadle plays real-life hero Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in the Rwandan capital of Kigali who in 1994 saved 1,200 Rwandan "guests" from certain death during the genocidal clash between tribal Hutus, who slaughtered a million victims, and the horrified Tutsis, who found safe haven or died. Giving his best performance since his breakthrough role in Devil in a Blue Dress, Cheadle plays Rusesabagina as he really was during the ensuing chaos: "an expert in situational ethics" (as described by critic Roger Ebert), doing what he morally had to do, at great risk and potential sacrifice, with an understanding that wartime negotiations are largely a game of subterfuge, cooperation, and clever bribery. Aided by a United Nations official (Nick Nolte), he worked a saintly miracle, and director Terry George (Some Mother's Son) brings formidable social conscience to bear on a true story you won't soon forget. --Jeff Shannon
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This is a fantastic movie that people should watch. It neither provides great entertainment nor does it make one happy, but this movie is based on a true story that occurred during the Rwandan genocide. The movie shows why the West had no interest in stopping this. The West was not going to gain anything out of Rwanda so no one cared what was going to happen to these millions of people. What was shocking was the fact that foreign troops came to take away all foreign nationals, but not the real people ... Read More
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The year is 1994. The country of Rwanda is experiencing the beginning of a brutal civil war between the Hutu and the Tutsi. When the notorious Rwandan Genocide has commenced, a hotel manager named Paul Rusesabagina (played brilliantly by Don Cheadle) provides shelter for his own family and friends, as well as a thousand refugees who are trying to protecting themselves from harm. At this time, Paul does all he can to protect everyone from fear, famine, and the militia.
Since this is based ... Read More
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Films like this remind me why life is just one big ball of tragedy. It is very difficult to live life happily unless all these horrible facts of reality are summarily swept under the proverbial rug in our minds. Don Cheadle does a reasonably OK job in his role as the messianic hero, although his face is usually stamped with helpless despair most of the time, a lot of time the fact that he is acting oozes through the lens a little too intensely. The film tap-dances around ... Read More
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Hotel Rwanda is the story of hotel manager Paul Ruseabagina a Hutu who shelters about 1200 people in the hotel he's been put in charge of as the Rwandan genocide spirals out of control in 1994. Left to fend for himself as the Western governments and other organizations ran away. Paul quickly drifts into survival mode bribing officials, lying, and doing whatever it takes to keep his "guests" alive. Don Cheadle delivers an inspired performance as the hotel owner with a heart. Even Nick Nolite as General Romeo ... Read More
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Hotel Rwanda was a touching film that is worth viewing. This movie was set in Kigali (Rwandas capital) during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, killing approximately one million Tutsis. Hotel Rwanda is based on a factual event where a hotel manager, Paul Rusesabagina, aids hundreds of refugees by giving them shelter in the Milles Collines Hotel. This film should be praised for the characters, but the film could have had more suspense and action.
The main character, Paul Rusesabagina, was a calm and determined ... Read More
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