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Enemy Mine [Blu-Ray]

Dennis Quaid (Actor), Wolfgang Peterson (Director), Lou Gossett Jr. (Actor) Rated:
PG-13
Format: Blu-ray
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 4,386 ratings
IMDb6.8/10.0
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Genre science-fiction
Contributor Wolfgang Peterson, Dennis Quaid, Lou Gossett Jr.
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 48 minutes
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Based on the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella by Barry Longyear Enemy Mine (1985) weaves the story of two warring soldiers: a good old American boy (Dennis Quaid) and his reptilian-if-humanoid counterpart (Louis Gossett Jr.) from the planet Drac both stranded on a hostile and alien world. Initially at potentially mortal loggerheads the pair soon move from grudging cooperation to genuine companionship as they struggle to survive. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot The Perfect Storm) this intriguing blend of space opera and morality tale features a score by the great Maurice Jarre available here as an isolated track.Enjoy the extensive Julie Kirgo liner notes and film art packaged with the Blu-ray

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Wolfgang Peterson
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 48 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 9, 2012
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Dennis Quaid, Lou Gossett Jr.
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Twilight Time
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009NF87MG
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 4,386 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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The Umbrella version (B01D7A2AHK) works on US players and looks great
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The Umbrella version (B01D7A2AHK) works on US players and looks great
I figure if you're looking at this you probably already know the movie, so this is about the blue ray.The Umbrella Entertainment version (B01D7A2AHK) says it's region B on the slipcover back, but it does play on US players. I have a regular Sony player and it works perfectly.The picture is sharp and clear. The color and lighting is perfect. I like that the slipcover is reversible because who wants a big yellow PG label on the cover picture?
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Joel Crump
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic.
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024
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Just a good movie I didn't realize I hadn't seen.
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Aambur
5.0 out of 5 stars 10 out of 10
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024
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I loved this movie! Saw a short preview on tik tok and had to watch. Definitely a favorite.
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Corey Samantha Kellett
5.0 out of 5 stars Give it a chance it was worth it
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024
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In todays time where the world of full of hate for anyone who is different this movies message would do the world some good very heart warming with action and suspense
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Anthony Hinde
4.0 out of 5 stars Species is no barrier to friendship
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2000
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Adapted from Barry B Longyear's novella, "Enemy Mine" could almost be a stage play. Only two actors at a time take up the majority of screen time. The sets could be taken out of the original Lost in Space studio lot and there's not enough action to keep most kids interested. Despite this, the film is terrific. It's one of those rare stories that concentrate on the subtle interaction between the characters while taking them on a moral journey.

Have I put any of the Sci-Fi geeks off their breakfast yet? Well okay, this is a science fiction movie. But it didn't have to be. The story throws two indelible enemies together, on a desolate and dangerous planet. After trying to continue their struggle, a truce is eventually called as they both realise cooperation is necessary for their survival. Despite their common need, differences in culture, politics and religion continue to wear on their partnership. And it is this constant friction which works to build their bond, almost against their will.

Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr play the two characters I've described. They are Davidge, (a human soldier), and Jerry, (a Draco soldier). Their respective names are those used for convenience, given their lack of ability in each other's language. At the start, neither speaks anything but swearwords in the enemy's tongue. Naturally, this adds another layer of tension to the situation.

I've always liked Denis Quaid's acting. He is very likeable in all of his films but in Enemy Mine we see a lot more depth of pain and caring than he usually portrays. Louis Gosset Jr however, is the true star of the film. He does a superb job of conveying his alien essence. His physical attributes, posture, movement and reactions are obviously modelled on reptiles and he makes it all seem perfectly natural.

I can't really convey the path these two enemies take towards friendship, which is a pity, since it is the best feature of the film. Suffice to say that they do eventually grow close, just in time to share in the first Draco birth witnesses by a human. Unfortunately the birth goes badly and Jerry dies, leaving Davidge to take responsibility for raising the child, Zammis. And Davidge takes this task very seriously; teaching the youngster his race's language, heritage and religion.

My only disappointment is that the film did not portray the events after Davidge's rescue in the same detail as Longyear wrote it. We are given only a brief glimpse of the prejudice and revilement that he goes through as he displays his love for one of humanities hated rivals. But we do get to experience the most moving part of the tale, as Davidge accompanies the adolescent Zammis to the home planet of the Dracos, to present him at his naming day. An event the two of them have been working towards for years, where Zammis has to name all of his ancestors, their affiliation and relationships. An event that would not have been possible without Davidge acting as a bridge of love across the span of two generations and two species.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024
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Mike S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
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I have always enjoyed watching the actors and the story is awesome.
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Laurel
5.0 out of 5 stars Hidden gem
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023
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I guess a lot of people describe movies as "hidden gems" but I do genuinely love this movie. Great practical effects, a compelling story if you let yourself get taken in by it. No real note about the soundtrack. I feel like this film had ambition behind it and I think fans of Star Trek in particular will find familiarity and comfort in the story elements.

I genuinely want to learn more about the alien culture, and wish it was explored.
Give this movie a try and let yourself be taken in by the excellent makeup and practical effects.
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Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Me gusta mucho esta película
Reviewed in Mexico on September 13, 2023
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El único problema es que la versión que compré tenía doblaje en español y me enviaron otra que solamente tiene subtítulos
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Amazon Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars Enemy Mine - Geliebter Feind [Blu-ray]
Reviewed in Germany on April 30, 2024
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Bild ist sehr gut. Der Ton ist nur Dolby 2.0 aber gut. Internationale Fassung, somit nicht 100% Uncut, aber nicht so schlimm, da es nur eine kleine Dialog Szene ist.
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Asborny
5.0 out of 5 stars Clásico de la ciencia ficción con bastantes extras
Reviewed in Spain on November 5, 2023
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Buena calidad de imagen. La recomiendo.
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Erick Gaudreault
5.0 out of 5 stars Classique
Reviewed in France on September 27, 2023
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Quel bonheur de visionner ce classique en Français et sur Bluray, un “must have” pour tout ceux, qui comme moi, aimes ce film
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5.0 out of 5 stars ENEMY MINE [1985 / 2016] [Blu-ray]
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2017
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ENEMY MINE [1985 / 2016] [Blu-ray] Enemies Because They Were Taught To Be! Allies Because They Had To Be! Brothers Because They Dared To Be!

From director Wolfgang Petersen comes a tale of two enemies thrown together in a hostile world where to survive they must become allies.

A soldier from Earth crash-lands on an alien world. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.

Starring Dennis Quaid and Academy Award® Winner Louis Gosset Jr., this sci-fi adventure is a tale of an unexpected friendship and newly found respect. Eureka Classics presents the film in 1080p high-definition for the first time in the United Kingdom in a Special Edition Blu-ray.

FILM FACT: The film began production in Budapest in April 1984 under the direction of Richard Loncraine, who quickly ran into "creative differences" with producer Stephen Friedman and executives at 20th Century Fox; the project was shut down after a week of shooting. Wolfgang Petersen then took over as director and reshot Richard Loncraine's scenes after moving the production to Munich. Filming Locations: Lago Verde, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. Timanfaya's National Park, Timanfaya, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany (studio).

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick, Bumper Robinson, Jim Mapp, Lance Kerwin, Scott Kraft, Lou Michaels, Andy Geer, Henry Stolow, Herb Andress, Danmar, Mandy Hausenberger, Emily Woods, Barry Stokes, Colin Gilder, Charles M. Huber, Ulrich Günther, Frank Henson, Jazzer Jeyes, Doug Robinson, Mark McBride, Tony L. Moore, Kevin Taylor, Sheyenne Jade, Menyhért René Balog-Dutombé and Jack Luceno

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Producers: Stanley O'Toole and Stephen J. Friedman

Screenplay: Barry Longyear (story) and Edward Khmara (screenplay)

Composer: Maurice Jarre

Cinematography: Tony Imi, B.S.C. (Director of Photography)

Video Resolution: 1080p

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 [Panavision]

Audio: English: 5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio, English: 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio and Music/Effects: 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio

Subtitles: English SDH

Running Time: 108 minutes

Region: Region B/2

Number of discs: 1

Studio: 20th Century Fox / Eureka Entertainment Ltd

Andrew’s Blu-ray Review: ‘ENEMY MINE’ [1985] finds us in the far off distant future, where humanity fight for distant star systems against an alien race called the Dracs. When human pilot Willis E. Davidge [Dennis Quaid] crash-lands on a hostile, barren alien world, he must forge an unlikely alliance with Jeriba Shigan [Louis Gossett Jr.], a Drac pilot who crashed nearby; in order to survive. ‘ENEMY MINE’ is a complex tapestry of heart-warming double-you-tee-eff. Willis E. Davidge, the human fighter pilot who hates Dracs and Lou Gosset Jr. plays the Drac fighter pilot Jeriba Shigan also hates the humans. Together they teach us to live, love, and laugh on a united front.

Based on an award winning novella by Barry B. Longyear and set in the late twenty-first century, and the ‘ENEMY MINE’ stars Dennis Quaid and Louis Gosset, Jr., and here we find Dennis Quaid plays Willis E. Davidge, an American soldier serving with the Bilateral Terran Alliance (aka United Earth) while Louis Gosset, Jr. plays Jeriba Shigan, who is a Drac a race of alien humanoids with reptilian skin.

After a serious and dramatic dogfight in outer space, these two sworn enemies both crash-land and find themselves marooned on a planet named Fyrine IV, an alien world uninhabited by intelligent life, with two moons, a breathable atmosphere, water, native fauna, and a hostile environment, where meteors shower down ferociously at random intervals and where some repulsive looking carnivorous creatures emerge from a quicksand pit whenever a potential meal passes by and including at one point, Willis E. Davidge, before he is saved by the Drac who he later nicknames Jerry.

Willis E. Davidge ultimately has to really admit to owing a debt of gratitude to Jerry, as when he’d first discovered that he had company on Fyrine IV, where Willis E. Davidge immediately attempted to kill the Drac. Tensions persist between the pair, though they are eventually forced to bond together to improve their chances of survival. Inevitably I was reminded of a similar sci-fi film featuring two unlikely friends in the outer space film, ‘Robinson Crusoe on Mars,’ which as you know I reviewed the Eureka Blu-ray release awhile back.

Of course at the time of filming and that moment in history when there was the aggressive struggle between the USA and USSR was escalating dramatically, with both Governments becoming increasingly militaristic, the screenplay with its obvious message of its ultimate tolerance for others is certainly well-intentioned and anything that could possibly help decrease the hysterical hatred between both superpowers was surely a good thing.

In Hollywood terms, though, the plot of ‘ENEMY MINE’ could be judged as slightly naïve in context. Cinema-going masses in the United States might just have been willing to consider its message but not when the Dracs were depicted as more likeable aliens, less warlike and more sympathetic all round than the Irkmaans (aka humans), who all seem somehow to be American, which of course was a typical scenario of that period in the 1980s. In fact, we later discover that Alliance soldiers have a policy of kidnapping Dracs and forcing them to mine some unspecified ores under the threat of a whipping from some intergalactic belligerent redneck types.

The main reason why this big budget sci-fi film failed at the box-office, despite the final act in the film was a big problem, despite the good work laid down that was spoiled by Willis Davidge embarking on a far-fetched rescue mission that resembled the James Bond film ‘Moonraker’ rather than the kind of thoughtful climax that we all hoped for. But despite this ‘ENEMY MINE,’ I think this sci-fi film still has a place in your Blu-ray Collection. The special effects in 1985 looked very impressive when it was first screened in the cinema, and in the world of today’s CGI summer blockbusters, this Eureka Blu-ray disc still looks pretty terrific. The Drac make-up is equally impressive and the acting is even better with Louis Gossett, Jr. in particularly outstanding form. On top of all that with the clever twist at the end of the film that I didn’t remotely see coming and, despite the underwhelming ‘popcorn’ ending, I would still class ‘ENEMY MINE’ as one of the most under-rated sci-fi films of its era and would recommend any fully fledged sci-fi fans to view this Blu-ray disc. What makes the film work so well is the growing friendship and understanding between Willis Davidge [Dennis Quaid] and Jerry [Louis Gossett Jr.]. The greater part of the sci-fi film has only these two on the screen most of the time and the two actors build up a real sense of a growing deep relationship and of course their ultimate friendship.

‘ENEMY MINE’ is a film that explores the ability for differences to be made similar and it is a film that explores how two different cultures, ethnic groups or religious practices can find a common ground that would not primarily be considered sci-fi cinema genre. With ‘ENEMY MINE’ it led to a film that reminds us of the brilliance of other sci-fi films that had ground breaking situations that covered all aspects of compassionate ways with “strangers in a strange land” idea. Here we have the idea of difference and similarity and the exploration of diversity and unity.

Visually the film is astonishing, because it makes use of a place that feels totally harsh and hostile, so making it look so real and so much a part of the relationship between the two characters, the place, and the performance. Dennis Quaid plays the role of Willis E. Davidge with intelligence and range which often he is not credited with and gives us a balance and insight into a world that is visually. The other actor Louis Gossett Jr. has a far harder task and does it so well as to be totally amazing in giving us a stunning layering aspect of an enemy come friend and his use of vocal punch and physical stance to give this film that slightly different edge to other types of sci-fi film genres. One thing is for sure, near the end of the film I know for sure that you will want to grab some Kleenex tissues, as you will have a few tears because of the emotional scenes you get to witness. What is also good are the special effects which were at the time in 1985 were totally ground-breaking for audiences, compared to what we see today with sci-fi films and with the stunning 2.35:1 Panavision aspect ratio, and looks totally brilliant to me and I have no complaints, but of course you will always get people who just want a good moan that it looks old fashioned, well when you see the original ‘Star Wars’ film today, the special effects were on par with the film ‘ENEMY MINE.’

Blu-ray Video Quality – Eureka Entertainment Ltd has once again done a superb job in giving this film a stunning 1080p image transfer that is also enhanced with an equally impressive 2.35:1 aspect ratio widescreen presentation and giving us this Blu-ray release is again another gorgeous transfer that picks out the best detail in showing off of the alien landscape in all its glory and giving us the best Blu-ray presentation, ensuring us in giving us a print that is very clean and stable, without any Digital Noise Reduction, so giving the image with a definite proper filmic look, that also gives a strong and consistent colours in great detail, bringing the film’s lavish set and production design in giving us a brilliant presentation. The 1985 ‘ENEMY MINE’ film looks very reminiscent to the other sci-fi genre film ‘Robinson Crusoe on Mars,’ which of course is another Eureka Entertainment Ltd Blu-ray release and I get the feeling that 20th Century Fox were deliberate with this presentation choice, even though the film had its issues with the budget restriction, which you can read all about with the enclosed Beautiful Printed Collectors Booklet. Playback Region B/2: This will not play on most Blu-ray players sold in North America, Central America, South America, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Learn more about Blu-ray region specifications.

Blu-ray Audio Quality – Eureka Entertainment Ltd presents us with several stunning audio experience, with a choice audio presentations, which includes 5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio, 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio and Music/Effects: 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio. Way back in 1985 when the film was first shown in the cinemas, this would have been a stereo production, so with this UK Blu-ray release we have had a remastered 5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio re-mix, so giving the film a little more enjoyable sound experience, but without too many discrete surround extravagances. The dialogue with the actors is clear throughout the film, and once again, it’s only the occasional overuse of electronic music that sadly dates the sci-fi film, otherwise the music score by the brilliant composer Maurice Jarre is mostly an orchestral presentation, but still an enjoyable listening experience and at time you get some orchestration that reminds you of the film ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ which of course as you know Maurice Jarre was also the composer for that ground breaking film.

Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:

Gorgeous 1080p High Definition presentation of the film on Blu-ray

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Theatrical Trailer [1985] [1080i] [2.35:1] [1:59] This is the Original U.S. Theatrical Trailer for the film ‘ENEMY MINE,’ which is a really good presentation and gives you an incentive to view the film as the trailer packs in quite a lot of visual excitement.

Special Feature: Deleted Scene: Extended Scene [1985] [480i] [1.37:1] [3:07] Here we find Davidge waking up and wanting to get back to his planet where he was marooned, but I am slightly confused why they added this in as an extra, as it is basically the same scenes as what you view in the film, but with one exception of the extra scene in the restaurant. This is in German with English subtitles.

Special Feature: Music and Effects Track: Here we get presented the film with just the Music and Effects in 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio.

PLUS: Brilliant Double Side Printer Blu-ray Cover with alternate artwork.

BONUS: Beautiful Printed 20 page Collectors Booklet that contains CAST AND CREW; HOSTILE PLANETS: A HISTORY OF ENEMY MINE by Craig Ian Mann [2016]; LEARN TO SPEAK DRAC; DRAC FACTS; TRIVIA; VIEWING NOTES; SPECIAL NOTE: ENEMY MINE and BLU-RAY CREDITS.

Finally, ‘ENEMY MINE’ [1985] is not in the same league as the great science-fiction pictures of the 1980s. ‘ENEMY MINE’ doesn’t deserve to be consigned to the bottom of the heap either. Because we had an early exercise in fantastical storytelling from director Wolfgang Petersen, who crafts a solid and engaging character driven story from the script, and delivers two committed performances from Dennis Quaid and in particular an unrecognisable Louis Gossett Jr. which nicely delves into the underlying themes about a shared brotherhood of basic humanity, when people are forced to survive; while the film loses its way in the final third, giving into narrative cliché and B-movie spectacle, it’s a perfectly good sci-fi ride for most of the running time, so please give it a fighting chance. Highly Recommended!

Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Aficionado
Le Cinema Paradiso
United Kingdom
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