DVD : The High Crusade - Compare and Save from SaveDot.com

Buy A Gift Certificate for this Item!

The High Crusade
starring: Werner Baum, Tahareh Becker, Patrick Brymer, Debbie Lee Carrington, Ray Cokes
directed by: Holger Neuhäuser

Price: $28.98

Prices subject to change.

Buy One Now!

Amazon Store Item Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305150725
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC
ISBN: 6305150729
Label: Geneon [Pioneer]
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Geneon [Pioneer]
Release Date: November 03, 1998
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 80127
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Theatrical Release Date: 1994

Related Items:

Browse for similar items by category:

Genres - DVD - Video - General
Genres - DVD - Video - General
Science Fiction & Fantasy - Genres - DVD - Video - Sci-Fi Action
Science Fiction & Fantasy - Genres - DVD - Video - Space Adventure
Science Fiction & Fantasy - Genres - DVD - Video - Aliens

Editorial Review:

Description:
In a castle somewhere in England on the eve of the crusades, all good English knights are preparing to march on Jerusalem. Out of the heavens, an alien spaceship descends, an entry hatch opens, and a scouting party from another planet emerges, gathering information for a potential march on Earth. Unimpressed by the alien's high-tech weapons, the knights storm the spaceship. With arrogance (and dumb luck) on their side, they soon gain possession of the vessel and a hostage who can fly the thing! Of course, there is only one thing to do - fly it to the Holy Land and use it to put the fear of God into the heathens! But they are not destined to reach Jerusalem - as soon as he's back in his spaceship, their hostage switches the automatic pilot to return home. In two days, the bumbling, arrogant and ignorant crusaders will be at the mercy of an entire alien planet...heaven help the aliens! ohn Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Rather like Chain-Mail Pythons in Space
I can see that the typical reviewer isn't impressed with the film... That's a pity. I suspect most of the reviewers are not British, and thus aren't "getting" the gist of the humour in the film.

Let me say first of all that OF COURSE this film is not high art. It's comedy - and very British at that. Sometimes it's plain silly, but very FUNNY plain silly.

I found the film amusing. There were many moments that had me laughting in that typically "Oh dear, I shouldn't be laughing" ... Read More

Rating:

- Oh dear! Where's the Dubbing?
I've got a dubbed version of this on video quite a few year when it was on T.V. which is absolutely excellent, I live in England and can't get The High Crusade on DVD over here. So I got the U.S. version, all I can say is it's terrible. In the british version, all the aliens were dubbed with hilarious English accents and didn't sound like dodgy Jawa's out of Star Wars.

All I've got to say is, watch the English dubbed version if you get the chance. It's a completely different movie...

Rating:

- Simply terrible.
My father bought this movie thinking it was a historical account of the crusades. Maybe he didn't read the back or see the spaceship flying across the cover. In any case, he cursed me for not notifing him of the film's contents. My father somehow managed to sit through this movie, then disowned it. I have tried several times to sit down and watch this movie to the end with no avail. It's not funny, or scary, nor does it accomplish anything I'm sure the director was trying to accomplish. A funny movie is ... Read More

Rating:

- Not the book, and its not Monty Python
I was disappointed that this was not an adaption of the very funny Poul Anderson book. Other that a credit to him and the fact that the story involves knights and aliens, there is scant relationship between the book and the movie.

This movie is more akin to Benny Hill than Monty Python. Very low brow and broad.

That said, the movie was mildly amusing. Not worth buying unless you find it in a cut-out bin.

Rating:

- Don't watch this unless someone will pay you (a lot)
I gave it a try because I loved the book and because one of the actors was in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. My gosh! What trash. Not funny. Terrible acting. Terrible screenplay. Obviously, a fair amount of energy was put into the sets, but the special effects were comparable to Plan 9. Don't do it. No matter how much you loved the book, I warn you, you will regret the experience.

Search, Shop and Compare the Best Deals on the Internet

Compare DVD : The High Crusade