Gandhi (2 discs) Bilingual [Blu-ray]

Features

• Type: Blu-ray
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Language(s): english
• Subtitle(s): dutch, arabic, english, portuguese, french, spanish
• Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: english
• Director(s): Richard Attenborough
• Actor(s): Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Athol Fugard, Günther Maria Halmer

Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 multiple-Oscar® winner (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley) is an engrossing, reverential look at the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who introduced the doctrine of nonviolent resistance to the colonized people of India and who ultimately gained the nation its independence. Kingsley is magnificent as Gandhi as he changes over the course of the three-hour film from an insignificant lawyer to an international leader and symbol. Strong on history (the historic division between India and Pakistan, still a huge problem today, can be seen in its formative stages here) as well as character and ideas, this is a fine film. --Tom Keogh