| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C- |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
| Run Time: | 137 |
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| Video Release: | 02 Jun 2009 |
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The Bielski Brothers were not the only ones to rebel against the events and horrors occurring during World War II. Hitler’s own officers made assassination plans as recounted in the movie Valkyrie (also releasing in December 2008). A Jewish father uses humor and a positive attitude as weapons to help his son endure the cruelties of a concentration camp in the movie Life is Beautiful.
Home Video Extra Features
Home Video Notes: Defiance
Release Date: 2 June 2009
Defiance releases to home video on DVD and Blu-ray. The movie is presented in wide screen with audio tracks in Dolby Digital Surround -English (on DVD) and Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby True HD 5.1 - English (on Blu-ray). Subtitles are available in English, French and Spanish.
Bonus materials include:
- Audio Commentary (by director Edward Zwick)
- Featurettes (Return to the Forest: The Making of Defiance, Children of The Otriad: The Families Speak and Bielski Partisan Survivors)
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
