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| Catherine the Great | 
 enlarge | Directors: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith
Actors: Catherine Zeta-jones, Paul Mcgann, Ian Richardson, Brian Blessed, John Rhys-davies
Studio: A&E Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $4.20
You Save: $15.75 (79%)
New (42) Used (24) from $3.83
Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 10048
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 100
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 70154
ISBN: 0767032713
UPC: 733961701548
EAN: 9780767032711
ASIN: B0000524FG
Theatrical Release Date: 1995
Release Date: February 27, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New. Never been viewed. Missing factory Seal.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fast deliviery, great price, just one flaw March 20, 2006
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Great product, but I dont recall seeing anything about region on the product details, might just be me, but I couldnt play the movie on my Region 2 DVD player. Thank god i had a computer which i could use to watch it.
 A&E Has Cut this offering on DVD by at LEAST HALF December 18, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I agree with another writer who was the only one who noticed that the A&E Production on DVD IS INDEED MISSING around HALF of the Mini Series that was shown on Sydney's Channel Nine a few years ago.
I am glad we still have the old version on Video and if anyone has that version (ie THE COMPLETE Mini Series) with NO great missing Chunks, I would be keen to buy it.
I liked Catherine Zeta Jones and most of the acting although I did notice some that was very obviously "pretend" fighting.
If I can get a refund from "overman" from whom I bought this DVD or from Amazon.com INCLUDING the horrible postage we have to pay to get things from USA to Australia OR EVEN A REPLACEMENT BEING THE FULL VERSION I would be happy to return the shortfalling A&E DVD.
No Andrew Davies Script here September 21, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"He loves me. He loves me. He really loves me," is just one example of this melodrama's inferior dialogue. This may be A&E, but it's no Andrew Davies production. Regardless of the presence of some very good names in the cast, the acting is incredibly superficial. "Catherine the Great" is merely a spectacle to dazzle its viewers with Zeta-Jones' beauty and a series of ornate sets and costumes. There is no time or depth committed to relationships between characters or important events. Battle scenes show comical swordfighting choreography . This film is an insult to fans of historical period dramas. I'm about ready to sell this one back. Not recommended.
 Could have been so much better April 17, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
What a waste of money and talent! To begin with, Catherine Zeta-Jones should never have been cast as Catherine. She may be pretty and nice to watch in the campy sex-scenes but that's it. She couldn't handle this complex and GREAT character but reduces her to a slutty bitch in corsets. (Pardon my language) Maybe it's the script, the actress or the director but with the leading lady of this movie being so horribly miscast the entire movie goes downhill. The script is campy and not based on the real facts, romping between the sheets seems to be the single focus here. If you want to see Catherine played by a beautiful woman who CAN act, get "Young Catherine" with the wonderful Julia Ormond instead.
It...doesn't make her seem that great... January 26, 2004
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Catherine the Great was known as Catherine the Great for a reason. She helped raise the standards of living in Russia, attempted to modernize it, and it was during her reign that the long dream of Russia was realized: they ruled all sides of the Caspian Sea.They tell you this in the movie...but only in the last five seconds of the film. Most of the movie is spent concerning Catherine the Great's supposedly promiscuous sex life (although many historians think that is just anti-Catherine - and antique - propoganda). Oh sure they give you five seconds of a peasant rebellion, five seconds of some guys that strangle jailors, and five seconds of a Turkish battle...but the rest is pretty much Catherine Zeta-Jones stripping down in corsets. I mean don't get me wrong, she's cute and all...but I saw the film to see her attempt acting, not cleavage. I would have liked to have known what made Catherine so "the Great." This accompanied with "The Scarlet Pimpernel" really made me lower my standards for A&E's productions. I really expected better.
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