| | |  | IRELAND | Home » » Murphy's War | | | | | | | Description: | | MURPHY’S WAR tells the story of the sole survivor of a World War II German U-boat attack that leaves him enraged and consumed with revenge. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson, John Hallam | | Director:
| Peter Yates | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English, French | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Paramount | | Run Time:
| 107 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| June 10, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 33 reviews |
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34 of 34 found the following review helpful:
Unique WWII FictionOct 02, 2004
By D. Blackdeer
A merchant seaman seeks to destroy a German submarine crew in South America to avenge the slaughter of his shipmates. Peter O'Toole is Seaman-machinist Murphy, a sardonic Irishman who miraculously survives a massacre by German submariners who unmercifully gun down Royal Navy sailors in the water after torpedoing their ship. Murphy is rescued by a Quaker medical mission on the shores of a coastal river used by the Germans to hide their boat. Local Indians later rescue the merchant ship's pilot who discloses that his seaplane is recoverable. The Germans discover there is a survivor at the mission and the submarine commander executes the pilot while Murphy is retrieving the plane. Murphy resolves to wage war single-handedly against the Germans.
Murphy's War is a very unique World War II story about an unlikely warrior who takes on overwhelming odds, and controversial when Germany is close to surrendering and ending the war in the Europe. The movie features some exciting flying scenes as Murphy learns to operate the airplane, as well as some surprising changes when he and the Germans fight to the bitter end.
The DVD release is excellent-much better than the old video tape edition.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Thumbs UpAug 02, 1998
A good movie with some slow pacing to make it drag here and there, but an original tale with the charmismatic Peter O'Toole doing brillant work, with wonderful stunt flying by Frank Tallman. An adventure movie with a literary feel to it, which is what you don't get much of these days. END
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Moby Dick in the Amazon!Feb 02, 2006
By Raegan Butcher
I saw this on Tv back in the early 80's and the ending made my youthful mouth drop, along with some of my foolish notions about revenge and war and things like that. Now, as an adult I see the resemblance to MOBY DICK and like this movie even more. Anyone who likes Peter O'Toole should get this; its got great locations and not only O'Toole but the great PHILIPPE NOIRET as well!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 The Wrath of O'TooleAug 09, 2005
By Rottenberg's rotten book review
Peter O'Toole plays Murphy, one of the sole survivors of merchantman destroyed by U-Boat late in WWII. In a swampy and remote chunk of South America, Murphy finds asylum among a group of missionaries. The U-Boat however, won't leave him alone. Having little more than a barge, a seaplane and his hatred for the U-Boat and its crew, O'Toole presses on a private war that looks to outlast WWII. As those around Murphy begin to realize how his war has turned into an obsession, we in the audience begin to realize that we're watching an updated version of "Moby Dick", with some diferences that don't amount to an improvement. For one thing, the U-Boat isn't content to be the hunted one - it returns to exact a revenge when one of Murphy's ideas doesn't pan out. Also, when we get a look at the guys driving the U-Boat, we're in for a nasty shock of our own - they look less like steeled seawolves in search of a target than some obnoxious brats who need a bad shave, but otherwise could care less about Murphy once it looks like the war's over. (At least in "Moby Dick" and "Wrath of Khan", there was the implication that the obsession was mutual.) O'Toole acts with the same sort of epic sweep of "Lawrence of Arabia" - which seems ironic given the movie's "private" setting and less than epic scope.
That said, it's still a watchable movie - one of those that's most memorable for its final scene. Like "Wicker Man", the parting shot is one that connotes fury, futility and most of all, finality.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Adventure in revenge.....Oct 27, 2001
By Franz Noel Isler
"britelites77"
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, not only because of the intense portrayal by Peter O'Toole as Murphy, but also because of the interesting story line. If one has to make an example of single minded pursuit of an objective, this movie is one of the best. It is an uncluttered adventure in revenge for a British seaman, one of two survivors of a ship sent to the bottom by a German U-boat, who's crew was cold-bloodedly massacred while in the water. Good aerial photography, coupled with a good supporting cast and one period song. Near the end of the movie, the philosophical and moral questions thrown by an exasperated Louis (played by Phillipe Noiret) to an unlistening Murphy says more about why it was entitled "Murphy's War."
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