El Cid DVD Contest

The Prize

Win the two-disc special edition DVD of El Cid.
1 winner(s) will win! This contest/giveaway ends Feb 2 .

The Details

On behalf of Genius Products and The Weinstein Company, we are pleased to announce that El Cid rides onto a two-disc DVD on January 29, 2008.

With digitally remastered picture and soundand an introduction by director Martin Scorsese, this beloved film is proudly featured as the first title in The Miriam Collection, a premiere label named after Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s mother that will be home to the companies revered classic films, as well as foreign films and some modern favorites.

The richly romanticized tale of a real-life Castilian knight and legendary Spanish hero, El Cid stars Oscar®-winners Charlton Heston (Best Actor, Ben-Hur, 1960) and Sophia Loren (Best Actress, La Ciociara, 1960) in a lush realization of Middle Ages chivalry that earned director Anthony Mann (The Fall Of The Roman Empire) a Golden Globe® (Best Director, 1962).  Boasting one of cinema’s most memorable final scenes along with such a stellar cast and magnificent direction, El Cid also earned three OscarÒ nominations, included Best Art Direction (Color), Best Music for Miklos Rozsa’s (Ben-Hur) dramatic score and Best Song.

This two-disc DVD set includes exclusive special features including multiple featurettes, reproductions of the original 1961 souvenir program and original 1961 El Cid comic book and much more...

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