Title    :La bataille d'Alger (The Battle of Algiers) 
Release  :The Criterion Collection
Extras   :Yes
Director :Gillo Pontecorvo

IMDB URL  :http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058946/       8.3/10    #155 of top imdb rated films
Homepage  :http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=249
wikipedia :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Algiers_(film)   <<<<----worth checking out!

source    :3 DVD's
film:
1966
125 minutes
Black and White
1.85:1
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Anamorphic
French/Arabic/English
Subtitles :English

Rip done with AcidripDVD Ripper (yum!)

audio           :48000 Hz   MP3Lame  128kbps  2chan
video           :Xvid  (DivX)  VBR  660-800 bpp
passes          :2 on film, 1 on extras
resolution      :480X320
subtitles       :English hard subs except when spoken
Files & Size    :3 files 1.8 gb -  #1-552 kb -  #2-638 kb-  #3-696 kb
torrent         :1888 pieces @ 1.0 MiB
 
One of the most influential political films in history, Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers (La bataille d'Alger) vividly recreates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. Shot in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a case study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Gillo Pontecorvo's tour de force a film with astonishing relevance today.

# DISC 1: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
# - New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions

# DISC 2: PONTECORVO AND THE FILM
# - Gillo Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992): a 37-minute documentary, narrated by literary critic Edward Said
# - Exclusive 51-minute documentary on the making of The Battle of Algiers, featuring new interviews with the director, cinematographer, composer, editor, actors, and film historians
# - Five Directors (17 mins., 2004): Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone on the films influence, style, and importance

# DISC 3: THE FILM AND HISTORY
# - Remembering History (69 mins., 2004): an exclusive documentary that reconstructs the Algerian experience of the battle for independence, featuring interviews with historians and revolutionaries, including military leader Saadi Yacef
# - "Ãtats dârmes" (2002): a 28-minute documentary excerpt featuring senior French military officers recalling the use of torture and execution to combat the rebellion
# - The Battle of Algiers: A Case Study (25 mins., 2004): Richard A. Clarke, former national counterterrorism coordinator and author of Against All Enemies: Inside Americas War on Terror, discusses the films relevance with Michael A. Sheehan, former State Department coordinator for counterterrorism, in a conversation moderated by Christopher E. Isham, chief of investigative projects for ABC News
# - Gillo Pontecorvos Return to Algiers (58 mins., 1992): the filmmaker revisits the Algerian people after three decades of independence