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Big news for war movie buffs: hot on the heels of their excel­lent The Wild Geese blu-ray/DVD combo, Severin Films is going to release a blu-ray/DVD combo of Zulu Dawn.  This pre­quel to the ‘60s-era English clas­sic Zulu tells the historically-based tale of bat­tle between British colo­nial­ists and Zulu war­riors and boasts a cast fea­tur­ing Burt Lancaster, Peter O’ Toole and Bob Hoskins.  This will be the first-ever HD pre­sen­ta­tion of this film on U.S. home video and it will also fea­ture a vari­ety of new extras.  Read on for all the colo­nial con­fla­gra­tion details…

3/12 Blu Ray/DVD Combo Release Of All-Star Epic

ZULU DAWN From Severin Films


One Of The Most Intense Battle Classics Of Our Time, Now Re-mastered In HD!

LOS ANGELES, CA, February 25th, 2013 – Severin Films have announced the March 12th Blu-ray + DVD combo release of the ZULU DAWN, the epic 70s pre­quel to the clas­sic ZULU, fully restored in hi-definition and packed with exclu­sive new Bonus Features.

Burt Lancaster, Peter O’Toole, Simon Ward, Bob Hoskins and Sir John Mills lead an all-star cast in the shock­ing true story of The Battle of Isandlwana: In January 1879, arro­gant offi­cials of the British colony of Natal, Africa issued a list of unau­tho­rized ulti­ma­tums to the Zulu Nation. When the Zulu King refused their demands, the Empire declared war. And in a series of grave tac­ti­cal blun­ders, a gar­ri­son of 1,500 British sol­diers faced an army of 25,000 enraged Zulu war­riors in what would become the most hor­ri­fy­ing dis­as­ter in British mil­i­tary his­tory. Nigel Davenport (CHARIOTS OF FIRE), Denholm Elliott (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK), Phil Daniels (QUADROPHENIA) and 13,000 actual Zulus co-star in this acclaimed pre­quel to ZULU, fully restored to its cor­rect aspect ratio, and re-mastered in stun­ning HD for the first time ever in America. Extras include new fea­turettes with Zulu War expert Ian knight, the film’s his­tor­i­cal advi­sor Midge Carter, a visit to the actual loca­tions of the bat­tle of Isandlwana hosted by Knight, and a selec­tion of rare out-takes.

Severin Films was formed in 2006 with offices in Los Angeles and London. Their pre­vi­ous releases include the all-star War clas­sic THE WILD GEESE, Walerian Borowczyk’s IMMORAL WOMEN and THE ART OF LOVE, the unrated Director’s Cut of Just Jaeckin’s GWENDOLINE, Richard Stanley’s restored HARDWARE, Enzo Castellari’s orig­i­nal action clas­sic INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, Oscar®-nominee Patrice Leconte’s THE HAIRDRESSER’S HUSBAND, the mid­night movie sen­sa­tion BIRDEMIC – SHOCK & TERROR, Eugenio Martin’s restored HORROR EXPRESS, and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s inter­na­tion­ally acclaimed SANTA SANGRE.

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ZULU DAWN

1979 • 113 min­utes • Color • 2.35:1, 16x9 • SRP $29.95 • 1 DVD, 1 BLU RAY

Zulu Dawn Trailer from Severin Films on Vimeo.