Bus 174 (DVD)

Description: Genre: Documentary / Theatrical Release: 2002 / Director: Jose Padilha / DVD released 20 September, 2004 at Metrodome ... more

Bus 174 (DVD) ... Distribution / Features of the DVD: PAL / A documentary recounting the events of June 12, 2000 in Rio de Janeiro when several people fell victim to the hijacking of a bus. Unable to determine the motives of the hijacker, the authorities stood their ground for four hours whilst the television cameras recorded every second, capturing the attention of a nation for the duration of the stand-off. Portuguese dialogue with English subtitles.

Newest Review: ... to buy food – or somewhere to steal it from. We are taken inside a prison, and are exposed to the sub-human conditions that ... more

... Rio’s criminals are held in by the State, and most importantly, informed as to why the situation exists in the first place, and how Sandro ended up hijacking a bus on that day. The story uses real-life footage of the hostage situation (taken from Brazil’s main TV station), and we hear the experiences of those who were on board. It is really Sandro who tells the story, and Padilha uses key moments in the unfolding drama to take us back to Sandros’s tortured past. His aunt, adoptive mother, friends and a murderer are...more

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Bus 174 [DVD] [2002]
Release Date: 2004 - 09 - 20, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,

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Bus 174 (DVD): A harrowing insight into a different world (982 words)
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On June 12, 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, a youth boards a bus (174) and holds it and it’s passengers hostage. What follows is a much televised and tense stand off between Sandro, a brutalised and homeless young man, and the Brazilian police force. Sandro threatens the lives of hostages if his demands are not met, and the police, surrounded unbelievably by interfering members of the public and the press, seem wholly inept to deal with the situation. Will they shoot Sandro, in front of over 30 million viewers watching the live TV footage, or will they succeed in ending the situation peacefully and without casualties? For the answer, you will have to watch the DVD (I’m not ... Read the complete review

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