Michael Palin - New Europe

Actor: Michael Palin
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 reviews
Sales Rank: 10097

Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Russian (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 413 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1

MPN: WARDE3645D
UPC: 883929006250
EAN: 0883929006250
ASIN: B000YXMM9U

Release Date: March 11, 2008
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5 out of 5 stars Another fun travel adventure with Mr. Palin    October 24, 2008
David Alterman (Sykesville MD USA)
I have been a big fan of Mr. Palin's travel documentaries for many years. This one did not dissappoint me. These documentaries take an interesting look at New Europe including Estonia, Hungary etc.. They always seem to interview interesting people and visit interesting sites. The choices are eccentric but almost always enlighting.

Do not expect a Monty Pythonesque humor here, this is a sincere look at his subject. Overall a fun and great learning experience.


5 out of 5 stars Love Palin    October 3, 2008
Kimberly Ponte (New Mexico)
My husband and I are hooked on Palin's travelogs. I highly recommend them. He is interesting, humorous, and just plain enjoyable.


5 out of 5 stars MICHAEL PALIN'S BEST    June 14, 2008
Jens-peter Moreitz (HAZELBROOK, NSW Australia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Michael Palin's New Europe is just brilliant. You will find yourself
into a brand new World even if you know some of the countries already.
My only comment is that I would have liked to see more of the cities i.e.
the interresting places like the Fisher Castle in Budapest.
Otherwise the DVD's are really good, and I liked the trainrides as well.


5 out of 5 stars Michael Palin - New Europe    May 29, 2008
christopher Zappia
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Funny, informative, entertaining. Whenever Michael Palin takes us along to explore the world it's always an excellent adventure. Highly recommended.


5 out of 5 stars This Series is a Remarkable Document    May 16, 2008
W. D LaRue (New York, New York United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I found this new series by Michael Palin to be remarkable.
As has been mentioned, he investigates and travels through parts of Europe not necessarily familiar to all people as they have not always been accesible for one reason or another (generally speaking, communism).
The fact of the matter is that many of these countries paid a remarkably high price to be the "free" Europe they are today.
Many of these countries are very small and offered both Nazi Germany and then Stalinist Russia a great deal of resistance and suffered accordingly. Michael Palin does not shy away from these facts and this approach makes this quite different from his other travelogues.
This particular series is imbued with a definite sense of melancholy and bittersweet feelings.
Rather than the lack of energy some reviewers seem to sense, I feel that Michael Palin has shown a remarkable degree of maturity and intelligence in his approach to this series.
This is a very good series and, I feel, a really good documentation of where these countries are today. The whole thing is approached with wit, wisdom, grace and respect.
I've been to Estonia, Finland and Hungary and you cannot leave these countries without an enormous amount of respect for these people for what they have accomplished in so little time as well as the resistance they offered their oppressors.
I am pretty certain I will be watching this series more than once and I do highly recommend it.