Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780784011164
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0784011168
Label: Lions Gate
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
MPN: IVED60458D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 14, 1998
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: November 02, 1990

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Jacob a vietnam veteran cant help but wonder if hes already dead and if his dark existence is merely a hallucination. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/05/2006 Starring: Tim Robbins Mccauley Caulkin Run time: 116 minutes Rating: R Director: Adrian Lyne

Amazon.com:
Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) thinks he is going insane. Or worse. When his nightmares begin spilling into his waking hours, Jacob believes he is experiencing the aftereffects of a powerful drug tested on him during Vietnam. Or perhaps his posttraumatic stress disorder is worse than most. Whatever is happening to him, it is not good. Director Adrian Lyne sparks our interest and maintains high production values, but this confusing film chokes on its "surprise" ending. It owes much to Ambrose Bierce's haunting and more straightforward story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek." Written by Bruce Joel Rubin, who also explored the "other side" in Ghost and My Life, it ultimately feels like an exercise in self-indulgence. A spirited performance by Elizabeth Peña outshines Robbins, who is surprisingly lethargic. --Rochelle O'Gorman




Rating: - You mean it wasn't agent orange?
In the late 60's early 70's people were coming back from Viet Nam and just plain freaking out. This film suggests that the Army was experimenting with BZ ( 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate ) gas which has mental effects.
It is well known that weed of a very high yield was circulating as well
as a lot of stateside smuggled drugs and prescriptions were abused.
But the defoliant called agent orange is said to have the worst long term effects? Mixing drugs and combat can be fatal:
and ... Read More

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Rating: - I was initially lost for words...
My feeling is very similar to that of the review below, so I'm not going to repeat what has already been said.

I watched this film after a recommendation in one of my psychology text books (in respect to Freud & Jung), during a weekend of some very profound transitions within myself, hoping to have my mind taken into another place, and give me a break from my personal thoughts. I didn't even expect myself to be able pay attention, however, this had me well and truly gripped from the get ... Read More

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Rating: - Was It A Flashback Or A Flashforward
"With fellow critics, I got involved in a conversation about the underlying reality of the film. Was it all a flashback - or a flash forward? What was real, and what was only in the hero's mind? Are even the apparently "real" sequences the product of his imagination?" Roger Ebert

My best friend urged me to view 'Jacob's Ladder' after we had discussed philosophies of life and death. I remembered reading about Jacob's Ladder from the Bible 'Jacob's vision in which he saw a stairway from earth ... Read More

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Rating: - Angels and Demons
Very impressive movie by Adrian Lyne, who apparently was involved on a very personal level, as unfortunately his other work isn't exactly world shattering, but this one makes up for it all. Although it wasn't exactly a maverick move in 1990 to make a Vietnam film, this is certainly one of the most interesting ones on the subject. This is maybe a bold statement in view of the company this movie is in concerning this subject matter, but I do think it not to be an exaggeration.
What makes this movie so ... Read More

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Rating: - First Rate Thriller
From start to finish, JACOB'S LADDER is a brilliant thriller. I love movies with reference to the Vietnam War. This one has it. When the movie starts, you're just certain the movie is going one way and ends up going another. This is one of first movies in the tradition of SIXTH SENSE or WHAT LIES BENEATH. Although quite different movies, still psychological thrillers nonetheless. Great flick especially for the price. Very much deservant of a multi-disc special edition maybe when it hits the big 2-0. ... Read More

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