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Also released as:
The Honeymoon Killers (Blu-ray)
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The Honeymoon Killers
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DVD Details
- Widescreen Presentation
- Interview with Leonard Kastle
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 22, 2003
- Originally Released: 1970
- Label: Criterion
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Shirley Stoler & Tony Lo Bianco | |
| Performer: | Mary Jane Higby, Doris Roberts, Kip McArdle, Marilyn Chris, Dortha Duckworth & Barbara Cason | |
| Directed by | Leonard Kastle | |
| Edited by | Stanley Warnow & Richard Brophy | |
| Screenwriting by | Leonard Kastle | |
| Composition by | Gustav Mahler | |
| Produced by | Warren Steibel | |
| Director of Photography: | Oliver Wood |
Entertainment Reviews:
95%
68%
...Pleasantly twisted....The quality of being true to itself is THE HONEYMOON KILLER'S greatest strength....[Kastle] is in perfect control of his material here...
Los Angeles Times
Kastle is a born filmmaker with an uncanny feeling for the startling close-up and the excruciating long-take
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CinePassion
Rating: 3.5/4 --
The filmmakers have refused to romanticize the brutality of the criminals at the heart of the film.
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TV Guide
Rating: 5/5 --
It is one of the best and, curiously, most beautiful American movies in recent years.
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New York Times
Rating: A --
A richly drawn disturbing film that never seemed exploitative.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: A- --
Small in scale and realistic in style, this gritty picture, about a couple who murder lonelyhearts women, is charged with piercing intelligence and amazing intensity.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 4/5 --
Shot in a grainy grey and white helps to give the film an amateurish and at the same time realistic feel, particularly as it's based on true events. With standout performances from Lo Bianco and Stoler, this is a forgotten gem.
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Empire Magazine
Description by OLDIES.com:
Leonard Kastle's cult thriller about a pair of murderers known as "the Lonely Hearts Killers". Based on a true story, the tale of duplicity, jealousy and twisted love stars Tony Lo Bianco and Shirley Stoler in iconic performances. Includes a new interview with the director and an illustrated essay on the true crime story.
Product Description:
In this stark film based on the true-life Lonely Hearts murders of the late 1940s, handsome gigolo Ray Fernandez cons lonely women out of money with the promise of marriage. When he meets lonely nurse Martha Beck, the two find themselves actually falling in love. Posing as brother and sister, the duo cross the country swindling needy women and, when necessary, killing them. As their passions become more inflamed, their crime spree grows bloodier. A stark film featuring truly unique characters and fine performances, THE HONEYMOON KILLERS was originally to have been directed by Martin Scorsese, who was replaced.
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