The Getaway (Deluxe Edition) PG
It takes two to make it … The big two.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 3 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 31, 2005
- Originally Released: 1972
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Steve McQueen & Ali MacGraw | |
Performer: | Sally Struthers, Bo Hopkins, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens & Ben Johnson | |
Directed by | Sam Peckinpah | |
Edited by | Robert L. Wolfe | |
Screenwriting by | Walter Hill | |
Composition by | Quincy Jones | |
Art Direction by | Ted Haworth | |
Story by | Jim Thompson | |
Produced by | Mitchell Brower & David Foster | |
Director of Photography: | Lucien Ballard |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B --
A gripping thriller.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Relentlessly depicts ruthless robbery and murder, not to mention adultery, kidnaping, bribery, extortion, and general mayhem. The vivid direction and lightning pace, however, make the film completely fascinating.
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TV Guide
Rating: 4/5 --
Tough as nails and very effective.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
4 stars out of 5 -- Peckinpah's testosterone-fueled actioner stars McQueen as an ex-con...
Ultimate DVD
Rating: 4/5 --
A trashy good time!
eFilmCritic.com
Rating: 2.5/4 --
...ultimately comes off as an above-average thriller that's elevated by the inclusion of several electrifying sequences and an expectedly charismatic turn from Steve McQueen.
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Reel Film Reviews
Rating: 3/5 --
A tough crime drama with a steely McQueen performance and the usual quota of Peckinpah violence.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Product Description:
After the rugged rodeo drama JUNIOR BONNER, the impetuous Sam Peckinpah reteamed with Steve McQueen for this down-and-dirty heist picture. McQueen stars with his soon-to-be real-life bride Ali McGraw (with whom he fell in love during the film's production) as the beautiful, but dangerous, married couple Doc and Carol McCoy. After being released from prison--for reasons Doc would rather not acknowledge--Doc shacks up in a hotel with Carol to plot a small-town bank robbery. Of course, the heist doesn't go as smoothly as planned, resulting in an action-packed journey that sends the lovers on a reckless romp through the beautiful Texas landscape.
Peckinpah's big screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel features the trademark qualities that helped to make him such an alternately reviled and revered figure: namely, his vision of a world in which even the good guys are bad guys. Lucien Ballard's gorgeous cinematography contrasts wonderfully with the gritty subject matter, lifting the potentially standard picture to a more artistic plateau. The chemistry between the incomparably cool McQueen and the magnetic McGraw also confirms THE GETAWAY's status as a defining film of the genre.
Peckinpah's big screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel features the trademark qualities that helped to make him such an alternately reviled and revered figure: namely, his vision of a world in which even the good guys are bad guys. Lucien Ballard's gorgeous cinematography contrasts wonderfully with the gritty subject matter, lifting the potentially standard picture to a more artistic plateau. The chemistry between the incomparably cool McQueen and the magnetic McGraw also confirms THE GETAWAY's status as a defining film of the genre.
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