The Usual Suspects (Special Edition) R

Five Criminals. One Line Up. No Coincidence.
The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 12, 2009
  • Originally Released: 1995
  • Label: Mgm (Video & Dvd)

Performers, Cast and Crew:

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Directed by
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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1995 - Best Original Screenplay: Christopher McQuarrie
Academy Awards 1995 - Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey

Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh89%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 73

Upright96%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 434,556
...A film of hypnotic and haunting resonance...
Rolling Stone
Sep 7, 1995
Rating: 5/5 -- A movie where the getting-there (and the getting-away-with-it) is everything. Full Review
Herald Sun (Australia)
Aug 10, 2018
Rating: 5/5 -- It's a film that demands to be watched again and again -- this is good old-fashioned pulp fiction told in the slickest 1990s style. Full Review
Radio Times
Jun 18, 2013
...True resonance: It's clever way down deep... - Recommended
Premiere
Feb 1, 1996
...Showily complex....When you catch on, you may feel elated... -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly
Sep 22, 1995
EVERYTHING that takes place during the two hours minus a quarter of footage comes to affirm that in Singer we had found a rough diamond that already polished some facets. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
Espinof
Aug 23, 2019
Rating: 4/4 -- It's a nerve-shredding suspense movie about corruption, a bravura actor's show full of deliciously twisted cops and robbers, and a complex riddle packed with unexpected turns. Full Review
Chicago Tribune
Jun 18, 2013

Product Description:

Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an intricate heist involving $3 million worth of emeralds. Their success brings them to the attention of the enigmatic Keyser Soze, an unseen, nefarious, and mythic underworld crime figure who coerces them into pulling off an important and highly dangerous job. The scenes that follow make THE USUAL SUSPECTS one of the most fascinating crime thrillers in cinema history.

Working from the Oscar-winning screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie, Singer adroitly tells the complex story through flashbacks, cross-cutting, and voice-over narration. Such nimble handling of the intricacies of the nonlinear narrative adds to the suspense, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats until the clever, satisfying finale. Singer's expertise in the technical aspects of filmmaking--his use of a dioptic filter to keep two close-up faces in focus, as well as his inventive use of six-frame step printing--helped him earn his reputation as a visually impressive and stylish director. Filled with excellent performances from veteran actors (Kevin Spacey won his first Academy Award for his breakthrough role as Verbal Kint), THE USUAL SUSPECTS placed Singer squarely on the cinematic map.

Product Description:

Winner of two 1995 Academy Awards®, including Best Original Screenplay, this masterful, atmospheric film noir enraptured audiences with its complex and riveting storyline, gritty, tour-de-force performances (including an Oscar®-winning* turn by Kevin Spacey) and a climax that is truly deserving of the word stunning. Also starring Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak and Pete Postlethwaite, this 'thoroughly engrossing film (HBO) is so gripping and diabolically clever (The Wall Street Journal) that it becomes a maze you'll be happy to get lost in (Los Angeles Times)! Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that the mythic crime lord not only exists, but was also responsible for drawinghim and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro Harborleaving few survivors. But as Kint lures his interrogators into the incredible story of this crime lord's almost supernatural prowess, so too will you be mesmerized by a lore that is completely captivating from beginning to end!

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  • UPC: 027616874818
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