Colors (Blu-ray) R
70,000 gang members. One million guns. Two cops.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 7 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 7, 2017
- Originally Released: 1988
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Sean Penn & Robert Duvall | |
Performer: | Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks, Grand Bush, Don Cheadle, Glenn Plummer, Damon Wayans, Rudy Ramos, Sy Richardson, Trinidad Silva, Seymour Cassel, Courtney Gains, Leon & Jack Nance | |
Directed by | Dennis Hopper | |
Edited by | Robert Estrin | |
Screenplay by | Michael Schiffer | |
Composition by | Herbie Hancock | |
Cinematography by | Haskell Wexler | |
Produced by | Robert H. Solo |
Entertainment Reviews:
..This terse, violent LA cop story reek[s] of street cred... -- Rating; B
Entertainment Weekly
It's an exhilarating sparring match between Duvall's workmanlike fine-tuning and Penn's raw energy.
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Washington Post
Rating: 3/4 --
Colors is a special movie -- not just a police thriller, but a movie that has researched gangs and given some thought to what it wants to say about them.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Colors is - almost incidentally a riveting and skilful piece of work, but it is made with an integrity and seriousness of purpose which will be confusing to some of the audiences it may attract.
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The Spectator
Never as eccentric as The Last Movie or Out of the Blue, Colors nevertheless makes most other cop movies look formulary by comparison.
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Time Out
...COLORS is a solidly crafted depiction of some current big-city horrors....Excellent work from director Dennis Hopper...
Variety
Dennis Hopper's striking, controversial film was one of the first to attempt to get under the skin of LA gang culture, inspiring the many 'hood' films that proliferated in the early 1990s.
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Film4
Product Description:
After the events of the previous decade in Los Angeles, this 1988 film about L.A. street gangs as seen through the eyes of the LAPD represented a serious effort to throw some light on the appalling carnage of that world in which, for example, 400 gangbangers were killed in 1987, the year the film was in production. It stars Robert Duvall as Mike Hodges and Sean Penn as Danny McGavin, veteran/rookie cop partners attached to CRASH, the LAPD's gang-supression unit. Hodges has been working South Central for years and has the gangbangers' respect for his low-key, quid pro quo demeanor. Despite his partner's admonitions, McGavin wants to play Rambo, bringing the hammer down on gang members at every opportunity. Ultimately the rage that drives the younger man destroys his relationship with his girlfriend, Louisa Gomez (Maria Conchita Alonso), and raises questions as to whether he should even be allowed to wear a badge. While considerable attention is paid to the complicated rubrics of gang culture, the gangbangers remain shadowy, nearly anonymous figures, especially compared to later portrayals. COLORS is a solid film, featuring superb performances by Penn and Duvall, excellent photography by Haskell Wexler, and a killer soundtrack.
Keywords:
Action
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Thieves
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Gangs
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Race Relations
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Cops
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Disturbing
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema