The Duellists PG
Fencing is a science. Loving is a passion. Duelling is an obsession.
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: PG
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: December 3, 2019
- Originally Released: 1977
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Keith Carradine & Harvey Keitel | |
Performer: | Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Cristina Raines, Tom Conti, Alun Armstrong, Diana Quick & Robert Stephens | |
Directed by | Ridley Scott | |
Edited by | Pamela Power | |
Narrated by | Stacy Keach | |
Composition by | Howard Blake | |
Produced by | David Puttnam | |
Director of Photography: | Frank Tidy |
Major Awards:
Cannes 1977 -
Jury Prize: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
The richness of Scott's visuals, the excellence of the performances and the depth of the themes combine to make a minor masterpiece.
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Empire Magazine
Rating: 3.5/5 --
It is precise, intelligent, civilized, and because it never for a moment mistakes its narrative purpose.
New York Times
Keitel struggles gamely against a wooden Carradine, but the American influences further dislocate a script that delivers little observation, psychological or social, on their running feud.
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Time Out
... one of the most strikingly pictorial movies ever made.
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Parallax View
Interiors are bathed in the golden light of candlelight and nostalgia, like a period painting in motion, while exteriors are wrapped in fog and mist.
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Turner Classic Movies Online
Rating: B --
The accounts of the wars lack passion and left me more disinterested in this brilliant story than I should have been.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
...The duels themselves have a visceral energy, but Scott's talents really shine in the sweeping outdoor panoramas and indoor shadowplay...
Entertainment Weekly
Product Description:
"To the surprise and admiration of their fellows, two officers, like insane artists, trying to gild refined gold or paint the lily, pursued a private contest through the years of universal carnage." Thus wrote Joseph Conrad in the opening paragraphs of the story that provides the basis for Ridley Scott's first feature. During the era of the Napoleonic wars, a conflict arises between two of the emperor's cavalry officers when one of them, the aristocratic Lt. D'Hubert (Keith Carradine), is sent by his superior to deliver the message to commoner Lt. Ferraud (Harvey Keitel) that he's to be placed under house arrest for having wounded a man in another duel. Since Ferraud is with a woman at the time, he takes offense at the intrusion and challenges D'Hubert to a duel. Their match, though fierce, is without resolution. Whenever their paths cross, they continue their battle, fighting a series of six duels over the course of 14 years, paralleling Napoleon's major battles of the period. Scott's meditation focuses on the absurd vanity behind the old European code of honor--and the nature of warfare itself. All the distinguishing marks of Scott's later work is already on display here, from the meticulous re-creation of period costume, decor, and behavior to the lush, carefully composed photography.
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- UPC: 032429333957
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