directed by Walter Hill
USA 1978

An audacious, skillful film noir by Walter Hill, so highly stylized that it's guaranteed to alienate 90 percent of its audience. There's no realism, no psychology, and very little plot in Hill's story of a deadly game between a professional getaway driver (Ryan O'Neal) and a detective obsessed with catching him (Bruce Dern). There is, however, a great deal of technically sophisticated and very imaginative filmmaking. The cross-references here are Howard Hawks, Robert Bresson, and Jean-Pierre Melville: a strange, heady, and quite effective range of influences.

Excerpt from Dave Kehr's capsule on the Chicago Reader located HERE.

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Theatrical Release: July 10th, 1978

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Distribution 20th Century Fox - Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime 1:29:18 
Video 1.78:1 Original Aspect Ratio
Average Bitrate: 4.29 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.

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Audio English (Dolby Digital 2.0) English (mono) French (mono) 
Subtitles English, Spanish, French, None
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Studio: 20th Century Home Video

Aspect Ratio:
Original aspect Ratio 1.78:1

Edition Details:

• Alternate Beginning 

DVD Release Date: June 7th, 2005

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Chapters: 20

 

 

Comments:

Walter Hill is a good director and this is a damn good crime/thriller film. The image on the 20th Century Fox DVD is excellent. Tight, anamorphic and great contrast. No manipulations that I could see. The stereo audio is consistent if unremarkable. The extra feature is an alternate beginning to the film running a little over 3:00 minutes. Value for $'s this is a great buy. out of     

Gary W. Tooze

 





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