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(aka "The House Under the Trees" or "The Deadly Trap")
Directed by René Clément
France / Italy 1971
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From René Clément, the acclaimed director of Forbidden Games, Purple Noon, Joy House, Rider on the Rain and And Hope to Die, comes this top-notch thriller starring Faye Dunaway (The Thomas Crown Affair, Chinatown, Network), Frank Langella (The Ninth Gate, Dracula, Frost/Nixon), Barbara Parkins (Valley of the Dolls, The Mephisto Waltz, Shout at the Devil) and Maurice Ronet (Elevator to the Gallows, The Fire Within, Line of Demarcation). Jill and Philip (Dunaway and Langella) are an American couple who live in Paris with their two children. Their world is torn apart when the children go missing and may have been kidnapped. In a frantic struggle to recover them alive and well, the couple’s lives begin to fall apart at the seams, as Jill’s mental state deteriorates and Philip struggles to make sense of what is happening to them. Based on the bestselling novel The Children Are Gone by Arthur Cavanaugh. *** This English-language French production, directed by Rene Clement is a psychological/spy thriller, and features an excellent score by Gilbert Becaud. Faye Dunaway is Jill, the wife of a former industrial spy (played by Frank Langella). Her husband's employers are not perfectly reconciled to his retirement, however, even though he is firm in his refusal to rejoin them. As the film proceeds, we discover that Jill is a nervous sort, and the spymasters seek by various means to take advantage of her nervous temperament in order to induce her husband to work for them again. Excerpt from B+N located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: June 9th, 1971
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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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| Distribution | Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
| Runtime | 1:37:50.865 | |
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1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 31,914,799,973 bytesFeature: 30,658,480,128 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.92 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1554 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1554 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 31,914,799,973 bytesFeature: 30,658,480,128 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.92 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• NEW Audio Commentary by Entertainment Journalist and Author Bryan
Reesman
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 9 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel track (16-bit) in the
English language. The Deadly Trap has fairly passive
requirements but the score by Gilbert Bécaud (his last credit as a
composer) heightens tension and suspense at times - very mood-enhancing. Dialogue is
consistent and the audio track is clean. Kino offer optional English
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
Blu-ray
offer new audio commentary by entertainment journalist and author Bryan
Reesman who greets us in French but declares his speaking ability is
limited. He is affable in discussing details of the film, how it was mis-marketed
in the US to capture an audience more in-line with edge-of-seat, and or
paranoia, thrillers. He described it as a subdued genre effort -
different than a typical suspense'r and makes many strong points about
the cast and production as well as director Clément'. Nice to hear his
voice again (I enjoyed his commentary on Arrow's
Blu-rays
of Robert Wise's
The Andromeda Strain and video essay on their
The Quiet Earth
Blu-ray.)
There are also some trailers, but none for this film.
René Clément's The Deadly Trap
can be evocative of Otto Preminger's
Bunny Lake is Missing and Nicolas Roeg's
Don't Look Now. One might say it is a mix of genres with themes
of marriage dissolution, mental illness, kidnapping etc.. I see some value although
would prefer the director's tiles like
Purple Noon,
Rider on the Rain and
And Hope to Die - all available on
Blu-ray.
Those keen on René Clément's style or fans of
Dunaway and Langella may wish to indulge - there is more here than meets
the eye but don't fall for the mis-marketing. Ex. I see no connection to
Gallo. |
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