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| The Getaway |
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| Director: Sam Peckinpah |
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Jim Thompson, Walter Hill |
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David Foster, Gordon T. Dawson, Mitchell Brower |
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Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri |
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Action & Adventure |
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| Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 |
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(NTSC Widescreen) |
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English, Spanish, French |
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Special Edition |
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| Studio: Warner Home Video |
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DVD Region: 1 |
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PG |
| DVD Release: May 2005 |
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Discs: 1 (DVD) [$19.98] |
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| Reviews: It's better than the 1994 remake starring Kim Basinger and husband Alec Baldwin, but this 1972 thriller relies too heavily on the low-key star power of Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, and the stylish violence of director Sam Peckinpah, reduced here to a mechanical echo of his former glory. McQueen plays a bank robber whose wife (MacGraw) makes a deal with a Texas politician to have her husband released from prison in return for a percentage from their next big heist. But when the plan goes sour, the couple must flee to Mexico as fast as they can, with a variety of gun-wielding thugs on their trail. MacGraw was duly skewered at the time for her dubious acting ability, but the film still has a raw, unglamorous quality that lends a timeless spin to the familiar crooks-on-the-lam scenario. As always, Peckinpah rises to the occasion with some audacious scenes of action and suspense, including a memorable chase on a train that still grabs the viewer's attention. Not a great film, but a must for McQueen and Peckinpah fans. "--Jeff Shannon" |
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