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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419807534
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1419807536
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 69535
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 31, 2005
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1976
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Ex-crime reporter Raymond St. Ives has elegant taste a yen for gambling and an unfinished novel in his typewriter. When he crosses paths with sinister Oliver Procane he gets something else: a price on his head. St. Ives is a hard-boiled update of classic mystery thrillers particularly The Maltese Falcon. Charles Bronson is smoothly right as the clever title character at odds with petty crooks and high-rollers among them Maximilian Schell as a whining lackey and Jacqueline Bisset as a modern femme fatale. But the show is stolen by John Houseman as the devilish Procane a worthy successor to Sydney Greenstreet. Elisha Cook Daniel J. Travanti Jeff Goldblum and Robert Englund are also featured in this sleek funny caper.Running Time: 94 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 012569695351
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Average film that looks like a TV movie rather than a theatrical release. I also disagree with the other reviewers who loved Lalo's musical score. Because of the average acting and filming, I think the Shifrin score is way over the top and doesn't "fit". It sounds like Dirty Harry but this film is not in the same league.
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Ross Thomas was one of America's great thriller/mystery/political skullduggery writers. He wrote 20 books under his own name and five as Oliver Bleeck. One would think he'd have been fertile ground for Hollywood to till. In fact, only one of his books made it to the screen, The Procane Chronicle under the Bleeck name. The movie St. Ives, directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, is the result. We can see why Hollywood never tried again. It's not that St. Ives is a poor movie. With ... Read More
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Here's a mellow Bronson caper with nice subtle humor in the script, even if director J. Lee Thomson doesn't do much to highlight it. (Fortunately, "guest star" Maximillian Schell is along to really sell it with some witty line readings.) The movie doesn't put you on the edge of your seat, but it doesn't bore either and Jackie looks sensational and she has some cool action scenes.
(Spoiler alert - when an Oscar-winning best actor shows up for a glorified walk-on, he's likely to ... Read More
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If your a fan of Bronson and 70's movies in general then pick up a copy of this very un-Bronson movie and immerse yourself in simpler times.
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The best thing going for this movie is the sizzling mid-70's sound track. The story is not bad, but not riveting either. The acting isn't bad, and it has that retro vibe that is interesting as a period piece (loved the cameo by Jeff Goldblum as a young thug), but Death Wish was more entertaining, and for crime drama, I've seen Starsky and Hutch, or Kojak episodes that were better. 3.5 stars.
