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Summary: A great emotional masterpiece.
Review: A gripping tale of how tragedy can bring some people together, while tear others apart. A Somewhat deep, and emotionaly wrenching story of a town being led by their own terror, and ignorance. A suspenseful hand wringing classic saga well worth viewing!
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Summary: A great emotional masterpiece.
Review: A gripping tale of how tragedy can bring some people together, while tear others apart. A Somewhat deep, and emotionaly wrenching story of a town being led by their own terror, and ignorance. A suspenseful hand wringing classic saga well worth viewing!
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Summary: If you appreciate an intelligent film...
Review: Firstly, regarding April 23 2003, it is CHRISTINE, not KRISTINA.Secondly, if you look at the rear panel of the DVD, you would notice that it states: STANDARD - THEATRICAL RELEASE FORMAT - usually, this indicates a 1:33:1 aspect ratio that IS fullscreen on a 4:3 NON-16x9 enhanced TV - but, you are viewing it in the aspect ratio that you would see in a theatre presentation. Thirdly, you will NOT be disappointed by this film. It is NOT dated in ANY WAY - all the performances are TOP NOTCH - the black&white cinematography is stunning - the dialog does NOT flinch from the seriousness of the subject matter - the direction is crisp and the camera angles are pure enjoyment. You appreciate good films? Check out - The Bad And The Beautiful - Seven Days In May - Anatomy Of A Murder - Sweet Smell Of Success - The Train - Brute Force - Naked City - DOA - The Blue Gardenia - Quicksand - The Big Combo - Down By Law - Mystery Train - Dead Man - Ghost Dog (Way of the Samuari) - Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Vertigo - Man With The Golden Arm - The Killers - Last Year At Marienbad - That Obscure Object Of Desire - Seven Samuari - Yojimbo - Sanjuro - Rashomon - High And Low - Hidden Fortress - Secretary - The Killing - Killers Kiss etc...
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Summary: One of the Best Lawyer/Trial Films
Review: I have been in law practice for almost 20 years and am almost always disappointed, if not disgusted, with lawyer movies. They are typically almost cartoonish with their portrayals and overlook the crucial realities on how things are done. One of the very few exceptions is Anatomy of a Murder and this is another. Overall, I'm not a huge Kirk Douglas enthusiast, but he does a very fine job here in showing the subjective reactions that counsel often have toward doing a dirty job and in being totally professional about it. He is far better in that role here than he was in Paths of Glory, a far better known and better received film. I thoroughly recommend this as one of the great hidden treasures of legal cinema.
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Summary: "Town Without Pity" Memorable movie
Review: I saw "Town Without Pity" as a child. It made a very strong impression on me. So strong that I bought my own copy over thirty years later. It is a moving story.
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Summary: "Town Without Pity" Memorable movie
Review: I saw "Town Without Pity" as a child. It made a very strong impression on me. So strong that I bought my own copy over thirty years later. It is a moving story.
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Summary: "Town Without Pity" Memorable movie
Review: I saw "Town Without Pity" as a child. It made a very strong impression on me. So strong that I bought my own copy over thirty years later. It is a moving story.
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Summary: When those little minds tear you in two...
Review: In order to understand this movie, you have to have some familiarity with German stage-classics, notably Wedekind's "Spring Awakening". Although it is listed as an American movie, it resembles nothing in American cinema, and is basically a German production. The director credits us with enough intelligence to listen to both languages; the Americans speak English, the Germans speak German, and a bit of voice-over narration explains things when absolutely necessary. Once you understand the style of this movie, you can easily see it as the greatest of all the teen-angst movies that flourished around then; it makes "Rebel without a Cause" look like a Sunday picnic. The theme song became a smash hit in 1961; I often marvelled at the complexity of its music, then I found out that it was written by a real composer - Dimitri Tiomkin. Tiomkin actually wrote a lot of sentimental c**p, but I forgive him if he could turn out something this beautiful. As to the story, I don't want to spoil things for viewers, and they can find it out from other reviews if they must. I just want to comment on the subtlety and craftsmanship that have gone into it, similar to the 1963 The Haunting. The black-and-white photography works beautifully; colour would look out of place. The heroine's final fate is not shown directly, only mentioned in a snatch of dialogue; it's much more devastating that way. I challenge anyone to nname a courtrooom drama as effective as this one.
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Summary: Powerful and haunting drama
Review: One of the best legal dramas, in my opinion, and still a powerful and haunting film after 40 years. Memorable performances from Kirk Douglas as the defense attorney, Christine Kaufman as the teenage rape victim, and Robert Blake and Frank Sutton among the defendants. It's unfortunate that the only extra is the original theatrical trailer.
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Summary: Kristina Kaufman fan
Review: This was a great film that I was thrilled to find available on DVD but my excitement was dashed when I realized it was not transferred in widescreen. Why do the studios keep goofing it up? I want to see the complete scope of the picture as it was shown in the theaters. I pass on this purchase!
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