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List Price: $19.97 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 23 December, 1971 DVD Release : 20 November, 2001 |
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Dirty Harry description Whether or not you can sympathize with its fascistic/vigilante approach to law enforcement, Dirty Harry (directed by star Clint Eastwood's longtime friend and directorial mentor, Don Siegel) is one hell of a cop thriller. The movie makes evocative use of its San Francisco locations as cop Harry Callahan (Eastwood) tracks the elusive "Scorpio killer" who has been terrorizing the city by the Bay. As the psychopath's trail grows hotter, Harry becomes increasingly impatient and intolerant of the frustrating obstacles (departmental red tape, individuals' civil rights) that he feels are keeping him from doing his job. A characteristically taut and tense piece of filmmaking from Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Shootist, Escape from Alcatraz), it also remains a fascinating slice of American pop culture. It was a big hit (followed by four sequels) that obviously reflected--or exploited--the almost obsessive or paranoid fears and frustrations many Americans felt about crime in the streets. At a time when "law and order" was a familiar slogan for political candidates, Harry Callahan may have represented neither, but from his point of view his job was simple: stop criminals. To him that end justified any means he deemed necessary. --Jim Emerson |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | New Dirty Harry DVD and Blu-ray releases due out on June 3rd, 2008 |
| Warner Home Video has announced the details of new releases of all five Dirty Harry movies with new special features.
They will be available on standard DVD as a set in an Ultimate Collector's Edition, or separately in Special or Deluxe editions ("special" being superior to "deluxe" here--only Dirty Harry gets a 2-disc Special Edition, the others will all be on single discs, but all will have special features). They'll also be on Blu-ray as a set in an Ultimate Collector's Edition, with only the Dirty Harry Special Edition available separately on Blu-ray. (They won't be available in HD, which Warner officially discontinues at the end of May.) Assuming the transfers are good (the press release is vague about whether the standard DVD releases will be remastered), this looks like an excellent set of new releases. Whether those with older releases will want to upgrade will be a matter of personal preference, but I personally find the new commentaries and features very attractive. Amazon hasn't posted pages yet to pre-order, except for [[ASIN:B000Q6ZG70 the Blu-ray Dirty Harry release]], but I'll post the links here when the pages appear. Here are the special features for each film, contained in both the separate releases and the sets: Dirty Harry Special Edition -- new commentary by filmmaker and Eastwood associate/biographer Richard Schickel -- new featurette "The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry," on the influence and legacy of Dirty Harry -- "Dirty Harry: The Original," with Clint Eastwood and the film's creators looking back at the creation of the Dirty Harry character -- "Dirty Harry's Way," a promotional short focusing on the toughness of the movie's main character -- interview gallery, with Patricia Clarkson, Joel Cox, Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Evan Kim, John Milius, Ted Post, Andy Robinson, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Urich -- "Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso," a 1993 TV program on his life and career, including scenes from his work and interviews with friends, fellow actors and crew members -- trailer gallery: Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact and The Dead Pool Magnum Force Deluxe Edition -- new commentary by director and Magnum Force screenwriter John Milius ("in this gritty, entertaining commentary, legendary Hollywood screenwriter Milius discusses Eastwood, the world of Dirty Harry and the rugged resilience of crime drama in American cinema") -- new featurette "A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry," with filmmakers, social scientists and authors on the politics and ethics of the Dirty Harry films -- "The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today" -- trailer gallery The Enforcer Deluxe Edition -- new commentary by Enforcer director James Fargo -- new featurette "The Business End: Violence in Cinema" -- "Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films" -- trailer gallery Sudden Impact Deluxe Edition -- new commentary by filmmaker and Eastwood associate/biographer Richard Schickel -- new featurette "The Evolution of Clint Eastwood," on the film in the context of Eastwood's career as a director -- trailer gallery The Dead Pool Deluxe Edition -- new commentary by Dead Pool producer David Valdes and Dead Pool cinematographer Jack N. Green -- new Featurette "The Craft of Dirty Harry," including the cinematography, editing, music, and production design of the Dirty Harry films -- trailer gallery The Ultimate editions will contain all of those features, plus some: -- the feature-length documentary Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (which has been and is available separately) -- 40+ page hardcover book -- wallet with metal badge and removable ID card -- five 5" x 7" lobby poster reproduction cards and an exclusive Ultimate Collector's Edition card -- "Scorpio: Portrait of a Killer" 19" x 27" map of San Francisco detailing Harry's hunt for the killer in the first film -- never-before-seen production correspondence The standard DVD Ultimate edition will be on seven discs, the Blu-ray on five. The art work for the new releases, along with quotes from the Warner press release, can be found at sites like dvdactive and dvdtimes by doing a web search for "dirty harry" plus "ultimate collector's edition" (Amazon doesn't allow external links). |
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