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List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Dubbed • DVD-Video • Special Edition • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 13 December, 1972 DVD Release : 31 May, 2005 |
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The Getaway (Deluxe Edition) description 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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| I always thought this was one of Steve McQueen"s best films and is far better than the remake made later on!Ali Macgraw also gave a fine performance!Sam Peckinpah did a great job directing! | |
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