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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391167969
Feature: A sadistic serial killer is targeting New York's gay community and, in response, the NYPD sends rookie cop Steve Burns undercover to find the killer. Burns, who is straight, poses as a homosexual and enters the world of gay S&M sex clubs, learning their rules and mores as he goes along. But as Burns arduously tracks down the murderer, he finds himself growing attracted to these clubs and the g
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 116796
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 08, 1980
Features:- A sadistic serial killer is targeting New York's gay community and, in response, the NYPD sends rookie cop Steve Burns undercover to find the killer. Burns, who is straight, poses as a homosexual and enters the world of gay S&M sex clubs, learning their rules and mores as he goes along. But as Burns arduously tracks down the murderer, he finds himself growing attracted to these clubs and the g
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A sadistic serial killer is targeting New York's gay community and in response the NYPD sends rookie cop Steve Burns undercover to find the killer. Burns who is straight poses as a homosexual and enters the world of gay S&M sex clubs learning their rules and mores as he goes along. But as Burns arduously tracks down the murderer he finds himself growing attracted to these clubs and the gay lifestyle forcing him to question -- and possibly confront -- his own sexual identity.System Requirements:Running Time: 102 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 085391167969 Manufacturer No: 116796
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Al Pacino hunts for a serial killer in a lurid world of gay leather bars in Cruising. Because of his resemblance to the victims of a series of slayings, cop Steve Burns (Pacino) goes undercover as a gay man, wandering through wild, gyrating bacchanalias straight out of a Tom of Finland painting, hoping that the killer will be drawn to his dark, tormented eyes. Cruising is a peculiar movie, a gritty police procedural that director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) tried to push into a quasi-metaphysical dimension with some casting tricks and subliminal images. Due to the controversy the movie sparked in the gay community, Friedkin goes to great lengths in the commentary and featurettes to defend the authenticity of the movie's sources (about a bizarre scene where a muscular black man wearing nothing but a jock strap and a cowboy hat appears out of nowhere and slaps a suspect being interrogated by the police, Friedkin claims this actually happened, though no context is offered). The movie passes no apparent judgment on the overtly sexual scenes in gay bars...yet clearly these scenes are expected to provoke unease in the viewer. Cruising is sure to provoke arguments: Is Pacino's performance vulnerable or tentative? Is the movie about homophobia or homophobic itself? What does the ending mean? Yet there's no denying it's claimed a place in cinematic history; far more people know about it than have seen it. For that--as well as the stylish cinematography--Cruising is worth seeing. --Bret Fetzer
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I bought it as a gift, but the condition is great, just as described. Fast shipping.
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I liked the suspense but I'm not sure of the ending. Left too many questions. I was surprised with the graffic nature for a 80's movie.
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No matter what you think of the messages in this film, its important to realize it was groundbreaking nontheless. Especially so is what was really going on in the clubs at the time. I can tell you this is how it really was. Exciting and scary at the same time, you can see how a deadly disease could've spread so quickly. Put this in your DVD collection right next to Boys in the Band, Making Love and Priscilla.
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William Friedkin, who directed "The Exorcist", also directs this interesting, and often at times, graphic look, at male homosexuality, circa 1979. This was before AIDS, and the S&M and leather side of gay life in New York is explored, with Al Pacino starring as a gay cop who goes undercover to investigate the murders of many gay men in the gay district of New York City. Not for the faint-at-heart viewer, this gay man was amazed and stunned at a side to my community that I had never viewed before. ... Read More
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Cruising seemed like superficial cheap exploitation when it came out. But I decided to give it another chance when I found a used inexpensive copy recently with director's comments and all. I think now that it stands up reasonably well for the photography and Pacino's reasonably OK acting.It is interesting to get the commentary. What were they thinking?!
Also, I will take the director and producer's word for it that it is a one dimensional snapshot of a unique scene (a few leather bars) ... Read More
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