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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780780646728
Feature: Former private detective Jeff Bailey is trying to live a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him. He was once hired by a gambler to find his runaway girlfriend, Kathy. Jeff traced her to Mexico and fell in love. She lured him into double-crossing the gambler, but it was really Jeff who got double-crossed. Years later, Jeff's quiet life is once again shattered as his old criminal associate
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 078064672X
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Turner Home Ent
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
MPN: T6759
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 06, 2004
Running Time: 97 minutes
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1947
Features:- Former private detective Jeff Bailey is trying to live a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him. He was once hired by a gambler to find his runaway girlfriend, Kathy. Jeff traced her to Mexico and fell in love. She lured him into double-crossing the gambler, but it was really Jeff who got double-crossed. Years later, Jeff's quiet life is once again shattered as his old criminal associate
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Former private detective Jeff Bailey is trying to live a quiet life but his past comes back to haunt him. He was once hired by a gambler to find his runaway girlfriend Kathy. Jeff traced her to Mexico and fell in love. She lured him into double-crossing the gambler but it was really Jeff who got double-crossed. Years later Jeff's quiet life is once again shattered as his old criminal associates descend on him. Now he's in deep trouble - someone is trying to frame him for murder.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 053939675924
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"Build my gallows high, baby"--just one of the quintessentially noir sentiments expressed by Robert Mitchum in this classic of the genre. Mitchum, in absolute prime, sleepy-eyed form, relates a complicated flashback about getting hired by gangster Kirk Douglas to find femme fatale Jane Greer. The chain of film noir elements--love, money, lies--drags Mitchum into the lower depths. Director Jacques Tourneur gets the edgy negotiations between men and women as exactly right as he gets the inky shadows of the noir landscape (even the sunlit exteriors are fraught with doubt). This is Mitchum in excelsis, with his usual laid-back cool laced with great dialogue and tragic foreshadowing. As for his co-star, James Agee immortally opined that Jane Greer "can best be described, in an ancient idiom, as a hot number." Remade in 1984, unhappily, as Against All Odds (with Greer in a supporting role). --Robert Horton
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The DVD transfer on this Warner Bros. release is very good. It's clear and looks good enough to represent the first screenings of this movie.
It's really hard to find a better film of this genre, even if you look to the more notable films of dark ilk like the "The Maltese Falcon" or "Chinatown". Robert Mitchum is excellent as the still idealistic PI who is hired for his honesty to find a mobster's girl. The mobster (Kirk Douglas) just wants the girl back, forget the 40 grand she took ... Read More
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Out of the Past is classic film-noir. Why this film hasn't garnered more acclaim & fame I don't know. It's not quite an essential film but it's as close as a film can be to that distinction without garnering that claim. Jacques Tourneur, the director, helped to create the film-noir genre with this film.
Robert Mitchum portrays Jeff Bailey, an ex-private eye. He's now a gas station owner that's hiding from his past. This was Mitchum's first starring role that gave him top billing. He had ... Read More
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Out of the Past was ignored by Hollywood when it came out in 1947. Not one Academy nomination is hard to believe. It's far more appreciated now plus has solidified its status as one of the Top 5 Noir movies all-time.
Snappy dialog, wonderful use of shadows and incredible cinematography push this film into the upper echelon of must-see noir films. The plot is convoluted but Mitchum and Greer have enough incendiary chemistry to keep things interesting. For the record, the line is: ... Read More
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"Out of the Past" has all the biggies: money, murder, double crossing and then the inevitable revenge, and especially the femme fatale. The plot is tight and interesting but a little opaque at times. Essentially you see the plot through Mitchum's character, so things that aren't all that clear to him aren't all that clear to you, though the overall plot line hangs together well if you give the movie the benefit of the doubt on the characters' motivations.
The movie is also well acted, though ... Read More
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The Bottom Line:
The quintessential noir, Out of the Past features great photography, an interesting structure, fine performances (Robert Mitchum in particular is perfect) and a downbeat tone; like most noirs it's not really about anything but itself, but it's still a very good movie.
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