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The Eiger Sanction (DVD)
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) is tired of killing for a living, but the ruthless government agency he works for needs his services again, and theyll use any kind of manipulation they have to in order to get him to take one last job. They eventually convince him to take on a dangerous undercover mission that involves climbing the Eiger--and the most dangerous aspect is that he doesnt know which of his fellow climbers is the enemy assassin hes supposed to sanction. THE EIGER SANCTION is Eastwoods exciting journey into the world of the James Bond-style spy thriller. Eastwood was attracted to the script by the opportunity it afforded him to film exciting climbing sequences in the Swiss Alps, and these well-made sequences are the high point of the movie. Eastwood insisted on doing almost all his own climbing. The plot, vased on the novel by Trevanian, is entertainingly far-fetched; its main purpose seems to be getting Hemlock on that mountain, so it succeeds. Eastwood gets strong supporting help from George Kennedy as his aging climbing buddy, Ben Bowman; Vonetta McGee as the provocatively named Jemima Brown, the woman hes not sure he can trust; and, most amusingly, Jack Cassidy in a hilariously over-the-top performance as Miles Mellough, a flamboyant gay double agent.R"
Director: Clint Eastwood
ACTORS: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy, Thayer David, Vonetta McGee
A Better Way to Die (DVD)
When the jaded Boomer quits his job as a cop and heads back to his old haunts intent on marrying and regaining a sense of his life, he finds himself in for a fight. It seems that Boomer has been mistaken for a shady government agent, an agent who just happens to have a contract out on his life by a vicious Chicago mob boss. Soon, Boomer is running a race against time, desperate to enlist help from the FBI before the mob fits him with a pair of cement shoes.R"
Director: Scott Wiper
ACTORS: Andre Braugher, Joe Pantoliano, Natasha Henstridge, Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Wiper
The Night Porter (DVD) Criterion Collection Thirteen years after World War ID, while working as a night porter in a Vienna hotel, occupied by ex-Nazis, a former SS concentration camp officer, played by Dirk Bogarde, is astonished when a past victim-lover, pl...
Thirteen years after World War ID, while working as a night porter in a Vienna hotel, occupied by ex-Nazis, a former SS concentration camp officer, played by Dirk Bogarde, is astonished when a past victim-lover, played by Charlotte Rampling, checks into the hotel with her husband. Despite the horrific nature of their former relationship, glimpsed in flashbacks of rape, torture and humiliation, their sadomasochistic sexual bond is soon rekindled. They are then stalked by his former SS comrades. An operatic and disturbing cult film that deftly examines the cruelty and decadence of Nazi culture. Based on writer-director Liliana Cavani`s interviews with an actual concentration camp survivor, THE NIGHT PORTER is one of the more controversial films of the 1970s, examining aspects of human interaction few works dare to touch.
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Director: Liliana Cavani
ACTORS: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Isa Miranda
Revolution No. 9 (DVD)
James Jackson (Michael Risley) is a handsome 27-year-old New Yorker suffering from an increasingly serious case of psychotic paranoia. He is presented in extreme close-up, with no room to breathe, by director Tim McCann, who keeps the intensity of REVOLUTION NO. 9 on a high level to its very last second. Jackson`s fiancee, Kim Kelly (Adrienne Shelly), a perky blond waitress in a chic downtown bar, is so utterly in love with him despite his frightful mental deterioration, that she also seems crazy. In fact, much of the movie is a puzzle over who`s really losing it--him, her, or both of them at once. It all begins when Jackson announces to Kim`s family that they are engaged to be married. Kim`s overprotective father and brother are outraged and fear for her safety. While this seems strange and unfair, Jackson`s behavior the next day--accusing coworkers of moving things on his desk, blaming Kim`s nephew for sending him cryptic coded e-mails, and insisting that he is the target of an elaborate experiment--is the proof that the family`s instincts are right. From there, Jackson travels a wild downhill descent into madness, with Kim chasing along making bad decisions that only exacerbate the situation.NR"
Director: Tim McCann
ACTORS: Michael Risley, Adrienne Shelly, Spalding Gray, Callie Thorne, Michael Rodrick
C.I.A. Trackdown (VHS)
This romantic action picture from director Vinci Vogue-Anzlovar features an early performance from the lovely Claire Forlani. Harry Noble (Jim Metzler) is a government operative who finds himself on the run from the C.I.A. after a misunderstanding. With the help of a young gypsy woman, Katarina (Forlani), Harry hopes to straighten matters out and remain alive in the process.NR"
Director: Vinci Vogue-Anzlovar
ACTORS: Claire Forlani, Jim Metzler, Zachary Bogatz, George Dicenzo
