True Crime (Snap Case) |
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Staring:
Clint Eastwood,
Isaiah Washington,
Lisa Gay Hamilton,
James Woods,
Denis Leary
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Average Customer Rating:   
List Price: $12.98
Our Price: $2.18
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- 1999 - True Crime - Warner Bros. DVD
- Clint Eastwood, James Woods, Bernard Hill
- Rated R - Widescreen Version
- Like New Condition
- Collectible
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Product Description
A gifted journalist who is also a philandering drunk takes a routine assignment and winds up trying to prove a death row inmate is an innocent man.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
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Not enough people went to see True Crime in theaters. Wasn't Clint Eastwood too old to be playing a guy whom a variety of glorious women, from the middle-aged Diane Venora and Laila Robins to the young Mary McCormack and Lucy Liu, find attractive? Could the onetime Man with No Name credibly play a brilliant crime reporter, Steve Everett, with an ironic turn of phrase and an incurable habit of screwing up both his personal and professional lives? The respective answers to those questions are: hell no and hell yes. True Crime features one of Eastwood's best and most entertaining performances--and his work as director is utterly assured. The story (from Andrew Klavan's bestselling novel) gives Everett the last-minute assignment of interviewing a condemned man (Isaiah Washington) on the eve of his execution. The prisoner, a born-again Christian and exemplary family man, has everything the reporter lacks except a shot at seeing the next sunrise. Everett sets out to get him that, yet far from making a beeline to the exculpatory evidence that will save the life of his "client," this very tarnished hero has to spend a lot of the next 24 hours contending with the baggage he's accumulated through drinking, wenching, and familial neglect. (A Pirandellian note: Everett's daughter is played by Eastwood's own daughter, Francesca Fisher-Eastwood, and her mother, Frances Fisher, returns for a feisty cameo as a prosecutor.) This is a good one that got away. Don't let it happen again. -- Richard T. Jameson
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Enjoy Crushing Deadlines?, 2010-07-12
My wife and I have been watching a lot of Clint Eastwood movies as late night entertainment. Most of the movies were in the western series and the Dirty Harry series and we enjoyed them very much. Last night we viewed "True Crime." What a change!
Our previous Eastwood viewings all involved violence, death, beatings, gunfights, explosions and other assorted mayhem. The movies were more like watching cartoon characters and the stories and ongoings had a certain dark humor. Well, none of these things apply to "True Crime." Here Eastwood is cast as a somewhat burned out, skirt-chasing reporter who receives a last minute assignment (because of the accidental death of a colleague) to cover a San Quentin execution. Eastwood soon gets the idea that the convicted man is actually innocent of the murder for which he received the death sentence. He only has precious few hours in which to investigate and to try to convince others of his newfound convictions. It's a thrilling action story, in a way, but the action and suspense are provided by the looming deadline. There's no gunfights, fist fights or explosions, just a crushing deadline. It's an excellent movie, well worth viewing.
Gary Peterson
One We Missed!, 2010-06-27
My husband is a collector of Clint Eastwood movies. We are not really sure how he missed this one. We really enjoyed watching it together.
INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT EASTWOOD FILM!, 2010-04-26
I've always liked Clint Eastwood and this film should not disappoint long time fans who can see Clint in a different role. The film follows a womanizing older man who is a recovering alcoholic(Eastwood). It's a little bizarre to see Eastwood in this role as he is a little past his prime to be playing this philandering reporter, but he handles it fairly well. The story moves along at a good pace and the plot involving a man on death row is engaging. It could have used a trim here and there, but this is a pretty good, if different Eastwood vehicle with good performances throughout.
True Crime DVD, 2010-02-08
I purchased this as a gift, so I cannot comment on the product itself because I have not watched it, however it did arrive promptly and the recipient of the gift was very happy.
A masterpiece....., 2009-09-23
True Crime is one of the Eastwood greats, one of the best. Exceptional acting on the parts of both Clint Eastwood and Isaiah Washington. This movie should really be on your collection list for Eastwood and Washington movies.
The story line of this film is typical of the clever way that Eastwood keeps one on the edge of your seat, until the very last minute.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: EASTWOOD,CLINT
EAN: 9780790742267
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790742268
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1999-08-10
Running Time: 127
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1999-03-19 |
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