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Your Learning Zone - Getaway
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List Price: $14.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri
Directed By: Sam Peckinpah
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303111872
Format: Color
ISBN: 6303111874
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1994-06-15
Running Time: 122
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1972-12-13
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: One of the Best
Comment: A high charged Sam Peckinpah action film with Steve McQueen as Doc McCoy and Ali MacGraw as his wife. Sprung from prison to work a heist for millionaire oilman Ben Johnson, a crooked henchman sends the whole thing into a free fall with McQueen and MacGraw trying to stay one step ahead of the bad guys. Also starring Slim Pickens. Steve McQueen shows just how damage one man can achieve with a pump-action .12-gauge. Forget the rancid Alec Baldwin retread. This is the one.
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Summary: Mcqueen fan
Comment: As far as I'm concerned Steve McQueen can't do anything wrong. Love this film. What chemistry between Steve and Ali! The remake pales in comparison. See the original.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Semi- Classic
Comment: The coolest actor, the coolest old cars and great car chase !
Put it all together and with a great story and you have a great movie!
Not dated at all !
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Summary: The Getaway
Comment: An action packed thriller with Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw leading a good cast directed by Sam Peckinpah that keeps you on the edge of your seats. One of Steve McQueen's best performances keeping you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. A must for every adventure collector.
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Summary: Great movie. Great transfer
Comment: This review is for the Blu-Ray version of this film. I really like this film and the transfer is the best I have seen. I had the Beta and Laser disc versions and this one looks wonderful.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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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