Career Intersections
Review of Warner Home Video’s sparkling Blu-ray of The Specialist, starring the combustible team of Stallone, Stone, Woods, Steiger, Roberts… and Barry!
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BR: Specialist, The (1994)
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / S . Film: Good / DVD Transfer: Excellent/ BR Extras: Standard Label: Warner Home Video/ Region: All / Released: August 16, 2011 Genre: Action / Noir / Pulp Synopsis: A woman hires a munitions specialist to assassinate the killers of her parents. Special Features: Theatrical Trailer . . […]
Hot & Bothered: The Chase, by Arthur Penn and Sam Spiegel
Editor’s Blog on the recent screening of producer Sam Spiegel’s The Chase (1966), as part of their retrospective on director Arthur Penn, plus a review of the film and John Barry’s score…
CD: Chase, The (1966)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / C . Rating: Very Good Label: Sony Legacy/ Released: May 18, 2004 Tracks & Album Length: 16 tracks / (55:58) . Special Notes: n/a. . Composer: John Barry . . Review: John Barry was imported to the States by producer Sam Spiegel to score The Chase, a lurid drama about […]
BR: Chase, The (1966)
The Chase was a project that may have offered Brando an intriguing character trapped in a swirling drama about seething racism, but according to Twilight Time’s trio of commentators, because Penn was scheduled to direct a play soon after filming wrapped, producer Sam Spiegel…
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