Richard Brooks’ The Happy Ending (1969) + $ (1971)
Reviews of two classic Richard Brooks films – the housewife crack-up drama The Happy Ending (1969) on Blu from Twilight Time + the heist comedy $ (1971) from Sony.
Tag: Richard Brooks
BR: Happy Ending, The (1969)
The title of Richard Brooks’ 19th feature film as director infers a story with a classic alls-well-that-ends-well finale, but The Happy Ending proved to be something that goes against the grain of a classic Hollywood saga of bored privileged housewives boozing and bed-hopping and clothes shopping to their hearts’ content before hitting sleazy lows…
DVD: $ (1971)
Richard Brooks’ extremely fluffy bank robbery flick $ (“dollars”) borrows elements from the best while remaining very tongue-in cheek in spite of some mean behaviour and bursts of violence.
Shot entirely on location in Hamburg, Germany…
Go on… Bite the Bullet!
Previously available on DVD, Twilight Time brings out a stunning transfer of Richard Brooks’ near-perfect western Bit the Bullet (1975), meticulously cast with veteran character actors & a few young snots, and featuring gripping horse racing sequences.
BR: Bite the Bullet (1975)
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / B . Film: Excellent / BR Transfer: Excellent/ BR Extras: Good Label: Twilight Time / Region: All / Released: March, 2012 Genre: Western Synopsis: Disparate riders compete for a $2,000 cash prize in a deadly 700-mile horse race. Special Features: 8-page colour booklet with liner notes by film […]
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