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The Anderson Tapes [DVD] [1971]

DVD ~ Sean Connery
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  • Actors: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Alan King
  • Directors: Sidney Lumet
  • Writers: Frank Pierson, Lawrence Sanders
  • Producers: George Justin, Robert Weitman
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Jan 2003
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00007JGKP
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 32,930 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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An early example of the techno-thriller, The Anderson Tapes--sharply directed by Sidney Lumet from the novel by Lawrence Sanders--follows just-out-of-stir Duke Anderson (a balding Sean Connery) as he plots the heist of an entire New York apartment building, enlisting a crew that includes Martin Balsam as a vintage 1971 gay stereotype and a very young Christopher Walken in perhaps the first of his jittery crook roles. The gimmick is that Anderson has been out of circulation so long that he doesn't realise his mafia backers are only supporting him because they feel nostalgic for the days before they were boring businessmen and that the whole setup is monitored by a criss-crossing selection of government and private agencies who don't care enough to thwart the robbery, which instead becomes unglued thanks to a gutsy young radio ham. With a cool Quincy Jones score, very tight editing, a lot of spot-on cameo performances from the likes of Ralph Meeker as a patient cop, this hasn't dated a bit: it's wry without being jokey and suspenseful without undue contrivance.

On the DVD The Anderson Tapes offers a nice anamorphic transfer, a few trailers and various foreign language options. --Kim Newman

DVD Description
DVD Features:

1 monteverdi l'orfeo excerpts
Furio Zanasi,Montserrat Figueras,Sara Mingardo
La Capella Reial,Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
2 Poulenc Stabat mater Quando corpus
te - Pa-pa-pa-pa
Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel,
London Philharmonic/Myung-Whun Chung
9 Duo Cecilia sings Mozart
Un Moto di Goia mi Sento
Cecilia Bartoli, Concentus Musicus Wien/
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
10 Bach Cantatas
Aria Liebster Gott, Chorale Ich armer Mensch
Magdalena KozenJudith Howarth soprano,St John's,Clare
and Gonville & Caius College Choirs,Cambridge,
BBC Philharmonic/Christopher Robinson
3/4 Tavener choral ikons
As one who has slept / Song for Athene
The Choir/James Whitbourn
5 Tavener fall & resurrection
The Incarnation of the Logos
Patricia Rozario,Michael Chance,Stephen Richardson,
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
6 Anthems from King's parry I was glad
Choir of King's College,Cambridge/ BR> Choir of King's College,Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
8 Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne
Mozart Die Zauberfl BR> Someone is watching
As the crime of the century unreels!

Sean Connery and Dyan Cannon star in this fast-paced, sexy crime thriller from acclaimed director Sidney Lumet.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars an Anarchist Movie, 3 April 2006
By C. Harper (LONDON, LONDON United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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After 30 years I've just watched the Anderson Tapes again. This time around I saw a radical movie with a strong dash of pure anarchism, both in it's script and, most of all, it's principal character, a man with a very clear attitude toward authority, law, justice, order, property - and shrinks. In these areas that the movie is most uncompromising. It's got a nice sense of humour, best seen when the cops are on screen, it's experimental at times, it's even feminist. Great cast, great director. Don't miss it.
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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but not very memorable., 4 Jul 2003
The story is a cliché now, and it wasn't exactly original back then either. It can however be quite entertaining at times if needs be. The plot goes something like this: An ex-convict forms a gang to rob a building, but all the while he is unaware that the police and various others are making tape recordings of his conversations since he left prison. It is superficially slick and fashionable with a notable performance by Martin Balsam, though it is marred by unnecessarily flashy direction and a failure to delve into a more detailed explanation of the tapes. Despite these faults it manages to have a sufficiently exciting climax. It also boasts a fine score by Quincy Jones and the added attraction of seeing Christopher Walken in his film debut. All in all quite watchable.
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2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting concept, though rather unexceptional, 18 Jun 2003
This review is from: The Anderson Tapes [VHS] [1971] (VHS Tape)
The story is a cliché now, and it wasn't exactly original back then either. It can however be quite entertaining at times if needs be. It goes something like this: An ex-convict forms a gang to rob a building, but all the while he is unaware that the police and various others are making tape recordings of his conversations since he left prison. It is superficially slick and fashionable with a notable performance by Martin Balsam, though it is marred by unnecessarily flashy direction and a failure to delve into a more detailed explanation of the tapes. Despite these faults it manages to have a sufficiently exciting climax, if somewhat violent. It also boasts a fine score by Quincy Jones and the added attraction of seeing Christopher Walken in his film debut. All in all quite watchable.
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