Dirty Harry - Special Edition [DVD] [1971]

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"You've got to ask yourself a question: do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" Dirty Harry provoked a critical uproar in 1971 for its "fascist" message about the power of one, as it also elevated Clint Eastwood to superstar status through his most enduring screen persona. Harry Callahan (Eastwood, in a role meant for Frank Sinatra) is a sardonic, hard-working San Francisco cop who can't finish his lunch without having to foil a bank robbery with his 44 Magnum, "the most powerful handgun in the world." When hippie-esque psycho Scorpio (Andy Robinson) goes on a killing spree, Harry and new partner Chico are assigned to hunt him down, but not before the Mayor and Lt. Bressler admonish Callahan about his heavy-handed tactics. Racing against a deadline to save a kidnap victim from suffocating to death, and unbothered by the niceties of Miranda rights and search warrants, Callahan brings in Scorpio, only to see him released on technicalities. "The law's crazy," opines Harry in disgust, before taking it upon himself to ensure that Scorpio doesn't kill again. Directed in violent and efficient fashion by Don Siegel, with a propulsive score by Lalo Schifrin, Dirty Harry was the fourth Siegel-Eastwood collaboration after Coogan's Bluff (1968), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), and The Beguiled (1970). Critics at the time strongly objected to the heroic image of a cop's violations of a suspect's Miranda rights, forcing Siegel and Eastwood to deny that they were right-wing reactionaries.

Special Features:
- Commentary by Richard Schickel (Filmmaker and Eastwood biographer)
- Dirty Harry: The Original featurette
- Interview Gallery - Dirty Harry’s Way featurette
- Dirty Harry Trailer Gallery
- The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (30mins)(An examination of influence and legacy of Dirty Harry.)
- Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso (1993 TV special)

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A tremendously controversial film, both decried as an apologia for fascism and hailed as the solution to a decade of rising crime, DIRTY HARRY propelled Clint Eastwood's career into the stratosphere while adding another archetype to join his Man with No Name in film iconography. Clint stars as Harry Callahan, a truculent San Francisco police detective well known for his vicious take-no-prisoners attitude toward criminals. With the city of San Francisco being terrorized by the psychotic killer known only as Scorpio (a character that is firmly based on San Francisco's Zodiac Killer), Harry is assigned by the mayor (John Vernon) and Lt. Bressler (Harry Guardino) to try to stop him, pairing him with reluctantly accepted new partner Chico (Reni Santoni). Scorpio kidnaps a 14-year-old girl and buries her alive, demanding a $200,000 ransom for her return. Harry is to bring him the money--alone.

What follows is one of the most exciting ransom deliveries in film history. The prototype for most of the action films through the rest of the century, DIRTY HARRY rises far above most of them due mostly to an excellent script and Eastwood's gripping acting. That said, the main character's contemptuous attitude toward the Miranda law seems far more damning now that it did in the early 1970s.

Callahan's exploits proved extremely popular and the inevitable sequel, MAGNUM FORCE was released two years later, and in turn was followed by a further three sequels, THE ENFORCER (1976), SUDDEN IMPACT (1983) and THE DEAD POOL (1989). Though the sequels are of varying quality, none diminish the importance of the original, which is now considered a classic.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Maverick Cool, 20 Mar 2009 By  G. R. Donaldson (Great Britain) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Clint Eastwood has long been a favourite of mine his unique screen presence especially as no nonsense Harry Callaghan is the stuff film icons are made of. In Dirty Harry which in my opinion defined the maverick cop genre we see him strolling around dispensing justice with a firm but perhaps not always even hand. I was ony a nipper when I first saw this and having watched it recently as an out of shape forty six year old, its still a cracking film and a worthy addition to any collection. Directed by his mentor, the late Don Segal it shows shots and angles that Eastwood went on to replicate in his own films. Dirty Harry also has one of the best screen villains ever. The man in question Andrew Robinson is Scorpio the drooling madman holding the city to ransom, and only one man can stop him, big Clint. There are to many memorable scenes to mention here, some funny some harrowing. I think this is a total classic and Im of to buy Magnum Force to add to my Callaghan collection. Very big thumbs up. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   1 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Dirty Harry - Special Edition, 29 Oct 2008 By  Mr. J. Fraser (Kelso, Scotland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This is a great movie. You don't need me to tell you that. This is a great release except for one issue. Half of this film takes place at night and unfortunately the night scenes are far too dark, often making it difficult to tell what's going on. It's almost like staring at a black screen for half the film. This could have been sorted but it's not. Other than that it's a fairly clean transfer. Comment Comment (1) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   0 of 3 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars Clean break, 10 Jul 2009 By  Ramsey Tupper's Ghost, Lucy Furlips, Mr. Bus,... (R(3,3,3) = 17, of course...) - See all my reviews Clint Eastwood has, over the years, quite cleverly hidden a speech impediment that hampered his early forays into acting. His technique is based on an old French teaching about the linguistic problems experienced by some people, such as Jonathan Ross. Both Clint and Jonathan have difficulty pronouncing the letter 'w'. Whereas Rossy just dives on in and has made it a feature of his persona, Clint has used the Fleuron approach where the letter is pretty much negated and often not pronounced at all. In 'Dirty Harry', his line about feeling lucky, to the punk, he says, '...to tell you the tooth...', note 'tooth', not 'truth'. To most ears this sounds acceptable and normal but in all of Clints films, use of 'w' words is kept to a strict minimum. The music in this film is also quite grating, possibly to cover for the woeful dialogue. A chap called Lilo Shafter did the music, and from scant listening it sounds like music from a skin flick from the same era. All in all I cannot see one good thing to recommend this excellent film to others to miss it. The story is entertaining, the acting is bad, the special effects are terrible, editing and lighting is adequate given the equipment used but unforgivable in this day and age of DVD's and MP3's. All in all, I would give this film 3 stars, minus two for the reasons above, plus 3 for Clints acting, minus 2 for the title, add three for the music, take one for the bloke out of Hellraiser being in it and finally minus 2 for the use of the Fleuron approach to the 23rd, and sacred, letter. Ramsey Tupper - (c) 2006 - Re-hashed by Mr Bus Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 4 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Top dog movie This is a top thriller and a great DVD release. The extras are pretty good and a lot of the scenes look a lot clearer. A good job and recommended. Published 8 months ago by The Cheerful Teacher Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 4 customer reviews...

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