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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
this is one of bronsons less heard of films,by no means is it bad far from it.a great action film.ive only ever seen this on tv and old vhs tapes so was pleasently suprised how good the dvd looked.theres a trailer and an intresting segment called bronson st.ives.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Although little loved by fans of Ross Thomas' novel, St. Ives is an entertaining thriller with largely unrealised aspirations to being seen as a throwback to Warners' 1940s detective movies. Charles Bronson's the heavy gambling retired crime writer and would-be novelist of the title, hired by John Houseman's gentleman crook to act as go-between for a series of incriminating volumes only to stumble across dead bodies in tumble dryers and burglars who've taken the shortcut to the sidewalk via the window. It's not an action film, an elevator shaft fight and a climactic shootout notwithstanding. Instead it's a slightly quirky number full of neat little touches, be it Houseman watching The Big Parade and Birth of a Nation because, as his analyst Maximilian Schell explains, "Films really are dreams, especially old movies, and Abner loves them. They're good dreams for Abner. They're splendid, splendid therapy," Elisha Cook (no longer billed as Jr.) turning up as a hotel clerk who can even sleep through a shootout in the lobby or an amusing scene where a drop-off in the toilets in Union Station turns into a quirky discussion of restroom quirks. With some surprising faces popping up in the cast (Daniel J. Travanti, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Englund among them), it's an enjoyable 90 minutes that aims to be nothing more than a good night out at the pictures, and in this case that's enough.
Warner's DVD offers a good widescreen transfer with original trailer and brief behind the scenes short as extras.
Warner's DVD offers a good widescreen transfer with original trailer and brief behind the scenes short as extras.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Once you have fast forwarded past the disgusting anti-piracy film, you will find out why CB was paid 5 million dollars a film.
An awesome performance by one of the very few great male hollywood stars.
JB provides the candy and the rest of the cast do a good job.
Good quality picture and sound.
A must have for any CB fan.
An awesome performance by one of the very few great male hollywood stars.
JB provides the candy and the rest of the cast do a good job.
Good quality picture and sound.
A must have for any CB fan.
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St Ives
Although the text on the box is in French, reassuringly the movie plays exactly like a 'normal' UK DVD. Read more
Published 8 months ago by N. Starks
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I'm in rather 2 minds about St Ives, I love 70's films, I love Charles Bronson, I've offered my love to Jacqueline Bisset, The court hearings pending :D, St Ives has got a lot to... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. D. Swan
Ross Thomas and Charles Bronson make an uneasy movie. Better stick...
Ross Thomas was one of America's great thriller/mystery/political skullduggery writers. He wrote 20 books under his own name and five as Oliver Bleeck. Read more
Published on 7 May 2009 by C. O. DeRiemer
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