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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
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), French ( Mono ), German ( Mono ), Italian ( Mono ), Spanish ( Mono ), Arabic ( Subtitles ), Czech ( Subtitles ), Danish ( Subtitles ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), Italian ( Subtitles ), Portuguese ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), Turkish ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is recorded on audio and video tape, although he is not the subject of any surveillance. ...The Anderson Tapes
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Most people I mention this film to have never heard of it, which is a pity, as it is a terrific crime thriller directed by one of the best, Sidney Lumet. Sean plays Duke Anderson (what parents would call their son Duke?), who is out of jail after 18 years. He starts planning his next job, this time robbing an entire New York apartment building. His girlfriend Ingrid, played by the very sexy Dyan Cannon, is one of the tenants and therefore an inside informant. Duke and his gang plot their elaborate robbery, unaware that every move is monitered and recorded (hence the film's title). I can't give away too much of the plot as it would spoil it for the viewer, but the final showdown between the gang and the police is quite stunning, considering it was done on location on Fifth Avenue. Allow for the fact that it is 1971 technology and enjoy an excellent thriller.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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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.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I missed this film first time round. It has shades of Taking of Pelham 1, 2 3 as you wonder how they are going to get away with it especially as the police turn up.
There is use of flashback when they talk to the various hostages and you get the impression they must have succeeded.
Sean Connery as an ex con decides to pull a burglary in an apartment where his ex girlfriend lives.
He gets a gang together and uses a favour owed by the mob who puts up the money.
As they story unfolds you see him under surveillance but you don't know why. It transpires that the building is being put under surveillance by a variety of people being the IRS and his girlfriend's fella.
The mob put up the money but they foist a baddy on him ,Socks who likes hurting people.
The gang includes some black blokes who Socks calls spooks and a gay character. The film made in the early seventies is very racist and homophobic.
It is a clever story and you are kept guessing the whole time.
I won't give away the ending but it is worth a good few looks. The Internet reckons it is going to be remade in 2010 as was taking of Pelham 123. Don't they have any original stories?
I only read afterwards that the point of the story was all about surveillance in that different agencies were looking for different things and none of them spotted that a burglary we was going to take place as they were only interested in their narrow area and did not communicate with each other.
In a way it is a very modern story as there is more chance of that happening now. 9/11 was all about that in that various authorities must have known of the conspirators but no one joined the dots and came to the answer.
Maybe not a great film but a very good one.
There is use of flashback when they talk to the various hostages and you get the impression they must have succeeded.
Sean Connery as an ex con decides to pull a burglary in an apartment where his ex girlfriend lives.
He gets a gang together and uses a favour owed by the mob who puts up the money.
As they story unfolds you see him under surveillance but you don't know why. It transpires that the building is being put under surveillance by a variety of people being the IRS and his girlfriend's fella.
The mob put up the money but they foist a baddy on him ,Socks who likes hurting people.
The gang includes some black blokes who Socks calls spooks and a gay character. The film made in the early seventies is very racist and homophobic.
It is a clever story and you are kept guessing the whole time.
I won't give away the ending but it is worth a good few looks. The Internet reckons it is going to be remade in 2010 as was taking of Pelham 123. Don't they have any original stories?
I only read afterwards that the point of the story was all about surveillance in that different agencies were looking for different things and none of them spotted that a burglary we was going to take place as they were only interested in their narrow area and did not communicate with each other.
In a way it is a very modern story as there is more chance of that happening now. 9/11 was all about that in that various authorities must have known of the conspirators but no one joined the dots and came to the answer.
Maybe not a great film but a very good one.
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all rather hollow with a build-up to nothing.
this film has a good idea and a good cast on hand but the trouble is, is that you are soon aware of sean connery's fate the moment he plans the robbery at the apartment block as... Read more
Published 7 months ago by jeremiah harbottle
Cool,spartan thriller
Films are apprehended like all phenomena at various ages by various generations so naturally this film is dated in the local sense... Read more
Published on 15 May 2010 by Ken Raus
Enjoyable but not very memorable.
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. Read more
Published on 4 July 2003 by Scarlet
Interesting concept, though rather unexceptional
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. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2003 by Scarlet
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