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Farewell My Lovely [DVD]

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Robert Mitchum (Actor), Charlotte Rampling (Actor), Dick Richards (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe
  • Directors: Dick Richards
  • Writers: David Zelag Goodman, Raymond Chandler
  • Producers: Elliott Kastner, George Pappas, Jerry Bick, Jerry Bruckheimer
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: ITV Studios Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 10 April 2000
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004S8JF
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 19,830 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Remake of the classic film noir which was based on the Raymond Chandler novel. In 1941 Los Angeles, private eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is hired by ex-jailbird Moose Malloy to find his missing, chorus-line girlfriend, Velma. Marlowe comes up blank, and accepts another job providing protection for gigolo Lindsay Marriott, who is attempting to buy a rare necklace back from a gang of thieves. Surrounded by deception and murder, Marlowe soon comes up with an intriguing connection between the two cases...

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Of all the Philip Marlowes, Robert Mitchum's in Farewell, My Lovely resonates most deeply. That's because this is Marlowe past his prime, and Mitchum imbues Raymond Chandler's legendary private detective with a sense of maturity as well as a melancholy spirit. And yet there is plenty of Mitchum's renowned self-deprecating humour and charismatic charm to remind us of his own iconic presence. As in the previous 1944 film version, Murder, My Sweet, Marlowe searches all over L.A. for the elusive girlfriend of ex-con Moose Malloy, a loveable giant who might as well be King Kong. In typical Chandler fashion, the weary Marlowe uncovers a hotbed of lust, corruption and betrayal. Like Malloy, he's disillusioned by it all, despite his tough exterior, and possesses a tinge of sentimentality for the good old days. About the only current dream he can hold onto is Joe DiMaggio and his fabulous hitting streak. Made in 1975, a year after Chinatown (shot by the same cinematographer, John Alonzo), Farewell, My Lovely is more straightforward and nostalgic, but still possesses a requisite hard-boiled edge, and the best kind of angst the 1970s had to offer. (By the way, you will notice Sylvester Stallone in a rather violent cameo, a year before his Rocky breakthrough.) --Bill Desowitz, Amazon.com

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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is an atmospheric masterpiece; Mitchum at his best.
By Dundee Dave on 11 Mar. 2001
Format: VHS Tape
This is surely Mitchum's best performance. Forget the earlier glamour-boy. Crumpled, aging and seedy but with a heart of gold - Mitchum plays Marlowe with a master's touch. The careful under-playing of the sets and the characters fills the film with a believable atmosphere of corrupt and violent late-thirties Los Angeles. The plot never falters and the twist near the end, when Moose's girlfriend is revealed, is excellent. Charlotte Rampling oozes erotic magnetism and the supporting actors are magnificent, although Jack O'Halloran's "Moose Malloy" seems slightly wooden and Sylvester Stallone is quite forgettable. John Ireland and Harry Dean Stanton portray the 'honest cop' and 'corrupt cop' respectively to perfection; Stanton makes you want to count the cutlery every time he leaves the scene. Sylvia Miles's 'Jessie Florian' - the failed and aging starlet, alcoholic and careless off her dress and appearance, is well played too. All this, plus an excellent score and lots of little subliminal touches, re-create the time and the place so well. Splash in the bourbon, light yet another cigarette, push your hat back on your head, heave a world-weary sigh, close the curtains on the neon lights and the wailing siren - and enjoy.
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4.0 out of 5 starsFarewell my Lovely - A better Marlowe than Bogart?
By Victor HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER on 31 Jan. 2012
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In this adaptation of the Raymond Chandler classic, Robert Mitchum plays what I consider to be the definitive Philip Marlowe, even better than Bogie in the Big Sleep. And from me that is very high praise.

In a film that oozes atmosphere we follow the world weary Marlowe as he tries to make a difference even though he knows the odds are stacked against him. With his easy going drawl, lugubrious expression, weary demeanour and bags of charm Mitchum commands the screen, especially during his narrating voiceovers, where his voice caresses Chandler's dialogue and so beautifully fits the image of the man you get from reading the books. In fact, when I read the books now it is Mitchum's voice I hear in my head. The film makers do a great job of bringing Marlowe's world to the screen - a seedy world full of corruption and vice during the very early forties. The film really evokes the time and place.

It's a class film. The DVD presentation could be better, the sound on the Carlton Silver Screen release is a disappointing mono which is a little fuzzy and indistinct at times. The picture is in 4:3 aspect (which as others have pointed out here is the correct ratio), and would have benefited from a little restoration with a few scratches, jumps and washed out colours visible. This isn't bad enough to detract from the release though, it would just have been nice to see a proper job being done for such a classic film. 4 stars in total.
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4.0 out of 5 starsClassic gumshoe film noir
By Dennis Littrell TOP 500 REVIEWER on 18 April 2005
Format: VHS Tape
The year is 1941 and Joltin' Joe DiMaggio is on a hitting streak, and that is about the only thing in life that world-weary Philip Marlowe takes any pleasure in.
This is a workman-like adaptation of the novel by Raymond Chandler. Dimple-chinned Robert Mitchum at 58, an underrated actor with charisma and star appeal, is unfortunately a bit over the hill as Chandler's hard-nosed, realist gumshoe Philip Marlowe, especially when romancing the babes. Still he does a good job and seems almost made for the part.
The main babe that needs romancing here is Charlotte Rampling who plays Helen Grayle, a scheming, trampy, psychopathic, sexy thing on the make for anything she can get. She's the lovely who goes farewell--well, one of them.
Sylvia Miles got a supporting actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Mrs. Florian, one-time show girl turned lush. And Sylvester Stallone, looking almost as young as a choir boy, had a bit part as an anonymous thug. Jack O'Halloran played the very dense and obsessed Moose Malloy with a steady moronic malevolence. John Ireland is the good cop and Harry Dean Stanton the bad one. Kate Murtagh is the madam from hell who likes to throw her considerable weight around.
Comparing this to the original from 1944 entitled "Murder, My Sweet," staring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor, I have to say it is more realistic and edgier, and wonderfully atmospheric, but not as enjoyable, perhaps because Mitchum seems a little dead compared to Powell. But that is entirely the point, as Chandler's intent was to showcase a Philip Marlowe near the end of his tether, a man oppressed with the vileness of life and ready to toss it in.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe best Marlowe ever!
By Bob Isaaks on 27 Aug. 2007
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When this movie came out, I had just read all Raymond Chandler's novels for the first time and was hooked. Mitchum captures the weary, romantic private eye perfect - and is helped out by a great cast, Charlotte Rampling, Harry Dean Stanton ...besides Chinatown, the best noir-style movie of the seventies. Great pace and laden with atmosphere.
This movie made me a Mitchum-fan for life.
Philip Marlowe is in many ways a loser, and Mitchum is not afraid to
show this side of our hero, unlike so many other screen-versions of
this icon of crime novels.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGREAT MOVIE
By R. J. Brady on 24 July 2010
Format: DVD
This film operates on many levels. Ostensibly it is a detective story but also it is embraces many other themes .It is an evocation of a lost era.
It deals with unrequited love, police corruption,human disillusionment and melancholy, above all it shows a semi mythical lone anti-hero who elects to abide by the chivalric code,transported to the 1930's.
It is a much underrated movie depicting some great actors and scenes.Mitchum was born to play Marlowe.
Also the score is superb.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

I love the Chandler novels and the films are usually good representations of them and this is no exception.

Published 2 months ago by David J. Hardaker
3.0 out of 5 starsIf you enjoy the books you will be disappointed

If you enjoy the books you will be disappointed. Mitchum is worldly weary, not the tarnished knight errant with the cynical eye, Philip Marlowe with the heart too big for his own... Read more

Published 3 months ago by micthevic
4.0 out of 5 starsHave you seen Velma?

Not a patch on the Dick Powell classic (AKA "Murder My Sweet") but a good film none the less. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Roysie
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent

Complicated plot... as usual for Raymond Chandler scripts. Excellently acted by Robert Mitchum. The score is so soothing.

Published 4 months ago by Sibemol1
5.0 out of 5 starsFarewell my Lovely

Wow this film was good. Robert Mitchum is great to watch and his lovely deep voice. I have seen the original with Dick Powell and this film is nearly as good. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Denise Honeyball
5.0 out of 5 starsI am quite satisfied with it

Thanks. I am quite satisfied with it.

Published 12 months ago by Toshiaki Arai
3.0 out of 5 starsFarewell My Lovely

It's okay.Cool one-liners and Mitchum acting well.

Published 14 months ago by Nice_Lieutenant
5.0 out of 5 starsPerfectly noir

Forget the ramshackle plot, just listen to the laconic one-liners, the crystal-edged dialogue. Mitchum is the perfect Marlowe, the only Marlowe, the Marlowe as written by Chandler. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Alex
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

great movie

Published 18 months ago by JACK E SHELLEY JR
5.0 out of 5 starsOne of Robert Mitchum's best, and that is saying A LOT

Exceptional film noir. One of Robert Mitchum's best, and that is saying A LOT!

Published 20 months ago by Dr. Paul J. Lavrakas

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