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Subway [DVD] [1985]

DVD ~ Christopher Lambert
3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade
  • Directors: Luc Besson
  • Writers: Luc Besson, Alain Le Henry, Marc Perrier, Pierre Jolivet, Sophie Schmit
  • Producers: François Ruggieri, Louis Duchesne
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language French
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 31 Mar 2003
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000087I25
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,178 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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An early work from director Luc Besson, Subway is a dark and highly stylised picture which concerns an enigmatic safecracker (Christopher Lambert) hiding out in the Paris Metro system. While living in the underground and eluding both gangsters and Metro police he meets up with a group of colourful and quirky subterranean inhabitants eager to help him and start a rock band. All the while the safecracker blackmails a rich woman (Isabelle Adjani) with whom he is in love. Meant to be a tongue-in-cheek commentary on urban life, the film works better as a light freewheeling entertainment, with well-constructed fast-paced action sequences and a breezy sense of humour about itself. Subway is an intriguing diversion and a chance to see the cutting-edge of contemporary French moviemaking. --Robert Lane

Special Features
2.35 Wide Screen
DVD 5
French
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo


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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet memories of the Camden Plaza, 31 Jul 2003
By R. Sharpe (UK) - See all my reviews
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I saw this film when it was first released at the Camden Plaza (now a video shop, sadly, but back in 1985, it showed all of the Artificial Eye and other foreign and arthouse releases) uncountable times and though I haven't seen it since, it made an indelible mark on my consiousness and there are sections which I can still quote and smile over.
It is about a man, Fred played by Christopher Lambert, who loves birthdays and hates safes and who, while hiding out in the Paris Metro, meets an assortment of oddball characters and falls in love with Isabelle Adjani and who wouldn't!
It is simple, funny, sweet and innocent in a sort of post punk way and is quite the best thing that Christpher Lambert has ever done IMHO.
It is also a must for anyone who melts into mush at the sound of Rickie Lee Jones' dulcet tones. The setting of 'Lucky Guy' is just gorgeous.
It is a perfect film for all the incurable romantics out there and anyone who wants an escape from the toils of everyday life into a fairy tale world that never existed, will never exist but wouldn't it be lovely if it did.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars subtitle disaster movie, 28 Mar 2007
I absolutely love ths movie. It's a sleek stylish adventure in superficial sophistication through the Metro, every scene an opportunity to frame and impress. Lambert and Adjani provide characters which although shallow are delightful to watch, each in their own way. So why only one star? Well, my french, rusty now, was never too hot anyway so I tried to watch with the subtitles on. For some reason on my copy only about a quarter of the dialogue is actually subtitled, and it's not even the difficult stuff. I suppose the film was never really about the words but I personally found this to be incredibly distracting. So I watched with English dubbing. And that is even worse. If you saw it when it came out please avoid this version, if you are just curious in the genre invest in Diva instead, at least the music might move you to tears.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this film, 30 Sep 2003
By Eolake "eolake.blogspot.com" (Lancashire, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I love this film.
It is just full of strokes of genius, visually, musically, and rythmically.

Like Blues Brothers or Pulp Fiction, it has some magical sense of timing that defies description, but lifts the whole to a new level.

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5.0 out of 5 stars when movies were fun
Remember the days when movies were fun to watch and once you saw them you would never forget it? this is that type of movie. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. Peter Raposo

4.0 out of 5 stars The Style's Supposed to outweigh the Substance!
From it's opening car chase (with it`s loud soft rock soundtrack and brightly sunlit look it could have been shot by Tony Scott), it's fairly clear that Luc Besson's... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. George Hughes

4.0 out of 5 stars A flawed, though no less interesting experiment, in ultra-chic visual filmmaking.
At the time, a huge box-office hit in its native France - and as a result of the rising popularity of lead actors Christopher Lambert and Isabelle Adjani, something of a cult film... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Jonathan James Romley

4.0 out of 5 stars Rise of Luc Besson
Before Christopher Lambert's downfall into garish sci-fi flicks such as Highlander 2 & 3 and Mortal Kombat, he starred in some very good French films. Read more
Published on 18 May 2007 by Jay

2.0 out of 5 stars Typical Besson
This is the kind of movie that would work well on the backdrop of an 80's theme party, projected without volume against a blank white wall. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2005 by Mr. F. I. Dudaniec

3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, stylish, but not great
Underground systems the world round do seem to have their own sub-culture and you wonder what is lurking behind the closed and locked doors. Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2004 by R. W. Mackenzie

2.0 out of 5 stars The dubbed version of Subway
Subway is one of the film where we see a little of Luc Bessons strange world. The film is older than Nikita and not as perfect as that. Read more
Published on 15 May 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Best from the eighties
One of the best films from the eighties. Pure Luc Besson. Highly original.
Published on 30 Aug 2003 by Eolake

3.0 out of 5 stars Stylish but weak
Subway is Luc Besson's second feature length film, a stylish thriller set in the paris underground.
Now for the first time it is available on DVD, 18 years after its release in... Read more
Published on 4 May 2003 by swankymatt

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