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Kidnapped [DVD] [1971]

DVD ~ Michael Caine
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Lawrence Douglas, Vivien Heilbron, Jack Hawkins
  • Directors: Delbert Mann
  • Writers: Jack Pulman, Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Producers: Frederick H. Brogger, Hugh Attwooll, James Franciscus
  • Format: PAL, Special Edition
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Oct 2003
  • Run Time: 103 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000C88LI
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 95,390 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
This period drama is set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. A young man David Balfour arrives to claim his inheritance but his wicked uncle attempts to kill him and then unduly ships him off to be sold as a slave. Michael Caine stars as Alan Breck, in a spirited performance, who befriends David and acts as gallant mentor and protector.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A hugely underrated elegiac adventure, 29 April 2007
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kidnapped [1971] [DVD] (DVD)
Delbert Mann's hugely underrated 1971 version of Kidnapped takes a more fatalistic approach to the story than might be expected. Rather than opt for easy swashbuckling, Alan Breck is here a man in constant denial as he travels through a defeated landscape rife with disillusion in the wake of the Battle of Culloden, while David Balfour is trying to make sense of a world where those who are supposed to be on his side are far less honourable than those supposed to be his enemies.

Blessed with a superb script by Jack Pullman (with some elegantly witty dialogue), a beautiful score by Roy Budd and a wonderful use of location that really comes alive in widescreen, it also works as a pretty good adventure movie, and if Michael Caine is phenomenally miscast as the Jacobite rebel he makes a surprisingly good job of it, as do most of the impressive supporting cast. Only Freddie Jones in a typical display of stilted ham lets the side down. The film was a famously troubled production, with many of the cast and crew reportedly unpaid, but thankfully shows few signs of it on the screen.

Network's new impressive 2.35:1 widescreen release keeps the trailer and original featurette from the previous Carlton release and also adds a trio of unrelated Michael Caine interviews (two with Russell Harty and one with Gloria Hunniford) as well. Recommended - but be warned that the DVD menu is absurdly awkward to navigate.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great historical epic, very well reconstructed, 15 April 2007
By A. Fonteyne (Vlezenbeek Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kidnapped [1971] [DVD] (DVD)
I spent two weeks last summer in Scotland, and went to all the places that figure prominently in this film: Culloden Moor, Edinburgh Castle, Ediburgh Old Town, saw the picturesque wild landscapes, and learnt about the story of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and of its defeat that is the setting for the film. Everything in the reconstruction is right, including the accents of the actors, the clothes, uniforms, weapons, as well as the atmosphere of the times, and these were sad and brutal times for Scotland.
The story, set in this background, is one of a young man, David Balfour, who comes to claim his inheritance from his uncle after his father's death. The uncle first tries to kill him and then sells him to the captain of a ship bound for America, the Carolinas more precisely, to be sold there as an indentured servant. Through a chance meeting with Alan Berk Stewart, a Jacobite gentleman fleeing from the defeat at Culloden, he manages to escape and land ashore. He then follows Berk as he tries to join other Jacobites who might help him to leave for France.
Our young hero, a very idealistic Scottish lowlander who fate decides should be friend of Jacobite rebels, finally manages to reclaim his inheritance and also to find love. All the while being caught in the middle of this Civil War. It is fought between the English red-coated army supported by Scottish lowlanders and the Highland clansmen. They support two different branches of the royal family claiming the combined thrones of England and Scotland, i.e. on the one hand the "legitimate" but absolutist Stewart heirs, of Scottish origin, or Jacobites ( after James II, expelled from the throne in 1688), against the Hanoverian or German princes chosen and backed by the English parliament.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great film, shame about the plot deviations., 13 Feb 2005
Bought this film the other day simply because it was "Kidnapped"- possible my favourite novel to date. I didn't expect much from an old film like this but was very pleasantly surprised. The film starts off with scenes of the aftermath of the battle of Culloden and some back ground information on the Jacobite rebellion. This sets the scene well for the rest of the film in which David Balfour, a supporter of the king, becomes caught up with Alan Breck- a Jacobite fleeing for his life. There are a few annoying changes from the storyline of the novel, for me the most irritating being that in the novel Catriona is the daugter of James Moore not James of the Glens (James Stewart)as in the film. I understand that deviations from the plot are often necessary but the film would have been better, in my opinion, had it left Catriona out altogether and had the ending more true to the book with Alan leaving for France and not giving himself up to the Red Coats. Still, a worthy adaptaion wholy worth the 4 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece.
This obscure cinematic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Kindapped' is one of my favorite movies of all time. I first watched it at school when I was ten years old. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Patrick B. Koohafkan

3.0 out of 5 stars Good film on the whole...
This is an adaptation of two novels written by Robert Louis Stevenson in the nineteenth century. It has much to be said for it; such as excellent scenery and music and the acting,... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Junius

5.0 out of 5 stars Great film
At last I have this film on DVD.
Kidnapped from 1971 is one of the greatest adventure stories every filmed.
Michael Cain is superb as Alan Breck. Read more
Published 21 months ago by "Smith" Reader

4.0 out of 5 stars shouldn't be this good
I approached this with some trepidation - Michael Caine as a jacobite sebel took a bit of believing! However he pulls it off even if the accent is a bit dodgy at times. Read more
Published on 4 Jul 2005 by Lendrick

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Entertainment
This is a fair version of an excellent novel. Well worth watching. However lets get one thing straight the jacobite rebellion was nothing to do with Scottish independance. Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2003 by Paul Stewart

5.0 out of 5 stars Kidnapped(1971)
This great movie starring Micheal Caine playing Alan Breck and Trevor Howard as his lordship is not only enteraining but educational. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2003 by Cathy M. Larkins

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