| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Mel Gibson |
Sergeant Martin Riggs
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| Danny Glover |
Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
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| Gary Busey |
Mr. Joshua
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| Mitch Ryan |
General Peter McAllister (as Mitchell Ryan)
|
| Tom Atkins |
Michael Hunsaker
|
| Darlene Love |
Trish Murtaugh
|
| Traci Wolfe |
Rianne Murtaugh
|
| Jackie Swanson |
Amanda Hunsaker
|
| Damon Hines |
Nick Murtaugh
|
| Ebonie Smith |
Carrie Murtaugh
|
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Thriller; Comedy |
| Director |
Richard Donner |
| Producer |
Richard Donner; Joel Silver |
| Writer |
Shane Black |
| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
|
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
Unrated |
| Running Time |
112 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
|
| Plot |
| Mel Gibson set aside his art-house credentials to star as a crazy cop paired with a stable one (Danny Glover) in this full-blown 1987 Richard Donner action picture. The most violent film in the series (which includes three sequels), it is also the edgiest and most interesting. After Gibson's character jumps off a building handcuffed to a man, and Gary Busey (as a cold, efficient enforcer) lets his hand get burned without flinching, there is a sense that anything can happen, and it usually does. Donner's strangely messy visual and audio style doesn't make a lot of aesthetic sense, but it stuck with all four movies. The DVD release includes production notes, Dolby sound, theatrical trailer, optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, optional French soundtrack, and optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
47 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
|
| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single side, Single layer |
| UPC |
085391170921 |
| Chapters |
23 |
| Release Date |
1997 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish; French |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
|
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned HiFi Sound Widescreen Dolby |
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