Frantic
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Djiby Soumare, Dominique Virton
Directed By: Roman Polanski
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790738550
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6305133476
Label: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-06-01
Running Time: 120
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1988-02-26
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Summary: A frantic search!
Comment: "Frantic" is an admirable film in which the violence plays the role of referential support, focusing basically about the psychological aspects of terror, anger and disturbance aroused in the soul of this Amercian doctor when his wife is kidnapped just in the first day of the trip.
To my mind, this film signed and drifted the successful career of this successful actor. Harrison grew up as actor conferring him for that moment the label of the mature actor for definition. It's not a mere casualty "Working girl" would be his next film. Nay, his terrific performance in "The fugitive" keeps a very narrow resemblance in which dramatic facets respect this role.
One of the most distinguished cult movies of the eighties.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Hidden Gem
Comment: You would think that a Harrison Ford/Roman Polanski picture would have generated more attention but 'Frantic' seems to have slipped through the radar of the moviegoing public. 'Frantic' is a 'mainstream' film that doesn't feel like its off the traditional Hollywood assembly line mold due to Polanski's inspired direction.
The is a truly excellent film and a joy to watch. I've rewatched the film several times since I purchased it. 'Frantic' has a fast moving plot, continuous suspense and a unique style that separates it from most typical thriller genre films. The added bonus is that it takes place in Paris with mesmerizing location shots and ambiance. After watching the film you are so enticed by Paris that I was inspired to buy a Frommers Guide to France. I better understood after watching 'Frantic' why Polanski continues to be such a highly regarded director. If you are looking for a thriller/suspense film that will keep you glued to your seat while being a little off the beaten path try 'Frantic'.
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Summary: A Hitchcockian thriller with brilliant work by Harrison Ford
Comment: This film is one to behold for one terrific performance by Harrison Ford. While vacationing in Paris, Dr. Richard Walker's wife disappears mysteriously while he is taking a shower. Now he must put the pieces of the puzzle together in order to find out what happened to her. You can really sense the frustration, anger and confusion the frightened Harrison Ford must evoke from one scene to the next. Emmanuelle Seigner as the young girl who will help him is gorgeous and something else to behold. Frantic looks and sounds like something Hitchcock would have conjoured up and it's definitely worthy of being in his league. I was glad that the film did not go for the usual happy Hollywood ending. It does work itself out, but there is also a tragedy that comes along with it. Roman Polanski, who married Seigner has brought us another work of art. I would love to see a commentary and other special features on this film if Warner re-releases it in the future. It's more than deserving of having an enhanced edition. Also recommended by Polanski you may have missed: Death and the Maiden starring Sigourney Weaver in one terrific performance that like Ford, showcases her brilliant talent.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not aging well
Comment: Maybe this was hot stuff 20 years ago, but it seems a bit dated now. The soundtrack is especially old fashioned, almost embarrassing, like something from the 50s. The plot is fairly standard suspense fare. The writing is nothing to write home about. There is a little suspense, but it's no nail biter. After 9-11, the plot about Arabs stealing a nuclear timing device seems prescient, I will say that. Ford's wife is incredibly frumpy and not believable. The scenes of Paris are mostly unattractive. In short, there's not a lot of reason to go out of your way for this.
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Summary: Americans must be well protected in Paris
Comment: Discover Paris the way you would probably never see it. Garbage collecting trucks shown three times in the film. The French police that understands English and does not like nervous Americans, and they send their incognito agents behind the man they have more or less sent to hell. The US embassy obviously speaking with a forked tongue, being reassuring on one side and sending its secret agents behind the American citizen at once without telling him of course (S*** for S***head as Dr Walker says). Then a Statue of Liberty, the original mind you, seen and shown nearly too much. Underground parking lots that are crime avenues. Parisian zinc roofs. French taxis with black taxi drivers getting a flat on a highway. Then constant contradictions between tipping and not tipping in hotels. And all kinds of dealings and dealers along the river's embankments, in all kinds of underground structures, or airports, or night clubs, or bars, or whatever. A dangerous life for simple American tourists, but vacations remembered forever. Anyway in Paris only the French and the Arabs apparently die. Funny more than thrilling but well acted and that is a real pleasure.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
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Summary: A frantic search!
Comment: "Frantic" is an admirable film in which the violence plays the role of referential support, focusing basically about the psychological aspects of terror, anger and disturbance aroused in the soul of this Amercian doctor when his wife is kidnapped just in the first day of the trip.
To my mind, this film signed and drifted the successful career of this successful actor. Harrison grew up as actor conferring him for that moment the label of the mature actor for definition. It's not a mere casualty "Working girl" would be his next film. Nay, his terrific performance in "The fugitive" keeps a very narrow resemblance in which dramatic facets respect this role.
One of the most distinguished cult movies of the eighties.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Hidden Gem
Comment: You would think that a Harrison Ford/Roman Polanski picture would have generated more attention but 'Frantic' seems to have slipped through the radar of the moviegoing public. 'Frantic' is a 'mainstream' film that doesn't feel like its off the traditional Hollywood assembly line mold due to Polanski's inspired direction.
The is a truly excellent film and a joy to watch. I've rewatched the film several times since I purchased it. 'Frantic' has a fast moving plot, continuous suspense and a unique style that separates it from most typical thriller genre films. The added bonus is that it takes place in Paris with mesmerizing location shots and ambiance. After watching the film you are so enticed by Paris that I was inspired to buy a Frommers Guide to France. I better understood after watching 'Frantic' why Polanski continues to be such a highly regarded director. If you are looking for a thriller/suspense film that will keep you glued to your seat while being a little off the beaten path try 'Frantic'.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Hitchcockian thriller with brilliant work by Harrison Ford
Comment: This film is one to behold for one terrific performance by Harrison Ford. While vacationing in Paris, Dr. Richard Walker's wife disappears mysteriously while he is taking a shower. Now he must put the pieces of the puzzle together in order to find out what happened to her. You can really sense the frustration, anger and confusion the frightened Harrison Ford must evoke from one scene to the next. Emmanuelle Seigner as the young girl who will help him is gorgeous and something else to behold. Frantic looks and sounds like something Hitchcock would have conjoured up and it's definitely worthy of being in his league. I was glad that the film did not go for the usual happy Hollywood ending. It does work itself out, but there is also a tragedy that comes along with it. Roman Polanski, who married Seigner has brought us another work of art. I would love to see a commentary and other special features on this film if Warner re-releases it in the future. It's more than deserving of having an enhanced edition. Also recommended by Polanski you may have missed: Death and the Maiden starring Sigourney Weaver in one terrific performance that like Ford, showcases her brilliant talent.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not aging well
Comment: Maybe this was hot stuff 20 years ago, but it seems a bit dated now. The soundtrack is especially old fashioned, almost embarrassing, like something from the 50s. The plot is fairly standard suspense fare. The writing is nothing to write home about. There is a little suspense, but it's no nail biter. After 9-11, the plot about Arabs stealing a nuclear timing device seems prescient, I will say that. Ford's wife is incredibly frumpy and not believable. The scenes of Paris are mostly unattractive. In short, there's not a lot of reason to go out of your way for this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Americans must be well protected in Paris
Comment: Discover Paris the way you would probably never see it. Garbage collecting trucks shown three times in the film. The French police that understands English and does not like nervous Americans, and they send their incognito agents behind the man they have more or less sent to hell. The US embassy obviously speaking with a forked tongue, being reassuring on one side and sending its secret agents behind the American citizen at once without telling him of course (S*** for S***head as Dr Walker says). Then a Statue of Liberty, the original mind you, seen and shown nearly too much. Underground parking lots that are crime avenues. Parisian zinc roofs. French taxis with black taxi drivers getting a flat on a highway. Then constant contradictions between tipping and not tipping in hotels. And all kinds of dealings and dealers along the river's embankments, in all kinds of underground structures, or airports, or night clubs, or bars, or whatever. A dangerous life for simple American tourists, but vacations remembered forever. Anyway in Paris only the French and the Arabs apparently die. Funny more than thrilling but well acted and that is a real pleasure.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
An american heart surgeon is thrust into the adventure of a lifetime when he arrives in paris for a convention and his wife inexplicably vanishes. His search for her leads him into the urban underworld and forges an alliance with a beautiful woman who holds the key to the mystery. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/07/2004 Starring: Harrison Ford Emmanuelle Seigner Run time: 120 minutes Rating: R Director: Roman Polanski
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