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starring: David Dukes, Richard Jordan, Harvey Keitel, Frank Langella, Roy Scheiderdirected by: Peter Medak
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304263488
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304263481
Label: Polygram Video
Manufacturer: Polygram Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Polygram Video
Release Date: November 05, 1996
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 57940
Studio: Polygram Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 19, 1986
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Rating: - Good entertainment . . . not
I recently watched this old 80s heavy hitter with the all-star cast (Roy Scheider, David Dukes, Richard Jordan, Stockard Channing, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Harvey Keitel, Treat Williams and more). This major production kind of withered on the vine and I don't think it was ever even transferred to DVD (VHS only).
The story is of a group of successful Berkley, CA professional guys that get together for their initial "club" meeting. There is a bit of somewhat interesting personal revelation/introspection, ... Read More
Rating: - Missed opportunity
Rarely do you get a cast this loaded with talent. I mean everyone is top-drawer. Unfortunately, they've been tossed into the bottom drawer with the dirty underwear. A meandering, inexplicable disappointment, and a bore to boot.
Rating: - a film all about women
Director Peter Medak's adaptation of the Leonard Michaels novel hovers midway between an all male confessional and a testosterone-soaked bull session, and perhaps it's this nebulous stance that has disappointed so many. Michaels also did the screenplay, though it is said that the visit to a brothel - The House of Affection- which comprises the second half is new. The plot centres on a group of 7 men in San Francisco, in various stages of marriage, meeting. We don't expect consciousness-raising, as we would of women, ... Read More
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