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The Getaway

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The Getaway (1972)

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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 14  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Synopsis: After the rugged rodeo drama JUNIOR BONNER, the impetuous Sam Peckinpah reteamed with Steve McQueen for this down-and-dirty heist picture. McQueen stars with his soon-to-be real-life bride Ali McGraw (with whom he fell in love during the film's production) as the beautiful, but... After the rugged rodeo drama JUNIOR BONNER, the impetuous Sam Peckinpah reteamed with Steve McQueen for this down-and-dirty heist picture. McQueen stars with his soon-to-be real-life bride Ali McGraw (with whom he fell in love during the film's production) as the beautiful, but dangerous, married couple Doc and Carol McCoy. After being released from prison--for reasons Doc would rather not acknowledge--Doc shacks up in a hotel with Carol to plot a small-town bank robbery. Of course, the heist doesn't go as smoothly as planned, resulting in an action-packed journey that sends the lovers on a reckless romp through the beautiful Texas landscape. Peckinpah's big screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel features the trademark qualities that helped to make him such an alternately reviled and revered figure: namely, his vision of a world in which even the good guys are bad guys. Lucien Ballard's gorgeous cinematography contrasts wonderfully with the gritty subject matter, lifting the potentially standard picture to a more artistic plateau. The chemistry between the incomparably cool McQueen and the magnetic McGraw also confirms THE GETAWAY's status as a defining film of the genre. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Bo Hopkins, Sally Struthers

Director: Sam Peckinpah
Producer: David Foster, Mitchell Brower
Screenwriter: Walter Hill
Story: Jim Thompson
Composer: Quincy Jones

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 27, 2007

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Features:

  • Widescreen 2.40

Audio:

  • Mono 1.0 Latin Spanish, French, English

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The Getaway scores a triple play: It's a good character examination, a good relationship study, and a good action flick.

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03/05/07
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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3.5/4

Relentlessly depicts ruthless robbery and murder, not to mention adultery, kidnaping, bribery, extortion, and general mayhem. The vivid direction and lightning pace, however, make the film completely fascinating.

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08/30/06
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06/24/06
Time Out
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4/5

Tough as nails and very effective.

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09/29/05
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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09/17/05
Cole Smithey
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3/5

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07/06/05
Emanuel Levy
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2/5

The action and the violence of The Getaway are supported by no particular themes whatsoever. The movie just unravels.

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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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3/5

simply too contrived to be taken seriously

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05/01/05
Keith Breese
Filmcritic.com
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2/4

It's like one of those devices for executive desks, with the stainless steel balls on the strings: It functions with great efficiency but doesn't accomplish anything.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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3/5

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07/16/04
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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4/5

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04/21/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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3/5

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08/29/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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05/24/03
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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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4/5

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02/21/03
Rebecca Murray
About.com
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3/5

A tough crime drama with a steely McQueen performance and the usual quota of Peckinpah violence.

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08/22/02
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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08/08/02
Cory Cheney
Urban Tulsa Weekly
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07/26/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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4/5

A trashy good time!

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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10/23/01
Dragan Antulov
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