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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790750712
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790750716
Label: Warner Bros.
Manufacturer: Warner Bros.
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Bros.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 03, 2000
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 25348
Studio: Warner Bros.
Theatrical Release Date: March 18, 1971
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A vicious London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother's death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies deceit cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle's underworld leading he hopes to the man who ordered his brother killed. Because of his ruthlessness Carter exhibits all the unstopability of the android in Terminator or Walker in Point Blank and he and the other characters in the film are prone to sudden brutal acts of violence.Running Time: 113 min.System Requirements:Starring: Mike Hodges Ian Hendry Britt Ekland John Osborne and Tony Beckley. Directed By: Michael Caine. Running Time: 112 Min. Color. This film is presented in 'Widescreen' format. Copyright 2000 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 012569540026
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For Get Carter, the able Michael Caine checked in his likable working-class-bloke persona to play a very unlikable working-class bloke, London gangster Jack Carter. Heading 'up north' to get to the bottom of the recent death of his brother, he runs afoul of the local color, who don't appreciate his meddling. Not content to accept the police report of suicide, Carter begins investigating. He encounters the local mob boss, his sleazy chauffeur with eyes like 'piss holes in the snow,' and the lovely town porn star. The film moves along at a leisurely pace, until Carter finds out the grim truth. The final third of the film has Jack Carter on the vengeance path. No one in this film gets a happy ending. When it's over, you feel as though you need to wipe the soot off yourself and go stand under a sun lamp. The British board of tourism would prefer you didn't watch this film. --Kristian St. Clair
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*Get Carter* is a five-star written, acted, produced, directed example of Filmic Art, without doubt. It is a film that couldn't come out of America, so that encourages a certain fascination as well. It is also a source of self-examination for people, such as myself, who have roots in Newcastle.
Newcastle (-upon-Tyne) was a place of coal and iron extraction for centuries. Arguably it gave birth to the Industrial Revolution. It's inhabitants, Geordies they're called, when they weren't ... Read More
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This is an old fashioned movie about a man in the 'trade' who finds that his brothers accident is no accident. Winding through the maze of characters to find his brother's killer, you are exposed to the dark, ugly side of people. Caine is terrific as the anti hero, and his flaws are just as great as the flaws of the people he is tracking. A word of caution. I hate the blockbuster ...spiderman, the mummy, and the like. So if you like them you probably won't like this. There is absolutely no eye ... Read More
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Michael Caine stars in this very gritty and classic 1971 British gangster film as Jack Carter a London based gangster traveling to Newcastle to find the truth about his brother's death. This was definetely one of Michael Caine's best roles and the film has a great mix of violent thugs and ruthless killers, it was realistic since writer/director Mike Hodges made Michael Caine's character into a ruthless and bloddthirsty killer that is not sympathetic but still likable and the pacing of the film was ... Read More
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A good friend gave me this movie as a present. It was definitely not as a feelgood gesture. His constant comment was, "I have not been able to find a single redeeming quality in Michael Caine's character."
Well, he was almost right. Michael Caine is, honestly, outstanding in the lead role here, playing a mob operative who heads home to Newcastle upon the death of his brother. As a gang figure, he understands the ethos. As a brother, he shows just about the only redemptive emotion when ... Read More
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When his brother dies under the suspicious circumstances, tough and ruthless London gangster, Jack Carter (Michael Caine) goes to Newcastle to investigate his death. He finds a web of lies, silence, deceit, and danger from the local criminal world. By searching for truth and justice, Carter puts his own life in jeopardy since he becomes dangerous and unwanted intruder who may uncover some dirty secrets that better stay uncovered. Michael Caine plays a cold, unlikable character, a killer who does have one ... Read More
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