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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792840442
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792840445
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 23, 1999
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 28679
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: October 18, 1985
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Description:
Michael Caine (The Ipcress File) and legendary director John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate, Ronin) team up for an explosive action/thriller jam-packed with heart-stopping suspense and international intrigue. Based on the best-selling novel by Robert Ludlum (and scripted by George Axelrod, Edward Anhalt and John Hopkins), the adventure unfolds 'with a crispness that suggests acid etching a nightmare on glass' (Los Angeles Times). Noel Holcroft (Caine) is a New York architect who receives an unexpected inheritance from his ex-Nazi father: $40 billion in funds stolen from the Third Reich, now intended to aid Holocaust survivors. But as Holcroft delves into the treasure's mysterious history, he is thrust into a pulse-pounding adventure in which he alone stands in the way of a plan that is moving inexorably toward its terrifying conclusion: the rise of an all-powerful Fourth Reich!
Amazon.com:
The 1980s weren't too kind to John Frankenheimer, but this film stands out as a top-notch spy thriller. A Nazi pact to steal a fortune from the Third Reich to aid Holocaust survivors results in a bizarre inheritance 40 years later, with architect Michael Caine having to come to terms with his father's past and the terrifying prospects of a Fourth Reich. The whole thing becomes a metaphor for a witches' covenant. It's exciting and well-paced and full of precious little moments (though Caine and Victoria Tennant fall short of being interesting characters). Supporting actors Mario Adorf, Michael Lonsdale, and Bernard Hepton really shine. The film was based on Robert Ludlum's bestseller and coscripted by George Axelrod (The Manchurian Candidate). Terrific audio commentary by the director provides valuable insight--for instance, allowing Lonsdale to carry a long exposition scene through his commanding presence. --Bill Desowitz
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Having just read the novel, I am sitting watching the film and can't even believe that it is supposed to be the same story. Truly truly awful.
Rating:  -
Many people found this movie stupid, boring or unbelievable...
Granted, "The Boys from Brazil" was far superior, in impact and horror, but this one is far more accurate than one may suspect.
While in "Boys" you had a Doctor Mengele (Gregory Peck, giving a powerful, if not overpowering interpretation) traveling around the world, trying to clone and recreate Adolf Hitler out of children (which truly sounds like science fiction to even the more far-fetched conspiracy theorist), ... Read More
Rating:  -
If you like British actor Michael Caine, then you will appreciate this series of espionage movies with an international European setting which gives the movie its credibility.
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I found this movie to be disapointing. It did'nt even try to follow the book. I realize there was alot to cover but come on it just sucked out.
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I rented "Holcroft Covenant." If you are a Ludlum junkie and you've got to see the film, I don't suggest a purchase until you have seen the film.
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