Post Description

Verenigde Staten
Film-Noir / Drama
98 minuten

geregisseerd door Jules Dassin
met Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn en Charles Bickford

In de harde Westgate gevangenis is geweld aan de orde van de dag. De macht ligt in feite in handen van de gemene cipier Munsey. Joe Collins (Lancaster) pikt het niet langer en plant een uitbraak. Hij tracht de hulp te krijgen van een aantal maatjes, maar die zien het gevaarlijke plan niet echt zitten. Wanneer echter Munsey één van hen tot zelfmoord drijft is bij de rest ook de maat vol.

Criterion Collection # 383

DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007

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Director: Jules Dassin


Description
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As hard-hitting as its title, Brute Force was the first of Jules Dassin?s forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama that takes a critical look at American society as well. Burt Lancaster is the timeworn Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey (a riveting Hume Cronyn). Only Collins?s dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey?s chains? Matter-of-fact and ferocious, Brute Force builds to an explosive climax that shows the lengths men will go to when fighting for their freedom.


READ:
Brute Force: Screws and Proles
by Michael Atkinson

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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 6.94 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 98 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Sound (main feature): English

Subtitles: optional English


DISC FEATURES:

# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# Audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini.
# A new interview with Paul Mason, author of Capturing the Media: Prison Discourse in Popular Culture.
# Theatrical trailer.
# Stills gallery.
# Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.


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