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Frantic [DVD] [1988]
enlarge	Director: Roman Polanski Actors: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Djiby Soumare, Dominique Virton Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£13.99~~ Buy New: £2.30 as of 21/3/2010 13:17 GMT details You Save: £11.69 (84%) New (17) Used (6) from £0.70 Seller: sonnyhoney2003 Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 6482 Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled), Romanian (Subtitled), Bulgarian (Subtitled) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 115 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 UPC: 732190011787 EAN: 0732190011787 ASIN: B00004CZQU Theatrical Release Date: February 26, 1988 Release Date: October 25, 1999 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Living in exile in Paris after eluding a controversial charge of statutory rape in America, director Roman Polanski seemed professionally adrift during the 1980s, making only one film (the ill-fated IPirates/I) between 1979 and 1988. Then Polanski found inspiration--and a major star in Harrison Ford--to make IFrantic/I, a thriller that played directly into Polanski's gift for creating an atmosphere of mystery, dread, escalating suspense and uncertain fate. Set in Paris (Polanski couldn't go to Hollywood, so Hollywood came to him), the story begins when an American heart surgeon (Ford) arrives in the City of Lights with his wife (Betty Buckly) for a medical convention. They check into a posh hotel, and in a brilliantly directed scene, Ford takes a shower and emerges to find that his wife has vanished. This mysterious disappearance--and a confusion between two identical pieces of luggage--leads Ford into the Paris underground and a plot that grows increasingly dangerous as he approaches the truth of his wife's disappearance. The plot of IFrantic/i gets too complicated, and the pace drops off in the cluttered second half, but in Polanski's capable hands the film is blessed with moments of heightened suspense in the tradition of classic thrillers. I--Jeff Shannon/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » fantastic February 3, 2004 Steve O Shea 10 out of 11 found this review helpful drama of the highest quality,from start to finish frantic keeps the viewer enthralled,twisting and turning until the tragic ending.ford delights as the frustrated husband searching for his lost wife in a foreign city,finally finding hope in michelle,before being reunited with his spouse.three things make this film,paris,michelle and finally ford frustrated beyond belief at each turn of the way.he as always comes across as mr.dependable but also shows his vunerable side no more so than the scene in the night club.brall i can say is see this film,top class acting,top class drama. Emmanuelle Seigner steals the whole Film. September 20, 2008 Brian Carson (London UK) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Emmanuelle Seigner (born June 22, 1966) is a César Award nominated French actress and former fashion model, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in La Vie En Rose, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Frantic. br / br /She married Polanski in 1989 which was one year after Frantic was released br /and they have two children and they live in Paris. br / br /Its one of the best Polanski Films and anyone who knows Paris will feel at Home. br / br /Frantic does not really get going until he meets Emmanuelle Seigner and from that moment she steals the whole Film. Only Paris can be that dangerous for American individuals January 5, 2008 Jacques COULARDEAU (OLLIERGUES France) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Discover Paris the way you would probably never see it. Garbage collecting trucks shown three times in the film. The French police that understands English and does not like nervous Americans, and they send their incognito agents behind the man they have more or less sent to hell. The US embassy obviously speaking with a forked tongue, being reassuring on one side and sending its secret agents behind the American citizen at once without telling him of course (S* for S*head as Dr Walker says). Then a Statue of Liberty, the original mind you, seen and shown nearly too much. Underground parking lots that are crime avenues. Parisian zinc roofs. French taxis with black taxi drivers getting a flat on a highway. Then constant contradictions between tipping and not tipping in hotels. And all kinds of dealings and dealers along the river's embankments, in all kinds of underground structures, or airports, or night clubs, or bars, or whatever. A dangerous life for simple American tourists, but vacations remembered forever. Anyway in Paris only the French and the Arabs apparently die. Funny more than thrilling but well acted and that is a real pleasure. br / br /Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines br / Classic mystery. June 26, 2003 Martin I. Smith (Denbigh, Wales) 8 out of 10 found this review helpful With Harrison Ford as the star and Roman Polanski directing there's no way you can have anything but a masterpiece on your hands. Frantic starts simply enough with Harrison Ford and his wife checking in to a hotel in Paris. They realise they've picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport and in no time at all Ford's wife has vanished. The genius of the movie is that the hero is just another guy and he is as baffled by it all as we are. There are no huge Die Hard style gun fights and no James Bondesque ridiculous stunts. The realism in the movie makes it a lot more suspenseful and Harrison Ford, as always, is absolutely brilliant at playing the average guy in a screwed up situation. The film is similar in that respect to the great North By Northwest. Roman Polanski has made some excellent movies but I find this to be the most outright enjoyable of the lot. Frantic is one of the greatest thrillers ever made. top-notch suspense October 20, 2009 W. Hamilton (Sydney, Australia) A convention in Paris, a wife gone missing, an incompetent officialdom, a girl in a tight red dress, Israelis and Arabs competing for a hi-tech trophy... out of this mix Roman Polanski fashions a top-notch suspense-drama. The film's attention to detail and pacing are marks of the very best movie story-telling. Harrison Ford is as good as he gets (which is pretty good) but he is outshone by Emannuelle Seigneur and a fabulous supporting cast. I have seen this a few times now, and it does not fade. Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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