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The Limey [DVD] [1999]
enlarge	Director: Steven Soderbergh Actors: Terence Stamp, William Lucking, Peter Fonda, Luis Guzman, Lesley Ann Warren Studio: 4dvd Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £5.11 as of 22/3/2010 09:58 GMT details You Save: £10.88 (68%) New (11) Used (2) from £2.00 Seller: gzoop Rating: 21 reviews Sales Rank: 19166 Format: Anamorphic, PAL Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 85 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 6867449011592 ASIN: B0015N2YQO Theatrical Release Date: 1999 Release Date: May 12, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Two icons of 60s cinema, Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda, go head-to-head in Steven Soderbergh's stylish reworking of the lone avenger theme. Stamp plays Wilson, an ageing Cockney villain newly out of jail, who arrives in Los Angeles to ask some awkward questions. His beloved daughter, mistress of powerful rock promoter Terry Valentine (Fonda), has died in a car crash; but Wilson's far from convinced it was an accident. With his gaunt, grim features and sparse white hair, Stamp's a dead ringer for the angel of death. Or maybe, as Soderbergh hints with some intricate flashback and flash-forward cutting, the whole story is a dying man's dream of vengeance. Echoes of IGet Carter/I and IPoint Blank/I aren't far to seek. Though it's tense, gripping and often funny--Wilson's rhyming-slang dialogue bemuses every American he meets--IThe Limey/I is shot through with an aching sense of loss and wasted years. The final showdown between Wilson and Valentine feels like the epitaph of an era once rich in dreams. Some of the film's most poignant moments are its "flashbacks" to Wilson's younger days, which are actually clips from Ken Loach's 1967 movie IPoor Cow/I, featuring the twentysomething Stamp, insolently and heart-breakingly beautiful. --IPhilip Kemp/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 21 1 2 3 4 5 Next » ONE OF THE BEST DRAMAS EVER MADE July 6, 2008 Lou Almighty 8 out of 8 found this review helpful Both, Steven Soderbergh's and Terence Stamp's best film till now, but also a missed hit. This one was obviously overseen when it came out in the movie theaters. br /Stamp's portrayal of Wilson, an ex-con visiting L.A. to avenge his daughter's death is absolutely stunning and believable, as he walks the fine line between vulnerable father and tough avenger. br /To use footage from Stamp's early film "Poor Cow" as flashbacks from Wilson's earlier times was an excellent idea. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! 'Tell me about Jenny,' he whispered. August 26, 2000 A. C. Walter (Lynnwood, WA USA) 13 out of 15 found this review helpful Wilson (Terence Stamp) is an aging, but still surprisingly capable, British criminal just released from prison. He travels from the UK to LA and begins looking into his daughter's recent death with a gut feeling that Jenny's car wreck was not an accident. There Wilson meets Jenny's closest friends and asks them all about her life in LA. He soon targets Valentine (Peter Fonda), Jenny's lover, as the obvious culprit. brbr That's the surface of the film, but there is another layer here that turned standard thriller material into sublime art house fare. "The Limey" is very much a visual, cerebral film that moves in spirals and wanders through a labyrinth of moods and lyrical images. The film is finally all about memories, and its climax is an epiphany of memory and of the strange patterns that we fall into in our lives. brbr "The Limey" takes a circuitous approach to the phenomenon of women falling for men like their fathers and bringing their father-daughter baggage along with them. What trouble these relationships are the specific emotional patterns and games people play, which are worked out in great detail between child and parent very early in life. So what happens when you bring all that to a relationship with a new person who doesn't know the rules of your game, doesn't know when you're bluffing or when you're making a serious threat? Well, in a worst case scenario you might just end up dead. brbr And how does it feel, as a parent, to recognize your own handiwork in your child's homespun catastrophe? "The Limey" answers that question with the force of Greek tragedy, and the answer rings true. The film is a rare cinematic accomplishment, achieving both an honest emotional foundation for Wilson's dark epiphany and a web of rich, resonant images that anchor the entire experience in a vivid, dazzling tapestry. Modern Classic April 8, 2001 6 out of 7 found this review helpful An awesome film, visually rich and brilliantly characterised. I was astounded by the artistry and richness of the film when I saw it in the cinema. It is a classic and will out-last a lot of the mainstream rubbish around and will be with us for years to come. A Haunting Crime Classic April 1, 2003 6 out of 7 found this review helpful Steven Soderberg's portrait of a British career criminal in the US of A begins with a dark, imageless screen and a few words of dialogue, spoken fiercely: "Tell me about Jenny". And so the 'The Limey' begins, the audience asking questions from the opening seconds: Who is Jenny? Who wants to know about her? Why are they angry? This relatively low-key, smoothly and masterfully paced crime-drama works slowly and steadily towards answering all of the questions it poses, while remaining ambiguous and intriguing even after the credits have rolled: 'The Limey' is the sort of film that stays with you for a while after you've watched it.pTerence Stamp gives a fine, award-worthy performance as a man who is looking to find out how and why his daughter died. His techniques are varied, but he never holds back, and is adamant that he will learn the truth. Watching how he learns the truth is what holds your attention: you can't take your eyes of Stamp who (to repeat the above sentiment) is brilliant, and an inspired piece of casting. The part of Wilson is written with wit and humour (think Cockney-rhyming slang, and utterly perplexed Americans), violence and brutality, and Stamp has no problem dealing with both. Through Stamp's performance Wislon becomes a genuinely frightening cinematic creation, moving easily from the calmly passive to the madly aggressive. He is not just a 'tough-guy', he is a believable, plausible one (albeit one who in many ways remains an enigma).p'The Limey' also shows director Soderberg at his technical and artistic best; this is a film so well produced that it flows almost too naturally: no jagged edges, no visible signs of construction, no shoddy workmanship, only great production values, from top to bottom. And it is this technical perfection which allows Soderberg to pull off his unconventional narrative structure so successfully. The complex layering of time - memory, future, and present - adds to the audience's understanding of the characters and motivations: inter-cut into the scene of Wilson meeting Luis we see shots of Wilson earlier, while he is on a plane, thinking, we assume about his arrival in the US. The audience is moved backward and forward in time, the narrative folding back in on itself, and then progressing, returning to anchor images in the past (a close-up, for example, on Stamp's character as he contemplates various possible grizzly deaths for the man he thinks killed his daughter) and using that anchor to change the way we view and understand what is happening in the 'present' moment of the narrative. However, this brief summary fails to do the subtle and affecting style justice - seeing, in this case, really is believing; Soderberg has made a film which has to be watched to be understood.pAnyone who enjoyed Soderberg's other stylish and slick crime movies 'Out of Sight' and 'Ocean's Eleven' will enjoy 'The Limey', and will notice the Soderberg hallmarks (there is even a George Clooney cameo), concerns, and attention to detail; but at the same time 'The Limey' is quite different in tone and atmosphere, and is arguably far, far richer in its exploration of its chosen themes and ideas, as well as being far, far more experimental and proactive in its approach to how events are presented on screen. A soon to be cult classic and deservedly so! July 7, 2000 3 out of 4 found this review helpful I saw this movie at the Los Angeles film festival while I was over there working last year. And I was blown away by the performance of every single actor in it, and well, what can be said about Terrance Stamp, only that I don't think I have ever seen a better performance from him. I have long been a great admirer of Mr Stamp and I was praying that this movie would never end. Directed with such style and originality from Steven Soderbergh who's previous films include Sex Lies Videotape, (another great movie) and Out of Sight (which I love and will never tire from watching) he really has out done himself this time. I admit that 'The Limey' is probably not for everyone, if you are looking for a usual thriller you will not find it here, the structure of this movie is unconventional, but very original. I don't mean like the Pulp Fiction structure although it has been compared, Mr Soderbergh allows you, the audience, to really realate to Wilson (Mr Stamp) before you even see him mutter his first words, you get to know his feelings, his reactions, his personality and his non stop quest for the truth about his Daughter. I do recommend that everyone see's this movie, it deserves more of an audience then it got and I am sure that it will do really well on DVD VIDEO. I can't wait for it to come out, I will be the first to order...pAs Mr Wilson says so appropriately 'YOU TELL HIM I'M COMING! ' Showing reviews 1-5 of 21 1 2 3 4 5 Next »

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