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| ACTORS: | Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 05 December, 1963 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Madacy Records |
| MPAA RATING: | Unrated |
| FEATURES: | Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Americans Abroad, Color, Comedies, Comedy, Comedy Thriller, Dishonor Among Thieves, Drama, Elegant, English, Feature, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, High Production Values, Humorous, Light, Movie, Mystery, Mystery / Suspense / Thriller, Questionable for Children, Romantic Mystery |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 056775069391 |
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Customer Reviews of Charade
A GREAT CLASSIC Charade is a great classic for any age group. Picture quality was excellent. Whenever you have Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, George Kelly, James Coburn and Walter Matthau in the same movie how can you go wrong. I rate this movie 10 stars.
Charade
This Hitchcock homage provides a last glimpse of Cary as leading man. At sixty, the actor still brings off his trademark persona superbly. Hepburn is also in top form as the put-upon damsel in distress. Deftly combining mystery, romance, and humor, director Donen creates a chic, sophisticated mood via gorgeous Paris locations and a smooth Mancini score. The villains are mean enough to be taken seriously, but exhibit enough idiosyncrasies to seem human (Coburn has particular fun as Tex). As top-drawer entertainment, "Charade" is the real thing.
Excellent all-time favorite! Incomplete transfer though. Read on.
I didn't want to write a complete review of the movie. No need, as so many have echoed my sentiments in previous reviews that this is a first rate movie, with first rate comedic/romantic actors. Hepburn, Grant, Matthau, Kennedy, and Coburn are superb. The dialogue is fun and campy. The plot twists are classic, and the great 60's feel, helped mightily by the amazing Henry Mancini score and Parisien setting are unforgettable and unmatched since. I must point out to buyers, and I likely am repeating other collectors' comments (I didn't read down far enough), that the hi-def digital transfer is incomplete in some places. The first instance I notice this is during 'Bartholomew's' (Matthau's) first meeting with Mrs. Lampert (Hepburn) at the embassy (20:20-30), when he is cleaning a stain from his tie. The image goes inexplicably from clear and warmly lit, to grainy and out of contrast, then back again in the next scene. A very short interval, but strange for a Criterion disc. The other instance of note is right at the end when the last few seconds of the final scene morph with the visuals and credits, not serious, but still odd. There were likely some other spots. I didn't go back and micro-analyze the DVD frame by frame. But, for the serious Criterion fan, it is worth noting. I apologize if such has already been pointed out. It still does not change the fact that this is one of the best comedy/mystery/whodunnits of all time. Enjoy!