Jagged Edge
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Actor: Dave Austin, Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Maria Mayenzet, Peter CoyoteBrand: CLOSE,GLENN
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-05-02
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Jagged Edge
DVD Review: If I wanted to see a competent thriller with a professional and polished cast, then why did I choose a Joe Eszterhas flick?
Summary: 4 Stars
Joe Eszterhas had throat cancer so he got religion. He had to learn to speak like a robot through a reconstructed larnyx. It almost seems as if he has repented of his evil ways -- and good for him -- but he hasn't written a hit movie since. A case could be made that his best movies are pure evil, so trashy and manipulative that you can't believe the audacity of the man. Showgirls and Basic Instinct come to mind. So bad they're good? Could be.
Sliver and Jade, however, are so bad they are just bad. As for An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, it may have been his revenge on Hollywood. At any rate, if you are going to leave Hollywood, it is better to go out in a blaze of glory. Haven't seen An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, but I am nevertheless intrigued because Alan Smithee is the name that studios use when the director refuses to even let them use his name -- when a project is THAT bad. Given the Eszterhas track record, who better to bring that story to the silver screen?
Joe E. claims he will make a comeback, that he can write a hit movie without having to compromise his religious principles. Maybe he can do something for Mel Gibson?
In his heyday, he operated on the principle that Hollywood is driven by greed, and that they would pay a lot of money for a good script, no matter how trashy and hackneyed, and no matter what a jerk the writer was; IF they thought it would make them a lot of MONEY. Here is a man who demanded AND received millions of dollars for ideas he scribbled on napkins over lunch. Sometimes the gamble paid off, and sometimes it went down in flames.
Jagged Edge is actually a pretty good film, with great performances by Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, and Robert Loggia, as Sam Ransom, the hard boiled private dick with a potty mouth that just won't quit.
Glenn Close plays former Assistant District Attroney Teddy Barnes. She has worked with Krasny (Peter Coyote), the D.A. before. She used to work for the prosecution, but now she plays defense. She knows that Krasny doesn't play fair, and she feels guilty that they have convicted innocents in their zeal for Mean Justice.
Glenn comes close to perhaps her best performance (the one she did in Fatal Attraction), and Jeff bridges the gap between a cold blooded killer, and a charming guy falsely accused of a crime he didn't commit. You are never sure which it is, and I wouldn't spoil it for ya.
Peter Coyote as the D.A., an over zealous prosecutor who will stop at nothing to get a conviction, really rang true for me. The ends justify the means, but then you end up with Mean Justice* (*good title for a book, hint, hint, hint).
What you have in Jagged Ed ge is a competent thriller with a very professional cast. They all put in very polished performances -- which is why the movie is such a big disappointment. If I wanted to see a competent thriller with a professional and polished cast, then why did I choose a Joe Eszterhas flick?
The Big Lebowski - 10th Anniversary Edition (1998) .... Jeff Bridges was Jeffrey Lebowski - The Dude
Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) (written by Joe Eszterhas)
Jade (1995) (written by Joe Eszterhas)
Showgirls (1995) (written by Joe Eszterhas)
Sliver (Unrated Edition) (1993) (screenplay by Joe Eszterhas)
Basic Instinct (1992) (written by Joe Eszterhas)
Bitter Moon (1992) .... Peter Coyote was Oscar
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) .... Glenn Close was Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Fatal Attraction (1987) .... Glenn Close was Alex Forrest
Flashdance (1983) (screenplay by Joe Eszterhas)
Teddy Barnes: Did your mother ever wash your mouth out with soap and water?
Sam Ransom: Yeah, but it didn't do any ****ing good.
Description of Jagged Edge
Close stars as an attorney who falls in love with her client, a man accused of killing his wife.Genre: Mystery
Rating: R
Release Date: 3-FEB-2004
Media Type: DVD
Before screenwriter Joe Eszterhas wrote the ridiculous Showgirls, he crafted some entertaining if porous thrillers along the lines of the 1985 Jagged Edge, a taut mystery about an attorney (Glenn Close) who defends a newspaper publisher (Jeff Bridges) accused of murder. The fact that Close's character falls for him is more convenient than plausible, but it is a necessary emotional bridge for Eszterhas and the late director Richard Marquand (Eye of the Needle) to build toward a powerful finale. Scary, fun as courtroom dramas go, the film is well serviced by the two lead stars and has impressive support from costar Peter Coyote and especially from Robert Loggia, who plays Close's cop buddy. --Tom Keogh
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