The Getaway (Deluxe Edition)
by Sam Peckinpah
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Actor: Al Lettieri, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Steve McQueenDirector: Sam Peckinpah
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard
Editor: Robert L. Wolfe
Producer: David Foster
Producer: Gordon T. Dawson
Producer: Mitchell Brower
Writer: Jim Thompson
Writer: Walter Hill
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Getaway (Deluxe Edition)
DVD Review: A bad script saved by sex, violence and character actors!
Summary: 4 Stars
The title of this review sums it up! The script was probably written on toilet paper or cocktail knapkins. The plot goes something like this; bad dude armed robber emerges from the slammer to pick up the loot and get out of Dodge City. Other bad guys try to stop him. Ex Con finds out his old lady was banging the opposition while he was in slammer. Paybacks are a [...]! The producer had to save this movie by filming some steamy scenes with McGraw & McQueen (plus others) and then getting allot of action scenes to wake everyone up for the steamy stuff! Some of the bad guys are just too animated to be taken seriously - you want to hear them say their lines in Japanese so you don't have a clue but it is funny! (Unless you actually speak Japanese - then you wish for Russian) DVD Review: Bad Guy Wins
Summary: 4 Stars
Peckinpah generally says it all. Plenty of violence and chases with McQueen giving it his dour, minimalist acting. There really aren't any good guys in this, so the least bad of the baddies ends up the winner. The plot is nothing new - bad guy gets out of prison and is forced into one more big job. Ali MacGraw is just so-so as the wife who would do anything to get her man out of the slammer, but she and McQueen make a good pairing for this action flick. A must-see for McQueen fans.DVD Review: order from this seller
Summary: 5 Stars
item received just as promised with quick service. I would purchase from this seller again.DVD Review: The Getaway (1972)
Summary: 5 Stars
As per Cookieman's in-depth review/analysis above I would add some anecdotes about this film I've come across in various writings. The scene of McQueen punching an hysterical Sally Struthers played so believably because apparently McQueen misjudged his punch and actually knocked out Struthers. Of course, Peckinpah continued shooting. Cookieman talks about the quiet moments before the storms as being poignant; one in particular I would characterize as brilliant: McCoy, fresh from prison, is experiencing sexual dysfunction even though he's partnered with the alluring Carol (Ali MacGraw). He tries to explain to her that being in prison "does something to you," but he is really trying to explain it to himself. He is at once angry and embarrassed, and McQueen plays it with his typically understated intensity. The scene cuts to the next morning with a close up on a pan of scrambled eggs sizzling on the burner as McCoy whistles and prepares breakfast. Brilliant. Peckinpah spares us the requisite love scene and allows us to fill it in in our imaginations, which imprint our psyches indelibly and at the same time creates a human connection between McCoy and the audience. DVD Review: OK Peckinpah/Mc Queen...not great, not bad, but Struthers' role is offensive
Summary: 3 Stars
As an action flick, 'The Getaway' is just OK. Some good shoot-'em-up sequences, some good car chase parts, and that innovative scene where McQueen and McGraw hide out in a trash compactor. The part where McQueen slaps around McGraw after learning that she slept with the prison warden to get him out early supposedly really happened during filming, and you could tell McGraw's crying and shock is real because McQueen totally improvised the slapping. The sexual tension and love/hate feelings between the two is very apparent throughout the film.
But one thing fails to be mentioned in the other reviews I've read here. I'm not trying to be politically correct by any means, but doesn't anyone find Sally Struthers' role in this movie totally offensive ? I mean, here she is, married to a veterinarian, with both of them being forced to take in an on-the-lam hit man who is after McQueen and the bank money (Al Lettieri). And what does she do ? She washes him up, performs oral sex on him, jokes around with him while her husband is being forced to drive, has sex with him in bed in a hotel room while her husband is tied to a chair and forced to watch, and finally causes her husband to hang himself in the hotel room because of all of this. Has anyone noticed that director Peckinpah, in almost all of his films, portrays most women as evil sluts ? I mean, jeez...I've had some bad relationships but Peckinpah, he must have gotten totally burned more than once.
In any case, the film itself has a pretty standard 'bank-robbery-with-husband-and-wife-on-the-lam-and-being-pursued' plot. What keeps it interesting is Peckinpah's slow-motion violence sequences (although pretty tame here), great editing, and McQueen's always solid as a rock acting. Good supporting work here too from Slim Pickens and Ben Johnson. But the plot is somewhat predictable, McGraw is still stale as an actress, and Struthers...well, I've already explained that. 'The Getaway' is simply just an OK film. Not Peckinpah's worst by any means, but certainly nothing great or noteworthy.
Description of The Getaway (Deluxe Edition)
Master thief Doc McCoy knows his wife has been in bed with the local political boss in order to spring him from jail. What he can't know is the sinister succession of double-crosses that will sour the deal once he's on the outside - and executing the ultimate robbery. Fasten your seat belts and join Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw in a supreme action thriller based on Jim Thompson's novel. Sam Peckinpah directed, filming on locations across Texas and in sequence - from the opening inside Hunstville State Prison to the explosive El Paso border climax. Once The Getaway starts, there's no escaping its breathless intensity.DVD Features:Audio Commentary:Commentary by Peckinpah Biographers/Documentarians Nick Redman, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David WeddleFeaturette:Jerry Fielding, Sam Peckinpah and The GetawayTheatrical Trailer:
It's better than the 1994 remake starring Kim Basinger and husband Alec Baldwin, but this 1972 thriller relies too heavily on the low-key star power of Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, and the stylish violence of director Sam Peckinpah, reduced here to a mechanical echo of his former glory. McQueen plays a bank robber whose wife (MacGraw) makes a deal with a Texas politician to have her husband released from prison in return for a percentage from their next big heist. But when the plan goes sour, the couple must flee to Mexico as fast as they can, with a variety of gun-wielding thugs on their trail. MacGraw was duly skewered at the time for her dubious acting ability, but the film still has a raw, unglamorous quality that lends a timeless spin to the familiar crooks-on-the-lam scenario. As always, Peckinpah rises to the occasion with some audacious scenes of action and suspense, including a memorable chase on a train that still grabs the viewer's attention. Not a great film, but a must for McQueen and Peckinpah fans. --Jeff Shannon
It's better than the 1994 remake starring Kim Basinger and husband Alec Baldwin, but this 1972 thriller relies too heavily on the low-key star power of Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, and the stylish violence of director Sam Peckinpah, reduced here to a mechanical echo of his former glory. McQueen plays a bank robber whose wife (MacGraw) makes a deal with a Texas politician to have her husband released from prison in return for a percentage from their next big heist. But when the plan goes sour, the couple must flee to Mexico as fast as they can, with a variety of gun-wielding thugs on their trail. MacGraw was duly skewered at the time for her dubious acting ability, but the film still has a raw, unglamorous quality that lends a timeless spin to the familiar crooks-on-the-lam scenario. As always, Peckinpah rises to the occasion with some audacious scenes of action and suspense, including a memorable chase on a train that still grabs the viewer's attention. Not a great film, but a must for McQueen and Peckinpah fans. --Jeff Shannon
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