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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767897396
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, Widescreen
ISBN: 0767897390
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: August 20, 2002
Running Time: 128 minutes
Sales Rank: 7598
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 19, 1984
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Larry darrell returns from the battlefields of world war i to america a different person. His fiance isabel resigns herself to a delay in the wedding plans when larry heads off to paris. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Bill Murray Catherine Hicks Run time: 129 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: John Byrum
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Rating:  - Good film based on the book of one of history's great novelists
One cannot help but be mesmerized by the wordcraft of Willy Maugham. Perhaps the best novel of all time is his "The Moon and Sixpence," a quasi-biographical social commentary of late 19th early 20th century mores and expectations.
In this fine novel, "The Razor's Edge," Larry, a young veteral of WWI, destined to financial "success" decides to go on the route to--pardon the cliche--"enlightenment." The woman who loves him, Izzy, cannot stomach that and marries Gray Maturin, Larry's buddy who'se always been in love with Izzy.
Well, heaven knows other reviewers have covered the stories theme so I won't repeat that here.
As I travelled in the same portions of the world through with Larry treked--though not with anywhere near the conscientious "search" that Larry had on his mind, I always rather idenfied with the character, in the novel and in the film. The film's music--yes, I have the soundtrack--fits the story very well.
I talked, however, with an associate a few years ago who pointed out a trait of the film that I hadn't considered before: one is always waiting for Bill Murray (Larry) to become Bill Murray, either an off the cuff crack, or something of that nature. In a way he does a few times, but it fits well into the script, even complements it. So, while that may be the viewer's problem rather than the film's, it's still true. One just expects that, I guess, from Murray.
The only other comment I have relates to what the novel included ... Read More
Rating: - "For The Privilege Of Being Alive" ~ No Regrets, No Rewards On The Road To Enlightenment
Synopsis: Larry Darrell (Bill Murray) wants more out of life than a well paying job, a big house and a new car every year. Leaving his pre-determined life in America behind he goes in search of the meaning of life, a journey leading Paris, India and back again.
India changes Larry's life, teaching him the difficult "razor's edge" path to salvation. Equipped with a new perspective on life and our place in the grand scheme of things he returns to Europe where he encounters his nearest and dearest American friends. The question is can Larry's newfound wisdom and understanding be applied to a Western world more attuned to the material pleasures, diversions and all the other assorted minutia it has become so identified with?
Critique: The '84 film `The Razor's Edge perfectly captures the spiritual angst of the early twentieth century lost in a post WWI world. The production values are first rate, the storyline touching and thoughtful and the acting excellent (Theresa Russell looks stunning). I found one of the most impressive elements of this film to be the nostalgic, highly evocative soundtrack. It's a magnificent collection that's definitely worthy of a spot in your CD collection. The only thing keeping this film from -5 Star- status is it's slow pacing that can intermittently cause momentary attention lapses in the audience.
My Rating: -4 1/2 Stars-.
Rating:  - Very thoughtful movie
Bill Murray took a lot of abuse for this movie but I just love it. It is a movie of self discovery and the determination of those things worthy of investing your life into. As a frequent traveler I especially loved the glimpse into ex-pat living in post WWI Europe. Bonne chance.
Rating: - A Tale of Two Bills.
W. Somerset Maugham's experience as a fiction writer gave him a particularly noteworthy ability to envision alternative worlds of human emotion and reasoning which could take a character and distill it to its very essence. And in doing this he provided the world with his vision, not of just what was, but also, what could be. In tackling the role of Larry Darrell, Bill Murray has reached beyond himself, both as an actor and as a person, to show us a deep exploration of the seeker within us all. We see him on a journey of self discovery, a devolution from worldliness to innocence, his heart opening ever wider as all those around him become more closed off inside, victims of their own unresolved inner conflicts. A wonderful and compelling story, among Murry's best.
Rating: - Razor's Edge is a cut above !
It may take a little while to accept Bill Murray in a fundamentally serious role, but with his droll humor and character work in this classic story (based on some real events and persons) he pulls it off superbly. Denholm Elliot and Teresa Russell provide exceptional supporting roles as well. This film, covering the spiritual journey of a WWI vet through the 1920's in Europe and India, is one of the most underrated, and virtually unknown, films of the 1980's.
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