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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419805929
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1419805924
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 12, 2005
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 24761
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1975
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Description:
An LA detective leaves his marital woes behind to pursue a missing person case the Florida Keys and reopens an old murder investigation.
Amazon.com:
This vastly underrated Arthur Penn film from the mid-1970s ranks as one of the era's nastiest and most fascinating pieces of business, a detective story that shuttles back and forth between Hollywood and the Florida Keys, with a plot nearly as complex as Chinatown. Gene Hackman stars as a tired, aging private eye who, as a favor to a friend, agrees to track down a runaway teen. But the case turns out to be something much larger: a smuggling ring of Mayan antiquities. The human impulses get darker and darker and Hackman's character gets pulled in deeper and deeper, even as his own life is falling apart. Ultimately, in one of his best and most unsung performances, Hackman winds up hurting the people he is trying to help. A great cast includes Susan Clark, Jennifer Warren, a young James Woods, and a very young Melanie Griffith. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Slow Boat to China
I had noticed "Night Moves" inclusion in the "New York Times Best 1000 Movies". I like a good detective movie and I was looking forward to seeing it which I did last night. I was disappointed in the movie. In all fairness, my disappointment was borne in high expectations. However, I found the plot unnecessarily complicated (many will probably like this aspect). The characters were too much. Our hero, for example, is a former All-Pro football player. Except for some access issues that could have easily been re-scripted to create the same scenarios, there was no need to create such an esoteric facet. We are treated to analysis of the private detective's incomplete relationship with his father which also took us aimlessly down a dead end. I could go on and on but the ending really caught me off guard. It wasn't until today I realized how impressive the conclusion was. The closing scene is of a small boat at sea. A person struggles to get the engine started. With great difficulty, this person is finally able to get the motor up to speed but was unable to steer the boat or see in what direction it was headed. I understood that the director was confessing his inadequacies. For such a marvelously symbolic statement, I gratefully offer him my absolution.
Rating:  - An Underdog of the 1970s PI Films
I'm a big fan of private eye movies and television series. I'm glad THE ROCKFORD FILES has finally come out on DVD, but I'm still waiting for MARLOWE, starring James Garner and Bruce Lee.
However, I don't have an excuse for not having already seen Night Moves. It's been out for over thirty years, and I bought the DVD a year ago. I did finally get around to watching it, though, and it was as good as I'd hoped it would be.
The story is pure 1970s, as evidenced by the cars, clothing, and some of the language. But it also tells a timeless story of confusion and betrayal, and the layers of secrets that add to those.
Gene Hackman stars as Harry Moseby, an ex-football player rather than an ex-cop. Moseby has been broken down by family problems and the loss of his career, and seems to be barely hanging onto life by a thread. Only the occasional missing persons case appears to keep him financially afloat and emotionally anchored.
Hackman has always been a personal favorite of mine. He can pull off any kind of role and look good doing it, even if the film is total cheese. He's just a guy I look at and immediately respect. His everyman stance and his charm just oozes from every pore. As Moseby, he was a well-known football hero, and a lot of his friends still see him as a standup guy, but he doesn't let anyone in too close.
Unfortunately, that same inability for closeness is what ultimately undermines his relationship with his wife, ... Read More
Rating:  - y-a-w-n
I watched this because I'm a Gene Hackman fan. Despite his (youthful) skill at developing a believable shamus, I couldn't get into the three intermixed, sluggish, low-action plots - Hackman's disinigrating marriage, the persuit of the missing girl, or the smuggling. If you've seen Gene in the French Connection, the Firm, or the Unforgiven, don't expect the same from this early work.
Rating: - An OK movie
I had never heard of this movie until I ran across it on Amazon.com. I made the purchase because I like Gene Hackman in just about everything he does.
This is a reasonably entertaining movie, but not great. Some of the more interesting things about it are seeing a young James Woods and seeing near nude shots of a young Melanie Griffith.
I don't believe that I can honestly recommend that anyone purchase this movie because it is not one that would be watched many times. In fact, I believe I will donate this one to our local library. That way, this movie will be watched by folks that would not ordinarily purchase a copy.
Rating: - No one gets it
I just read all the 26 reviews so far to see if anyone really understood what happened. Where is Iverson at the end? He seems to be the only character who isn't dead. They say THE BIG SLEEP is confusing -- that's nothing compared to this. When Edward Binns shows up in the plane at the end, my head is spinning. But the movie is fun to watch, and Gene Hackman is wonderful. I don't agree about the transfer, though. The center of the screen is washed out by distortion in the darker scenes. I had to put my Black Enhancement on High to get it to look decent. Like the old print of BULLITT. On the whole, I have to admire something that can hold your interest while remaining totally incomprehensible. Don't forget, Arthur Penn made MICKEY ONE with Warren Beatty.
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