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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396144699
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Running Time: 89 minutes
Sales Rank: 1151
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 2006
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Product Description:
A prequel to 'Stone Cold' in the series of Jesse Stone novels by Robert B. Parker the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police Department. He becomes an unlikely candidate recruited by the town board of selectman to become police chief of Paradise a small town on Boston's North Shore. The board hopes his failed experience will keep him from digging too deep into the town's secrets. Hungover on his first day on the job he must investigate a domestic abuse case that ends up leaduing to a money laundering scheme perpetuated by a manager of a local bank.Run Time: 89Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 043396144699 Manufacturer No: 14469
Amazon.com:
How Tom Selleck's world-weary cop Jesse Stone became the police chief of sleepy Paradise, Mass., is revealed in this engaging prequel to the first made-for-TV Stone feature, Stone Cold (2005). Selleck is once again well cast as the rough-around-the-edges Stone, whose drinking problem gets him ejected from the Los Angeles police force; he soon finds himself the head lawman in a small New England fishing village, where his slow dissolution continues until a routine domestic disturbance case reveals connections to money laundering and murder, with several of the town's most affluent names as possible suspects. Selleck is well-matched by veteran scene stealer Saul Rubinek, and there's good work by Polly Shannon as a city attorney who becomes Stone's romantic interest, and Stephen Baldwin as an ill-tempered local. Fans of author Robert B. Parker (on whose books the Jesse Stone films are based) and Selleck won't be disappointed by this smart thriller. --Paul Gaita
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Rating:  - Just what we expected!
the product arrived in great condition, we watched it that night. I couldn't believe the speed at which it came-I wish that 3rd party retailers for Amazon would ship their items with such enthusiasm. Amazon needs to instill a condition in regards to 3rd party retailers, that they must send their items (books & movies) using USPS Priority Mail-the cost that is charged is the same versus having to wait four weeks for your purchases. Not only using USPS Priority Mail to speed up delivery, using Priority Mail will ensure a much better chance of deliverys not getting lost. That has happened twice in regards to books I've purchased through 3rd party retailers. Amazon, please listen and please do something about shipping by 3rd party retailers who sell their products (books & movies) through you.
Rating:  - A smooth flowing Movie
Jesse Stone - Night Passage
The movie reminds me being in a small bar with a pianist playing a light piano with the lights down dim. There is some talking but it is soft.
I just loved the flow of the movie, the perfection of Selleck for the main character. Jesse Stone, played by Tom Selleck, a sheriff in a small town, does not say very much, his face is full of expression. What he does say is meaningful. It is surprising that Jesse Stone, a man with a lot of painful baggage, can be so understanding around everyone he meets. Everything about the character is direct. It is rare for me to find a movie that will entice me to read the book, but this one certainly has done that for me. It is unfortunate, for me, that the author, Robert Parker, has written a series of book around this character. I just hate it when I find a book, that I would like, and then discover there is a series of them on one character. Well there goes again, hours and hours of time committed, locked into the storytelling of some author.
The movie is just wonderful in every way. Robert Harmon, a distinguished made for TV Director has done a spectacular job. I give this a 8.5 out of 10, or a 4 stars out of 5.
Rating: - The first (chronologically) in the series
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Although this movie is supposed to be the second in the Jesse Stones series, it chronologically takes place before the first, Stone Cold. Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) is fired from the Santa Monica PD for excessive drinking. So he takes his bloodhound Boomer and drives across country, where he accepts a job as the Chief of Police of Paradise, Massachusetts, a tiny seaside town.
Like the previous movie, he's hung up on his ex-wife Jen, a cutthroat reporter who cheated on him with someone named Elliot. He's also an alcoholic and a man of very few words (I wonder if this is also true in the books by Robert B. Parker). The town council hires him because he's a loser they think they can control and, boy, are they wrong. The old sheriff, Lou, is on the take. Abby Taylor, the town's lawyer, is still a b&tch and he hits on her at their first meeting. So, all in all, the characters are not very likeable, except maybe the dog.
Like Stone Cold, there are two storylines. One involves the former police chief's murder and the other involves a case of domestic abuse. Not surprisingly, the two cases eventually intertwine. Joe Ginest (Stephen Baldwin) seems to keep cropping up all over the place--wife beater, murderer, money launderer, bag man for the local mafia, etc. And there's a very nice set-up and climax toward the end, but it was a tad predictable. Still, a very enjoyable movie.
I would ignore the order the movies ... Read More
Rating: - Parker books are now movies
Tom Selleck makes a fine Jesse Stone. The dialog that Parker writes is very entertaining.
Rating: - Excellent
Jesse Stone - Night Passage
An excellent prequel to the entire series. I only wish it had come out first.
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