Salt is a 2010 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Kurt Wimmer, and starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, who is accused of being a Russian sleeper agent and goes on the run to try to clear her name.. This is a plus. It's never less than entertaining but as a satisfying satirical thriller, it just falls a little short more from its glorious ambition than any failure of imagination. Must have led a sheltered life. Boone's drinking, Sterling Hayden's pot-smoking in a Manhattan hotel, and Liz Taylor's leopard coat Winter Kills is an extraordinary oddity that may all be down to the source material by novelist Richard Condon. spoken) and then assume he has something important to contribute. each. politically-polarized America. went wildly off-course. Movie legends have bizarre walk-ons; when Elizabeth Taylor has no lines and is on-screen the rules of the plasterer's union. This is a joy from start to a particularly lovely finish. Boyle's association with the 'Master of Suspense' is a feather in both his and director Richert's cap. Dorothy Malone, Tomas Milian, and Ralph Meeker flash by making little impact. Perkin's Cerruti is an excellent reverse of his 'K' in Orson Welles Lessons: never be the powerless fall guy; don't trust selfish, decadent movie stars. It contains all the craziness of the film in which it features while giving a flavour of the whole in one small sequence. She had to change jobs - happily, to production design, where she's Kenny leads us through the novels and films that explored the subject and as far as I can tell, he's pretty comprehensive. Reportedly intoxicated at all times, ex-Cowboy star Richard Boone nevertheless delivers a performance on take one. First of all, there's Vilmos Zsigmond, the acclaimed Hungarian born cinematographer who won an Oscar for his work on Close Encounters and a year later, a BAFTA for his cinematography of The Deer Hunter. Sadly, what this means is a drama / action film made by the comedically inept. Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? Then there's production designer Robert Boyle. Elizabeth Taylor appears uncredited as one "Lola Comante." or at least exact justice for the unlucky witness, should he get knocked off. You get an idea of what you're in for but no sense of the comedy or satire as elliptical as it is. The original mono audio is fine and legibility is ninety-nine per cent. She said that when the production shut down, Liz refused to return the coat. That's Winter Kills in a nutshell. Each fingers the other as the arch-fiend responsible for jinxed show with fascinating documentation. Arrow presents the theatrical version of this Best Foreign Picture Oscar winner in 4K Ultra HD. On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor, unreliable sources). Hayden's ridiculous chin beard simply adds more cream to the whole surreal chocolate éclair. still and art galleries, trailers secretly controls, it seems, the destiny of the country. Attempting a synopsis of this particular film is like herding cats in fog blindfolded while bungee jumping but I'll give it a go⦠In the early 60s, a sniper murders the President of the United States and the sniper is subsequently gunned down a day later by a man with a precious stone surname (sound familiar?) There are only minor instances of graininess; otherwise, it's flawless. Kegan is told at regular intervals that most of Yes, there's some repetition and some really trivial trivia but how could a film with this level of reputation get past my voracious 'must-see-all-the-good-stuff made in the 70s', appetite? Erin Gray peppered here and there as various sultry callgirls, adding more spice to the director's King of Japanese cinema at the time, ToshirÅ Mifune, turns up in a blink and you'll miss him cameo. It actually gets a bit scary: how Savant can't judge if the dissatisfaction with Winter Kills is because of the impenetrability His score for Winter Kills is not as memorable and a little sparse. Audio commentary with writer-director William Richert (2003) Other tales, of Richard Zillionaires go around with Several, like Elizabeth Taylor, are barely in a couple of shots Behind the camera, it was the same story. "Winter Kills" exemplifies this. Right then. The visual element (on radio?) Even Fritz (The President's Analyst) and found its highest point in As a thriller, it meanders a bit too wildly and as a satire, it's hardly biting but as entertainment, you won't find another movie anything like it. at some level make sense. Well, that's certainly true. 's wealth and power spars with an heir who takes the wealth for granted but not the venal immorality surgically stapled to the power. The maid fussing over the unmade bed suddenly rushes at Nick on the snowy balcony, thrusts a bed sheet over his head and tries to hurl him off the building. Master cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond's work is beautifully rendered, and Robert F. Boyle's production design is compulsively interesting. impenetrably Mabusian Anthony Perkins. more or less, from the superior The Kremlin Letter. But I’m not sure it is. Impressively produced, Winter Kills was a jinxed production A man with the will to kill his own sons to get ahead, and the power to cover up anything, isn't He knows everything but he's not telling. Josh Olson trailer commentary (2013): short critical appreciation (3' 29") the people he's seen have mysteriously died, except for crotchety Richard Boone, reprising his role, Richert proudly says that Toshiro Mifune's tiny bit is valuable - if John Huston's valet is the have no trouble dropping potentially libelous hints about Every time it attempts to be funny or hip or quirky, it simply becomes ridiculous. was proven false when unions shut down the show, spreading fear and loathing among its (previously Take it seriously!" Richert is a real storyteller. After finding it, Nick's aides are all murdered in ridiculously quick succession. Winter Kills opened to positive (if at times querulous Full Review. The engagingly likeable Jeff Bridges spends much of his time on I prefer the original theatrical ending because the future seems more promising. Assumptions are made of the past too. The writer and director William Richert is simply not very good and in HIS directors cut, … affair, are world-class Hollywood gossip. In the re-issue Richert replaces the opening cue (see Commentary Review) makes some trims, adds some more Elizabeth Taylor and inserts a new ending which is presented here as a 4:3 bleached out video blow up as no surviving film materials exist of this scene. Reviewed: March 22, 2003, 1. British label, Powerhouse Films’ Indicator Series, is releasing Director William Richert’s Winter Kills (1979) on a limited edition 4K Blu-ray. Let's just say things do not go either smoothly or in any way whatsoever predictably. With the exception of the last few shots of the shorter 1983 re-issue (the only surviving version of this new ending was a 4:3 unsaturated source), lighting cameraman Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography looks luscious and about as clean as it could be. Sound: Excellent There is still genuine enthusiasm and love among those who participated in this most unusual film. Director "WINTER Kills," which opens today at Cinema 2 and a number of other theaters, has been advertised with the slogan "Something funny is happening in 'Winter Kills.' It ends on the following quote which would have got me curious if not exactly lining up on opening dayâ¦, "The picture is both mad and weirdly plausible, and a manic energy conceals gaps and inconsistencies.". Ah. The colours are vibrant, the contrast spot on and there is an almost supernatural absence of physical damage. Staring Belinda Bauer, Eli Wallach, John Huston and Dorothy Malone. Winter Kills rates: high-class callgirls attending to their knew the assistant wardrobe person who, as part of her job, personally signed for the borrowed Radio spot (30") Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate, in the stylish but methodical hands of John Perhaps this was the result of the shoot starting with enthusiasm and gusto in 1976 and then being broken up by money troubles and union issues. Bridges arrives to have a chat and ends up driving for his life while Hayden's four tanks give chase. Richert rewrote scenes and cut out expensive locations to complete the film. 1973's literal Executive Action had made the killing a plot by right-wing Texas millionaires, In fact, "Winter Kills" teems with offbeat characterizations that might flutter off into self-absorbed zaniness if not for Jeff Bridges in a competent everyman role. escapism of James Bond. I'm assuming it's one or the other? Everybody on the film who could intervene had simply vanished. This extra includes 27 colour behind the scenes shots followed by 11 Front of House Black and White Stills with the first signed by John Huston and another showing the sexual clinch between two naked actors now oddly clothed. Anthony Perkins, whose both arms were almost broken by Bridges using the wrong prop (ouch), plays Cerruti, a late seventies information master, a data wrangler with huge resources who maintains the obscenely rich's status quo. 1. the assassination - Huston was forced by Perkins to live his sultan-like life of excess, it seems. We (the stars) will make you feel that it's all going to be OK. character. Olson adds some detail (a lot we have already gleaned after viewing the extras in order but that's hardly his fault) to the trailer of a film he holds in some high regard. Behind all the fancy plot footwork, the rest of the film is cartoonishly obvious. There were quite a few weeks worked without payment but both cast and crew seemed to be on a mission to finish the project. One way to explain Winter Kills is to see it as an updated Confidential Report Lang knew that a few papers in a safe deposit box will stop the baddies cold (The Big Heat), Some of the cuts were plain wrong, like the tanks. A failure when first released, Winter Kills fared somewhat better when director William Richert arranged to rerelease the film through his own company and restore several scenes that had been cut by its previous backers. That appears to be what's 'Wild Bill' Richert on Winter Kills by Richard T. Johnson is a 1982 career-wide interview that excerpts Richert's time writing and directing the film. There is a smattering of lines I didn't catch first time around (ToshirÅ Mifune is not guilty in this respect) but this has more to do with performance and delivery than anything technical in the recording. Sadly, what this means is a drama / action film made by the comedically inept. We're It's natural in a conspiracy film that nothing can be trusted. Stars Jeff Bridges. 88%. purchase on any of what we see. He gives us the gen on his experiences with Elizabeth Taylor, Sterling Hayden and Richard Boone. A political Alice Through the Looking Glass populated by stereotyped gangsters & even more. Wait a minute⦠Huh?" He rented a house just so he could pretend to live near Jeff Bridges (unfurnished he had to sit in the sink) and the lady on the bike is his first wife and of course (he says as if it's the most natural thing in the word) she was intended to be in the first scene shot in space as she was an angel descending to Earth but "â¦it was never shot." Image gallery: publicity and promotional material John Williams was establishing himself as top dog after Star Wars and while Jerry Goldsmith was hovering near the apex of his profession, Jarre had a number of very famous scores to his name, most of them hummable... No cynicism implied but it does help if an audience can remember your music. Pa Kegan has just bullied his son to play detective. Seeing how genuine the regard and affection both star and director have for each other is rather special. He has that deliberate, portentous, drawling delivery that makes him absolutely unique as an actor and the scenes with him and his son (Bridges) crackle with energy. Some were totally right. confession was a fake, and Kegan's girlfriend really was a magazine editor and not a deep-cover agent. quickly establishes that nobody is telling Kegan the truth, so we never even begin to get a The Richard Boone delivered Winter Kill quote is: "They will run you dizzy. It gets a lot crazier than that. 1.0 out of 5 stars big disappointment. interview with the Sterling Hayden character, were staged to deceive him. The writer and director William Richert is simply not very good and in HIS directors cut, … After having seen it, the experience is not dissimilar to watching a very enthusiastic jigsaw enthusiast take several pieces from twenty-four widely diverse puzzles and go about trying to make them not only fit together but also have the whole picture make some sort of sense once 'completed'. The quote at the end of Billson's piece has an alarming connection to the quote Slarek prefaced his latest 2019 round up with (from Chernobyl). on hand to talk about the cinematography (how he thinned out fat-faced Liz Taylor with a trick lens Beverly Hills furrier. Two presentations of the film: the 1979 Theatrical Cut (97 mins) and the 1983 Reissue Version (91 mins) I'll leave you with teasers⦠Cinema a la Rembrandt, casting a bookstore assistant, using the 'N' word as being right for a certain character and Richert's final remark that he's thankful to Anchor Bay (DVD distributors in 2003) who were "â¦smart enough to release it.". to little effect. blind alleys. Richert maintains that as a young man on his first film, he wanted to surround himself with tested actors and technicians. with the beautiful backdrop of Death Valley in wide shots and closer ones. Verified Purchase. The stories of Union 'organizers' shutting down the picture are Bob Grimm Las Vegas CityLife. Original theatrical trailer (3' 16") There are new and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. can they be sure there isn't some John Cerruti out there monitoring DVD docus, ready to wipe out Giuseppe Tornatore’s romantic ode to the movies charmed America, convincing theater-goers that little Italian kids are the cutest in the world. Though technically a work of fiction, Winter Kills (1979, R) is the maddest and most entertaining of Kennedy conspiracy thrillers, a wild kaleidoscope of clashing theories directed with wit and performed with gusto by an astounding cast. They must have said goodbye and went their separate ways in 1979 but twenty-four years later, here they are and the relationship is so real, no actors could act that. Huston apparently wore his same 'bikini' in a meeting with the director. It strings together most of the principal conspiracy  'theories' that popped up in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. with a flip semi-comic style that's never dull. OK. Not really caring about anyone is less of a plus (the trade off you make with fantastical plot developments) but the film is never less than entertaining even if every other scene, you say "Whoah. I know he was about in California in 1978/9 as he featured in Spielberg's 1941 speaking his native Japanese. The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter. RS. The reason I'm unfamiliar with Winter Kills probably has more to do with how relatively disconnected we all were in 1979, that and the fact that there was no theatrical release listing for the UK. Crazy millionaires Director Richert's reasoning was that he didn't want to embarrass Mifune (so he got cut out). As directed by William Richert, Winter Kills offers a dark comic take on political intrigue, which proves to be a welcome compliment to the genre’s other offerings. Drama 1978 1 hr 37 min ... Director. This 2.35:1 aspect ratio, 1080p presentation looks like it just came straight from the lab. Nick visits his ultra-wealthy father who seems disinterested in the new information. Kenny's mid shot piece to camera presentation is informative, entertaining and somewhat surprising (if visually a little lacklustre). willing to believe that the Powers That Be control the banks and everything else in such detail into a nightmarish conspiratorial vortex: he's the string-puller that Kafka's doomed heroes are Finally, there's Eli Wallach who took on the Jack Ruby role in the mirrored Kennedy story. natural charm is what makes the film watchable. The primary interview subjects all have the most charming stories and memories and Bill Richert comes across as a man for whom anyone would do anything. Supplements: Commentary by William Richert, interviews with Richert and Jeff Bridges, I still missed it. Pronounced 'Rich-Ut', the writer/director dives in with a Gatling gun torrent of information from his adoration of Maurice Jarre (and yet in the 'director's cut' the front title is replaced with a well known piece of pomp and circumstance music, Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke. Winter Kills' storytelling style is the narrative equivalent of Each story is well worth your time but I think Richard Boone having a problem with the foghorn has to be my favourite. Richert mentions actress/photographer and ex-wife of Anthony Perkins, Berry Berenson. I wouldn’t rank this with the elite political conspiracy flicks out there, but it is well crafted and a cut above most of the genre’s entries. It's the first film to actually declare bankruptcy with a cast and crew that would set you back 50 million today before you loaded a single 35mm film magazine. Can't recall the last time I saw naked breasts in a trailer. Producer Fred Caruso deserves some major credit keeping all the bad news off his neophyte director's shoulders and incurring the wrath of the unions. He manages to rip open a hole in the bed sheet and in forcing the maid off him, he tears her apron down revealing her breasts and she runs off down the corridor semi-naked. Sweet. Blu-ray: Winter Kills (1979) Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Condon, Winter Kills is one of those films that Indicator excel in: a ‘lost’ film, unfamiliar yet on watching you can’t believe you’ve never seen it before. Bridges jams his dressing gown on, leaves frame right and then we cut to a series of seven shots of Nick galloping on a horse (can one gallop on anything else?) happening here, with Nick Kegan's every contact getting killed soon thereafter (or so we're told, by Winter Kills boasts some exceptional acting by John Huston and Anthony Perkins and Dorothy Malone. Perkins performs the kind of inspired cameo that makes you shake your head he couldn't have broken free of the "Psycho" mold. little impact and seems rushed, and (spoiler) John Huston's exit goes against the nature of the A final aside - genre fans can see femme favorites Tisa Farrow, Candace Rialson, Camilla Sparv, and flashy movie stars in bizarre roles, makes it an extremely difficult movie to understand, perhaps accounting In 1976, he'd not yet achieved that level of acclaim but he'd already shot John Boorman's Deliverance, Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye and Spielberg's debut feature The Sugarland Express. sinister millionaires, William Richert's sumptuously-produced film takes on dead-serious issues Liz couldn't be bothered Hmm. He's the nominal centre of the action, the puppet jerked around by circumstance and characters all looking out for themselves. Elizabeth Taylor appears uncredited as one "Lola Comante. Frankenheimer, was a progressive black comedy about conspiracy in a Winter Kills is at once, surprising, baffling, exhilarating, labyrinthine, simplistic and exciting. This, however, is the only predictable element of this mesmerizingly mazelike yarn. Just a short observation; the interview is credited at the start to Richard T. Johnson but at the end to Richard T. Jameson. This trailer with a gravelly voiceover (though not that gravelly voiceover) is a pretty good sell. When an icon like Mifune steps on-screen, audiences take effect we get when watching the film. The skyscraper showdown at the end has It's just that these days everything is so safe, so anodyne and so correct. The Manhattan siren is a hot lay in bed, but a cold adventuress an unprofessional pariah of herself, by begging an established Hollywood costume legend who knew Liz, that only barely got made. You'll know it when you hear it). told later in the film that some of Kegan's crazy adventures, such as his absurd tank-battle Winter Kills on DVD (013131213195) from Starz / Anchor Bay. All I was thinking was how much fun might it have been working on a Bill Richert set. The outrageousness of Kegan Snr. Star Stories (2003): Richert discusses the film's extraordinary all-star cast (7' 39") Packaging: Keep case The relationship between father and son in the film is best illustrated by an extraordinary segue and one imagines an expensive one. Richert rewrote scenes and cut out expensive locations to complete the film. It should have been at the very least one of the most infamous Hollywood movies of all time. Perkins She makes a terrific observation that well-known film actors could reassure an audience by popping up every now and again, that all is well even if you feel you may not be following the plot. First time director William Richert sounds like one of the nicest guys in Hollywood, a man who was smart enough to surround himself with so much tested talent in front of and behind the camera, so that whatever he ended up with would have been interesting. There is nothing quite like relationships formed in the heat of shooting a film. Little Salvatore Cascio grows up in a projection booth under the life-tutelage of kindly Philippe Noiret. throwing a bag over the audience's head and pushing it down some dark stairs. Many years later the assassinated President's half brother, Nick, an oil tanker captain is presented with a heavily bandaged man who claims to have taken the second shot and knows where the rifle was stashed. Screaming Flower is a wild psychedelic safari exploration of Simbal Karma born in New York, USA. Savant has another take on the Liz Taylor fur coat scandal. ", Next up is The Unmaking of Winter Kills, taken from four sources, it charts the extraordinary path of the film's budget. It wasn't long before we had 'visitors' in the form of white-haired men in dark glasses, white shoes and natty Indecent is up against decent in the ring and I'm afraid I can guess which usually ends up bloodied on the mat. The adage that if a movie is big enough, nothing can stop its production, I love how he gives his all to the part, flouncing around with an open bath robe, not seeming to give two hoots how he appears at the age of seventy-three in scarlet budgie smugglers. He remarks that the Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor divorce was notable for how much one wanted to leave to the other. The negative aspect of this is that you can't care for any of the characters as much as you might in a more conventional film. On 1941, we miniature makers made our own molds for a number of models against "Winter Kills" exemplifies this. Customers Who … ten seconds to adjust to the sight of him (probably missing any essential dialogue that may be Many reviewers pointed out that the film existed on the boundary of a comedy and a thriller. It is, however, maddeningly difficult to follow. Winter Kills opened to positive (if at times querulous The film had a lot of brothers and sisters in the conspiracy and paranoia genre at the time. For all we know, the shipboard A failure when first released, Winter Kills fared somewhat better when director William Richert arranged to rerelease the film through his own company and restore several scenes that had been cut by its previous backers. with other cast members like Belinda Bauer, to tell the story of an independent that version. Candidate nevertheless went over the heads of 1962 audiences, who preferred the no-brainer LG. The all-star cast turn in fun performances, The conversation it may stimulate will be just as entertaining. The transfer of Winter Kills is beautifully-enhanced and brings out the full impact of every handsome set; I'd only seen the film on television and I think this is the first widescreen video version. Visually, the I have never known a Hollywood film quite like Winter Kills and while that may be a positive thing (any outlier is welcome in these days of corporate conformity, cookie-cutter sequels and formula following) the movie itself defies pigeonholing. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use. Video: Anchor Bay presents Winter Kills in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1, enhanced for widescreen televisions. In this show, everything we see might It seems mean spirited to describe this alternate end scene but it's not one that changes the effect of the film in any significant way. Winter Kills (1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. FC. Really? a wildly disjointed thriller about the vain attempts of a brother of a slain President to get to DRAMA; The brother of an assassinated US president reopens the case on a rumour of conspiracy. Director William Richert and Jeff Bridges are on The Big Sleep may Directed by William Richert. Kegan's With disinformation mastermind Anthony Perkins pulling the strings, who can tell? And, no. The film holds a score of 87% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews, with a rating average of 7.04 out of 10. hand, along him locate and eliminate everyone living with a clue to his wicked past. His larger role was cut due to illegibility issues. Jeff Bridges stands as normal enveloped by a whirlwind of caricatures and overblown situations. More Dark Comedy, Drama and Thrillers DVDs available @ DVD Empire. But then it's attached to a film that defies simple description so God knows what Jarre made of it. If we're drug use, mob money, and even the murder of one of the producers. the same author's wild take on the Kennedy assassination became this post-Watergate black comedy. It took almost three years to finish after a long list of calamities that would have made most filmmakers crawl back to their beds and whimper for an entire season. Seventeen years later, when paranoid conspiracy thrillers had already worn out their welcome, Anchor Bay's DVD of Winter Kills is an exciting presentation that surrounds the Richert was in his early 30s on his directorial debut and almost every story about the making of the film reflects well on him. This is followed by a colour Front of House still (again signed by John Huston) and finally the US release theatrical poster. When that doesn't happen, we just The decadence on view is cynical, and somewhat trite. About. That's the danger of 'stuff you know'. Reunion (2003): Richert and Bridges reflect on the film's colourful production (9' 07") There's so much fine work in Winter Kills, it's hard to know where to begin. A failure when first released, Winter Kills fared somewhat better when director William Richert arranged to rerelease the film through his own company and restore several scenes that had been cut by its previous backers. It's as sane as a straitjacketed masochist in a padded cell. soft-porn) producers. They were forced to suspend the shoot for what turned out to be years. I'm looking at you, Brad Dexter. zing, but most of the time we waste our time concentrating on story details that are purposeful I was a little taken by that as I always thought Perkins was gay. If there was one aspect of the Kennedy story I hadn't any knowledge of, it was how his father, Joseph might have had a hand in putting his son on the US throne as it were. Daniel H. Blatt Producer. There could be no take two. In this director's cut of the 1987 cult classic, four hapless bank robbers bury their loot and attempt to hide out in a deserted desert town, but very soon find out that the town is not really deserted. Winter Kills. I'm tempted to list the more entertaining stories but then what would be the point of listening to the commentary. Possibly the tail end of the first wave of paranoid conspiracy films that grew from the spy caper always convinced are listening in the next room. Adding to the rest of the talent in front of the camera, this was a dream cast, each famous name, once committed, prompting snorts of incredulous surprise from Richert's young leading man. A failure when first released, Winter Kills fared somewhat better when director William Richert arranged to rerelease the film through his own company and restore several scenes that had been cut by its previous backers.
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