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Staring:
Clint Eastwood,
Jessica Walter,
Donna Mills,
John Larch,
Jack Ging
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $8.45
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal Studios
EAN: 9780783261188
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783261187
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-09-18
Running Time: 102
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1971-11-12 |
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Product Description
A disc jockey meets a fan at a night spot and when he rejects her, she becomes violent.
Amazon.com
Clint Eastwood (making his very assured directorial debut) is a poetry-spouting stud-muffin DJ stalked by a maniacally amorous fan after a misguided one-night stand in this enjoyably schlocky, undeniably effective film about good intentions gone murderously wacky. Although many of the very '70s trappings presented here may ultimately be too dated to be taken seriously (including a very self-indulgent jazz number and a hilariously gooey seduction number between Eastwood and Donna Mills), the core premise of infatuation taken out of bounds remains uncomfortably plausible--and was influential enough to be appropriated by one of the biggest hits of the '80s. (Here's a hint--it starred Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and a very unfortunate bunny rabbit). A well-staged and occasionally very frightening thriller worth watching for Jessica Walter's peerlessly unhinged performance alone. Frequent Eastwood collaborator Don Siegel (director of Dirty Harry, Coogan's Bluff, and The Beguiled, to name but a few) has a nice cameo as Murphy, the mustachioed, chess-playing bartender. --Andrew Wright
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classic, 2010-01-30
Clint Eastwood has of course moved on to make far more ressonent films than Play Misty For Me from 1970.
But several qualities make this film, about a man trying to settle down being stalked by a one night stand lunatic, Evalyn Draper-classic. A rough and tough cowboy or cop, Eastwood here directs himself as a Karmel jazz DJ, Dave Garver, back when such figures where part of a genuine counter-culture. This move is bold.
The stalking part is great, as is the backdrop of jazz and Calafornia bohemia. Phrases are planted all over: "Everything is Everything, Baby" Sideburns and bell-bottoms and West Coast boutique trimmings get more fun to watch as they go from a while ago to genuine history.
Eastwood's friend and coleuge is a pot smoking African Amerian. No mention is made of race--now this is typical, but for a darling of macho reactionaries in 1970, this was daring. Still, it gives you the idea of how cool Clint has really always been--it was us who beleived the cartoon who were really unhip.
There are parts that could be trimmed, the love scene, and it also seems implusable that Garver would put up with the stalking crap for that long: wet-nursing the women who just slit her writsts in your bathroom to minipulate you is not beleivable, in 1910, 1970, or 2010.
But what does work is how this cool cucumber lets his stalker slowly tie him in knots. Ahead of its time here is that in 1970, people were trying to be "understanding," and "compasionate" and may
have seen the stalker as a lost soul, looking for love and comfort. But when Evalyn kills a cool cop and binds , gags, and cuts the hair of Garver's real girlfiend, it allows Eastwood to show how mean and hostile and disgusting this behavior is.
For plot, retro-peeps and some genuine chills, this is just a fantastic film to watch
Play Misty For Me, 2009-10-08
I received my item on time and in very good condition. I am very satisfied with my purchase and would buy from again.
"Play Misty" Rings Hitline True!, 2010-07-09
We used to call them, "Hitline Honeys" at WNDR, WTLB, WTAC, WWCK, WIOT, WCWA, KSO, WFBL, WBVE and every other radio station I knew up close. Clint Eastwood's debut as a Director improves with age in this original version (for any practical purpose) of "Fatal Attraction" with Michael Douglas. Same story. Different framing. Similar kind of end. I can't believe we all looked like that back in '71. This is a VERY cool film from an artistic and historical perspective. Along with the rest of the Galaxy, I give it all twelve thumbs up.
Very Well Done Suspenseful Movie., 2010-08-12
Here's a rather well done Clint Eastwood movie. My wife and I watched it last night. We'd been watching the Dirty Harry and Western Series DVDs and, boy, does this represent a change! Eastwood here plays a nighttime disc jockey operating out of Carmel, California. It's a beautiful setting and the photography is marvelous. In any case, he gets requests to "Play Misty for Me" and he complies. Ultimately the sultry and good looking woman tracks him down, and they begin an affair at just about the same time as Eastwood and another past flame are gradually getting back together. It's a bit complicated, but that adds to the story.
The "Play Misty" woman gradually evolves into something of a friendly stalker and then grows into an increasingly unwanted pest who is very hard to get rid of. Alas, it reminded me of my past 50-year history as a bachelor. The stalker becomes more and more of a nut case and begins to interfere with the DJ's life in dramatic fashions. It's an erie tale and filled with a good deal of suspense and the deaths of several people. It's a bit of a nail biter, if you like that sort of thing. It will grab your attention and hold it, that's for certain. Very well done movie. Very well worth watching, if you can take the tension.
Gary Peterson
never came, lost in the mail, did receive a refund, 2010-04-11
Although I didn't receive the dvd, i loved the movie when i saw it in the theater. clint and jessica were fantastic. this movie was out before fatal attraction, and even more enjoyable. i recently saw jessica, i swear she looks the same as she did back when this movie came out.
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