Death wish [videorecording] / Paramount ; Dino de Laurentiis presents a Michael Winner film ; screenplay by Wendell Mayes ; produced by Hal Landers and Bobby Roberts ; director and co-producer, Michael Winner.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 08774 | ParamountSeries: Widescreen DVD collectionPublication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792171349
- 9780792171348
- Garfield, Brian, 1939- -- Film and video adaptations
- DVD
- Feature films
- Murder victims' families -- United States -- Drama
- Revenge -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Vigilantes -- United States -- Drama
- Violence -- Drama
- New York (N.Y.) -- Drama
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980 -- Drama
- Music by Herbie Hancock ; director of photography, Arthur J. Ornitz ; editing, Bernard Gribble.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | ACTION Death wi | Checked out | 05/02/2024 | 33111007414143 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This drama about a man who takes the law into his own hands was wildly controversial upon first release, sparking much debate about the perceived pro-vigilante stance of the story, and established Charles Bronson as a major box office draw in the United States. Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is a liberal architect living in New York City. One day, a group of drug-crazed thugs break into his apartment while he's gone, killing his wife Joanna (Hope Lange) and brutally raping his married daughter, leaving her comatose. When the police are unable to find the culprits, Kersey arms himself and begins patrolling the streets, killing muggers and thieves as he encounters them. While his obsessive search for street justice sickens him at first, in time Kersey begins to enjoy it and becomes a hunted man himself, as Police Detective Frank Ochoa (Vincent Gardenia) tries to find the man who is doing the police's job for them, and a bit too well. Jeff Goldblum made his screen debut as one of the lunatics who attacks Joanna. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on the novel by Brian Garfield.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
Special features: Interactive menus ; scene selection ; theatrical trailer.
Widescreen format.
Music by Herbie Hancock ; director of photography, Arthur J. Ornitz ; editing, Bernard Gribble.
Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Hope Lange.
Paul Kersey, a bleeding-heart liberal, becomes a one-man vigilante after his wife and daughter are violently attacked and raped by a gang of thugs.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD.
English or French language soundtrack ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.