Product Details

• Actors: Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro
• Directors: Dennis Hopper, Alan Smithee
• Writers: Ann Louise Bardach, Rachel Kronstadt Mann
• Producers: Dan Paulson, Dick Clark, Lisa Demberg, Mitchell Cannold
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: October 4, 2001
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005NSYA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,803 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Backtrack" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Jodie Foster stars as Anne Benton an artist who sees what she shouldn't - a mob assassination. The police want her to testify; the mob wants her dead. So she goes on the lam moves to another state and adopts another identity. But she can't hide from Milo (Dennis Hopper) the mobster sent to kill her.One look at his target and the hit man has a change of heart. He doesn't want her life he wants her love. Before long this unlikely couple is on the run from both the cops and the crooks dodging bullets and trying to sort out who to trust who to kill and who to love.Features16:9 Widescreen Photo GalleryEnglish 2.0 Dolly Surround SoundCast and Crew information Product notesDigitally MasteredScene AccessInteractive menus Running Time 102 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 012236118770 Manufacturer No: 11877

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DVD is NOT the Director's Cut!, May 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Backtrack (DVD)

For those who don't know, there are two versions of this film:

The European version titled "Catchfire", which runs 98 minutes (more or less) and has a music score by Curt Sobel. The director of the film, Dennis Hopper disowned this version--it is credited to Alan Smithee instead.

Then there's the director's cut, "Backtrack", which runs 116 minutes (more or less), and features a different score by Michel Columbier. This version is available on video.

I don't know why, but the DVD release is in fact the shorter European cut w/ alternate score--despite keeping the "Backtrack" title and Hopper's name on the credits as director. Oh, and the back of the box credits Michel Columbier as composer, which is very odd considering not a note of his music is present in this version.

A simple mistake by the distributor Artisan? Or are they simply trying to pull a fast one on the consumers? Either way, I strongly suggest that you either wait for a proper release on DVD or purchase the VHS version instead, which to my knowledge remains as the director's cut.

Maybe Hopper changed his mind about which cut he prefers, but I highly doubt that.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Butchered movie, July 19, 2005

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Victoria A. Wildermuth (Odessa, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backtrack (DVD)

Don't buy this DVD. Buy the VHS director's cut. The movie has been wrecked by haphazard edits. The DVD doesn't even make sense. This is not a bad film. Buy the VHS, but run as far as you can from this DVD. It's a rip-off.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars WARNING!, August 30, 2004

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E. Newman (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backtrack (DVD)

A word to the wise from one who got burned: the Artisan DVD release is the expurgated cut. The story makes no sense once they've trimmed the Jodie/Dennis sex scenes, so don't buy it. Shame on Artisan.