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Borsalino [VHS]

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This is a great film. The musical score still sticks in my mind since I saw the film as a child. The initial fight scene between Belmondo and Delon is one of the great classic scenes in the movies. I also remember the fish market scene, as the duo begin to slowly take control over Marseilles' rackets. They have to re release this on video.

Originally called "The Bandits of Marseille", "Borsalino" should only be seen SUB-TITLED, the dubbed version has ruined the film. Why it is "R" rated is beyond me...and yes I have the original soundtrack which is not for sale.

A great "buddy" movie. I remember seeing the movie when it came out, great story, but what I remember most was the music and sound track LP. A couple of friends who choose a life of crime, the good life and suffer the consequences. I would like to see both the Soundtrack and Video on the market again.

I saw this film over twenty times when it was released in 1970. It only got better with each viewing. Claude Bolling's score is perfect and Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo's acting made the characters real. My only regret is that I never saw the sequel ("Borsalino & Co.") for which Bolling also composed. This is my all-time favorite film and I deeply wish it was re-released.

Great movie. Saw it in theater circa 1970. Still have soundtrack on 33 LP. JP Belmondo and Alain Delon are gangsters in 1930's Marseille. Tango scene and all. Please request a re-release on video.

I can only endorse the preceding comments - the great acting, highly catchy soundtrack and the all round talent make this an unforgetable movie; and yes, it should only be seen with subtitles. Three things about this movie have stuck with me: the soundtrack [which I'm humming as I write this], the disposal of the last major threat to the climb to the top and the superb, darkly funny finale which starts when the Chief of Police invites The Lads in for a chat. I agree that it's a Thinking Persons movie, which is why its "criminal" that it hasn't been released yet on DVD!!

I first saw this film when it was broadcast on the A&E cable network several years ago. Actually, I had to be away, so I videotaped it (VHS) and am glad I did because it is hard to find on VHS and those copies that are available are selling for much too much. Having a taped copy, even with the commercials that A&E inserted, is great because I can revisit this classic from time to time. Curiously, this film was released in France recently on DVD but is still not available here. That it is released abroad on DVD would suggest that it will be released here soon. Belmondo, whose physique was rivaled only by our own Charles Bronson (viz., "Chato's Land"), gives a memorable performance which is often comical. His performance contrasts smartly with Delon's stoic persona in this film. The cinematography, period costumes for Belmondo and Delon (including the Borsalino hats, of course), and the beautiful music and locations are all a delight. Belmondo steals scene after scene from Delon. This is a showcase for his genius.

I remember this film on TV when I was a kid; however, I have not seen this since then. So I do not remember this story detail, but I remember the fashion of actors were so cool. The end of this film is quite impressed. Anyway, I want to see immediately.

This is one of the all-time fun French gangster films. I saw it in a cinema in Paris, but just try to find the DVD or videotape! I guess they're trying to increase its rarity value by foisting a much inferior film, Borsalino & Company, on Delon and Belmondo fans. Well, this is the genuine article, more Marseille than the real city, perhaps 60 years or so ago, so just enjoy the great dialogue and scenarios IF YOU EVER MANAGE TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THIS TAPE OR (BETTER) DVD.

The special emphasis in the customes , settings and musical backdrop makes of this work one of the more sincere tribute to the gangster films of the Hollywood fifties .
Belmondo and Delon meet in the screen for the first time . The script flies from Beverly to Marseille which represents in France what Sicilia to Italia . These two small - time hoodlums will be the focus for this notable and unforgettable issue which altogether with Le cercle rouge (Jean Pierre Melville) and the Sicilian clan (Henri Verneuil)cosntitute the most remarkable gangsters french films in the sixties .
This movie well may ber the masterpiece of this outstanding french director - Jacques Deray - .
Try to get another film of him titled On ne meurt qui dos fois .