Product Details

• Actors: Albert Finney, John Mahoney, Kathy Baker, Swoosie Kurtz, Marsha Mason
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• VHS Release Date: August 1, 2000
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301930665
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #400,249 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

When a television presenter's investigation leads to the suicide of a bank president, his position-and his life-are called into question. Torn between truth and lies, between mistress and wife, he must fight for more than just his image.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tarnished 'Image', February 27, 2009

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Image [VHS] (VHS Tape)

THE IMAGE is a latter-day take on NETWORK (VHS) (DVD), and like that earlier work this made-for-HBOer has its share of clichéd characters. There's the successful and somewhat reckless news magazine anchor (Finney), his friend/segment producer who's grown jaundiced over time (Mahoney), their shrewish taskmaster boss (Kurtz) and even an ambitious young photographer (Pitt).

The main plotline has been described elsewhere on this page: Texas S&L president commits suicide after a damaging exposé airs on the weekly newsmagazine hosted by Jason Cromwell. Subsequent exculpatory information is uncovered by Cromwell's producer, Irv Mickelson who pays a high price for his investigation. The professional and personal relationship between workaholic Cromwell and beeraholically eccentric Mickelson (he holds serious conversations with a giant teddy bear!) is the best element of this creaky film.

Brad Pitt as a twangy Texan who specializes in filming cattle and barnyard critters makes for a pleasant departure from a plodding story. A trailer trash skinhead seems haphazardly thrown in as an afterthought-- the kid delivers his three repulsive lines and is gone.


"The Image" is available on DVD.

Also recommended:
BROADCAST NEWS (1984) features a strong ensemble cast portraying D.C. newsroom personnel in a dog-eat-dog business. (VHS) (DVD)


Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film resource website.

The Image (TV-1990) - Albert Finney/John Mahoney/Swoozie Kurtz/Kathy Baker/Marsha Mason/Spaulding Gray/Brad Pitt

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it...Very Powerful!, February 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Image [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was blown away by this movie, and its really top cast. The script was GREAT and the some of the lines are hoot. Look for a nice little early perfomance by Brad Pitt as the TV Cameraman. Finney is masterful.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, January 8, 2000

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Michael J. Lednicky "ledhead" (West, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Image [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Really good movie. Turned it on, and could not stop watching it. John Mahoney (Frasier's TV dad) is great in it!