Product Details

• Actors: John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Britt Ekland, Gena Rowlands
• Directors: Giuliano Montaldo
• Format: Color, Anamorphic, Widescreen, NTSC, Mono
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Blue Underground
• DVD Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003M986UM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,688 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Machine Gun Mccain (Ws Sub)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

After serving 12 years behind bars for armed robbery, tough guy Hank McCain finds himself the pawn of a ruthless mob runt's rebellion against a high level don. When McCain discovers that he's been betrayed and abandoned by his new employer, he retaliates with a high stakes Las Vegas casino heist that erupts into all-out war on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Not blood, nor lust, nor wedding vows can come between McCain and his money...or his machine gun.

This long-unavailable gangster classic explodes on the screen with spectacular scenes of shocking violence, an unforgettable score by Ennio Morricone (THE UNTOUCHABLES), and an all-star cast featuring Academy Award(r) nominees John Cassavetes (THE DIRTY DOZEN), Peter Falk (COLUMBO), and Gena Rowlands (THE NOTEBOOK). Co-starring beautiful Bond girl Britt Ekland (THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN) and cult fave Florinda Bolkan (DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING), Blue Underground is proud to present MACHINE GUN McCAIN in a gorgeous new High Definition transfer for the first time ever on home video!

EXTRAS:
Interview with Director Giuliano Montaldo
English Trailer
Italian Trailer

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Britt Ekland is one of a kind, October 3, 2010

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Imi - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Machine Gun McCain [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

First, I got this blu ray for Britt Ekland. I have never seen a more beautiful model or actress. Believe me, I've looked. When I see the quality of this transfer on a 60 inch 1080p screen, it's hard to believe that this movie was made in the 1960s. The work met my highest hopes. If you have this movie on VHS, or standard def on your DVR, then expect to be impressed by the image quality. One complaint is that the extras are almost non-existant.
The movie is pretty good if you like that type of thing. I must warn some viewers that Britt Ekland is not treated the way any woman deserves. The sex scene is creepy because of this, but I don't want to give away any more of the movie. This is a must have for any Britt Ekland fan.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Like Spaghetti Westerns, 60's-70's Italian Pieces, Gangster or Heist Films this Gem is For You, September 8, 2010

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I. Chieko "HanzoTheRazor" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Machine Gun McCain [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Short'n sweet; Film 5 Stars//BD 4.

What a fantastic find. Blue Underground is fastly becomming my fav studio for Blu-rays. I have been watching films for a long time, but still can find hidden gems like Giuliano Montaldo's: Machine Gun McCain thanks to them.

If you want the film's synopsis, please read Amazon's, cause it hits the mark. Be warned, though, this film comes with a tonne of style, an amazing score (Ennio Morricone!!!) and a BIG punch. Hank McCain is the main character played by John Cassavetes who is just brillient. Nobody F___s with McCain!

The Blu-ray itself is very high quality with great picture and sound (DTS HD mono) for a movie that is 41 years old. Be warned, there is some excess grain in the wide open shots (not so many), but for the most the picture is clear and colourful. Extras are tight with just the 23 min Interview with Director Giuliano Montaldo and 2 trailers.

Highly recommended.
Hanzo

13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Cassavetes fans, May 26, 2010

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Allan MacInnis (Vancouver) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Machine Gun Mccain (Ws Sub) (DVD)

There aren't many of Cassavetes "jobs for hire" that mean much to fans of the films he directed. Sure, it's fun to see DePalma do a ZABRISKIE POINT on his head in THE FURY, and he brings a certain refined sense of evil to his role as CIA spook... Occasionally there's a fire to his performance in Mazursky's THE TEMPEST that outshadows the rest of the film and makes you wish he were the director... Franco in THE DIRTY DOZEN is a fun enough creation but not really a Cassavetean character... Generally speaking, whatever of St. Cassavetes' magic might be glimpsed in his commercial film work is fleeting, there by accident or snuck in through the cracks, and not particularly significant to Cassavetes' own body of work. With obvious exceptions - MIKEY AND NICKY - the films he acted in but didn't direct don't deserve substantial treatment alongside his "real" films.

It's really, really hard for me to feel that way about MACHINE GUN McCAIN, though.

I'm basing this on a European PAL DVD that came out a couple of years ago; I haven't seen the new R1 version, but assuming it's the same... What you get here is a very straightforward tale of the committed little guy (Hank McCain, a smalltime bankrobber) using guts and integrity and ruthlessness to take on the Mafia. Initially he is sprung from prison by a gangster (Peter Falk) to do a job - rob a casino for him. When the gangster discovers that the casino is actually owned by his bosses, he tries to call off the robbery, but McCain is unstoppable. Along the way, he enlists an innocent young woman's help (Britt Ekland); eventually, he's on the run with her, seeking shelter briefly with his old flame, played by Gena Rowlands. How much influence Cassavetes, Rowlands, and Falk had on Montaldo I can't say, but anyone who has read Ray Carney on GLORIA and THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE - and I'm assuming true Cassavetes fans have - will understand that Cassavetes was fascinated by gangsters and often used them to figure the Hollywood system he was so at odds with, the money men and thugs and controllers who stifled creativity and true expression. Unlike either of those films, tho', here we have Cassavetes himself sinking his teeth into the role of an "independent" battling "the system." Cassavetes crackles in this role like he was born for it, and makes the whole doomed romanticism of the story arc (as the costs of his rebellion get higher and higher) that much more poignant. I'm not saying it's an art film, mind you - it's a hardboiled Italian gangster film with some pretty badly dubbed secondary roles and lots of violence and melodrama (and even a bit of sex) - but it's about as Cassavetean as it could be, taking themes that are important to Cassavetes (or would be) and expressing them through the medium of unabashed pulp. (I'm not the only Cassavetes fan I know who has great fondness for this film). And Hank McCain's a lot easier to root for than poor doomed Cosmo, too, I'll tellya, and Falk and Rowlands are pretty damned good, too! BTW, fans of the film should check out Mike Patton's terrific "reading" of the theme song on the extended, Tzadik version of John Zorn's BIG GUNDOWN.