Product Details

• Actors: Ivan Rassimov, Me Me Lai, Prasitsak Singhara, Sulallewan Suxantat, Ong Ard
• Directors: Umberto Lenzi
• Writers: Francesco Barilli, Massimo D'Avak
• Producers: Giorgio Carlo Rossi, Ovidio G. Assonitis
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Burmese, Italian, Thai
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Shriek Show
• DVD Release Date: November 30, 2004
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002ABSSG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,595 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Man from Deep River" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Media Blasters Inc. Release Date: 11/30/2004 Run time: 90 minutes

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cult classic for sure, July 15, 2006

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This review is from: Man from Deep River (DVD)

Wow I can't believe this movie got two reviews. It's an incredible beautifully shot and directed film by Umberto Lenzi.
The other reviews I don't understand at all what the heck they were expecting maybe "Cannibal Holocuast". An excellent movie about a man whose life changes and how he adapts himself to a dramatic situation. This is the type of movie that shows how man will do anything to survive once he lives in a world that doesn't take order from the outside world.

Very well, Isaac Rassimov does a great job of acting and narrating the tale. Basically a photo journalist of sorts from London who gets captured by a tribe. The tribe does many bad things to him and he observes how they brand out justice to any strangers tresspassing on their land. Eventually one of the girls
(saving his life in the process) takes a liking to him and they become lovers. The musical score for this movie is amazing. Again , it's beautiful shot and some of the scenes showing the wildlife and locales will take your breath away guaranteed. Umberto Lenzi is best known for making average horror movies including a horrible called "NightMare City" but this is by his best and most remembered movie to date. The DVD features are thin but this is a great movie. Highly recommended.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indiana Jones on acid., December 13, 2007

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M. "Gorehound" (Mass.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Man from Deep River (DVD)

I must admit, I am a huge fan of the cannibal sub-genre, and the cannibal flick's from the 70's and 80's are some of my some of my favorite movie's of all time. It is no doubt the cannibal genre itself pushed the envelope further than any other genre as far as gore and shocking content is concerned, and for that, they will alway's hold the title of the most horrific movie's ever made in my opinion, and Man From Deep River is no exception.

Man From Deep River is shot on location in the real jungle, with real native's, real ritual's, and is based on a true story, which add's a lot of authenticty to the movie and give's it the feel of a documentary. I would think of it as a depressing, disturbing version of Indiana Jones on acid. I was really expecting to hate Man From Deep River after reading review's of people saying this is not gory, not shocking, it's boring ect. I think a lot of people forget that this was made in the early 70's when large amount of on-screen gore had not caught on yet. For the time this was made (72), it has a lot more gore and offensive content than any other film's made around this time period. Most horror film's made in the early 70's had gore, but the penetration was not on screen, in this film the gore is not only on screen but there is a decent amount of it, including real life animal death's. Which I do not necassarily agree with, but I don't think anyone who eat's meat has the right to complain about, murder is murder, regardless what the reason for it is.

Man From Deep River is a beatifully shot movie with great scenery, good acting, good plot, and has an authenticity that too many film's lack. If you are a fan of any other cannibal film's from Lenzi or Deodato, and want to see how the genre got it's start, I highly recommend picking this one up.

4.0 out of 5 stars A prequel jungle adventure to subsequent cannibal exploitation, January 21, 2012

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This review is from: Man from Deep River (DVD)

This 1971 Umberto Lenzi classic movie paved the way to the Jungle & Cannibals series that will follow with much more extreme brutality, gore and all kinds of exploitation. This one is fair, with a descent story that develops in Thailand, with some action, a love story, a good amount of soft nudity, and of course, a gory cannibalistic scene. By the way, cannibals in this movie are a rather secondary element. As usual for these Italian jungle movies, lots of animal killing are included in the recipe. Previous to this release by Shriek Show, I owned a PAL (region free) from DVD Classics, bought from Exploited Cinema. I am glad I got this newer version. The Shriek Show release comes with a widescreen format presentation, with nicer colors, much better image quality and sound. The movie comes with English and Italian audios, and removable English subtitles. Extras include some trailers and an interview with the great Unmberto Lenzi, a nice addition.