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Patty Hearst  [NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2&4 Import - Australia] [Region 2]
 
 

Patty Hearst [NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2&4 Import - Australia] [Region 2] (1988)

Starring: Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe Director: Paul Schrader Rating: R (Restricted) Format: DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)


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Product Details

  • Actors: Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames, Frances Fisher, Jodi Long
  • Directors: Paul Schrader
  • Writers: Alvin Moscow, Nicholas Kazan, Patricia Hearst
  • Producers: Linda Reisman, Marvin Worth, Michael Rosenblatt
  • Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Sony
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00012SYOG
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #116,747 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Patchily brilliant, July 23, 2000
By "lexo-2" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Patty Hearst [VHS] (VHS Tape)
"Patty Hearst"'s title is about as self-explanatory as they come. Natasha Richardson (Vanessa Redgrave's elder daughter) plays the eponymous, uhhh, heroine, kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (don't even ask...) and eventually brought round to the point of joining them on a bank robbery.

The second half of the film, in which Patty and the gang are on the run from the cops, is exciting enough in its way. Schrader's trademark willingness to explore what many people would regard as total amorality enables him to make us care for this raggle-taggle bunch of outlaws, as one after another they're arrested, gunned down or burned. Richardson herself is very good as Patty, having to run the gamut from spoiled heiress via terrified captive to bitterly experienced convict.

It's the first half, though, that makes the second half work. Patty's captivity is rendered in a dark, surreal, almost theatrical way; we are locked in a room with her for much of the first half an hour, experiencing her captors only as black silhouettes against white light. The stylisation that worked so well on Schrader's "Mishima" is here employed to other ends, and suprisingly successfully. If the earlier portions of "Patty Hearst" weren't so good, the later part wouldn't carry the charge that it has; Patty's wish to join the SLA only makes sense in terms of the extreme experience she's been through.

The real Patty Hearst went on to act in a John Waters movie, which must make Schrader wince whenever he thinks of it. This is, by virtue of the subject matter, somewhere between drama-documentary, art film and chase flick, and some of the genre trappings hold it back a bit, but few directors would have this kind of understanding of where he wanted an audience to go. 3 stars if only because this is one of the less distinguished films in an illustrious career. But 3 stars for Schrader are worth five for the vast majority of directors. (Note to Amazon: need more stars!)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars DVD's for sale outside Region 1, May 5, 2009
By Carol H. Brooks (Whittier, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Unfortunately, I wasn't able to view this movie. I was not aware that a DVD in another region would not work on my VCR--I now know that I cannot purchase a DVD outside Region 1. I cannot understand why Amazon would sale a DVD from outside the U.S. region. I know there was a warning referenced but I really didn't notice it because I was totally unaware of different regions. Is there anyway I can purchase this DVD within Region 1? Thank you.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Please give us a Region 1 DVD, March 19, 2009
This review is from: Patty Hearst [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is the film that made me a fan of both Natasha Richardson, and Paul Schrader. I love the Storys progression, and how the views of Patty's kidnappers change from frighting creatures to just ordinary people - wishing they could be extraordinary and change the world - and in this case go about it in a most outlandish way.

It is not only taking part in viewing Patty's transformation while in captivity, but viewing the mores of this subculture/cult, and day to day living is fascinating.

Now that Ms. Richardson has just died at such a young age, it saddens me that the majority of Americans will never get to see this amazing performance because someone with the rights somewhere doesn't want to release it for us on DVD. Some online movie rental services allow you to watch the film streamed to your computer, but it is the pan and scan "video" version we get to see, not the quality we are used to viewing today. But it is worth adding to you movie collection even if it is just the VHS copy.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars A must see for anyone
Paul Schrader's superb direction and Natasha Richardson's hard hitting performance as Patty should have been a shoe-in to win on Oscar night. Read more
Published on November 7, 2007 by Hollywood Hack

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Film
This film shows the story from the side of the only person that can tell the story, Patty Hearst.

I was on set of this film to be an extra (the bank robbery) but... Read more
Published on May 1, 2005 by Ronny Marshall

5.0 out of 5 stars Paul Schrader's best film
This movie is hard to take at times. The first part of the movie puts you right inside Patty's head which isn't a nice place to be. Read more
Published on April 6, 2005 by Tommie T

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