Product Details

• Actors: Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Edward Asner
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount Pictures
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302413761
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,343 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

"The link between life and death is "The Slender Thread". Movie stars Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bancroft & Poitier at their best - a Classic!, June 14, 2005

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Sharon Kille Jenkins (Fresno, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Slender Thread (DVD)

Was fortunate enough to come across The Slender Thread on a cable movie channel several years ago. This film is Anne Brancroft & Sidney Poitier are at their best - extrodinary performances! Poitier plays a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when he's at the clinic alone, a woman (Bancroft) calls needing to talk saying she's taken pills. While Poitier tries to get help for her, he keeps her ton the line while he learns about her life, family, and why she wants to die. With a brillant script by legendary writer Stirling Silliphant, direction by Sydney Pollack, and original music by Quincy Jones; The Slender Thread engrosses the viewer from the start. We're drawn into the building suspense, caring about the people, concerned for the outcome. This dramatic character study is enhanced all the more by being in black & white. Plus, it features a fine supporting cast including Telly Savalas, Ed Asner, and Dabney Coleman. The Slender Thread is a great example of perfect film making. Why hasn't Paramount Pictures released this classic on DVD? Please, letterbox & release ASAP so it can be re-discovered by movie connoisseurs everywhere! A must own for Poitier/Bancroft fans.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT MOVIE, July 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Slender Thread [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A SLENDER THREAD is a super movie to watch alone. Not a lot of action - just intense drama. Have watched it many times.911 operators would like this movie. It shows a crisis line in action.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Route 66" and "Naked City" fans will love this film, February 2, 2007

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Chris Damon "Classic TV Guy" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Slender Thread (DVD)

Stirling Silliphant wrote the script for this movie, being the primary writer for the "Route 66" TV series in the 60's it has a very similar feeling to one of those shows. All of the drama, the monologues, the glitz and glamour (when appropriate)is there. The movie even opens with Sidney Potier driving by the Space Needle, how cool and kitch is that? An excellent film that needs to come out on DVD very soon - as does the Route 66 TV series!
Stirling Silliphant was definitely one of the best TV writers of the 60's, he passed away in April of 2006. He will be missed. He also wrote the original Poseidon Adventure (1972) (screenplay), and the Towering Inferno! Two classic disaster movies of the 70's!