Product Details

• Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Francoise Dorleac, Jean Servais, Simone Renant, Roger Dumas
• Directors: Philippe de Broca
• Format: NTSC, Subtitled, Full Screen, Import, Color
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: DVD Magic
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OYZ04S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,803 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

ENGLISH SUBTITLES!!! Russia released, Region Free, NTSC DVD (playable in USA/Canada). SPOKEN LANGUAGES: FRENCH Dolby Digital 2.0 and optional RUSSIAN (voice-over) Dolby Digital 2.0; SUBTITLES: ENGLISH; FULL SCREEN 1,33:1; SYNOPSIS: An eight-day pass, a kidnapping, and a greedy group of South American Indians provide the basic ingredients of this madcap adventure. A French air force pilot has the pass and plans to use it to see his girl friend in Paris. He gets there just in time to see a gang of South American Indians, who believe the girl knows the location of a set of statues that can pinpoint the location of a fabulous jungle treasure, kidnapping her. He follows them to the Brazilian jungle and many riotous adventures ensue. Eventually the lovers manage to escape and return to France just before the pilot's pass expires.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of "That Man From Rio", October 29, 2007

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Dr. Selim Gool "Sel Cool" (Rauland, Telemark, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: That Man From Rio / L' Homme De Rio - with ENGLISH subtitles (Import) (DVD)

A 4 out of 5: "My favourite action movie from 1964, by Director Philippe de Broca, this French-Italian movie classic, based on a Tintin adventure, The Broken Ear, turns spoof-farce-comedy, with kidnapping, theft from the Trocadero Museum, mysterious and dangerous thugs, a stolen flight to Rio, and echoes of Marcel Camus' superb 1959 all-time Brazilian classic, Orfeu Negro,with its favela backdrop, with Adrien, a superbly fit Jean-Paul Belmondo, in pugilistic mood often, chasing after his fiancé, Agnes, a sultry and flirtatious Françoise Dorleac, down the Amazon - a twist at every bend in the river. Also with Jean Servais, as the dodgy Professor Norbert Catalan and charming Adolfo Celi. Maybe also borrows some ideas from Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville and the Bogard vehicle, Treasure of Sierra Madre. Predates and presages Spielberg/Lucas' 1981 Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and the more recent Laura Croft-series, without the supersonic bangs and techno gimmicks."

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic worth having., August 2, 2010

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Lotusland Lady (North Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: That Man From Rio / L' Homme De Rio - with ENGLISH subtitles (Import) (DVD)

I saw That Man From Rio in a New York movie theatre when it was first released and fell madly in love with both stars. When I found this DVD I was delighted but surprised when it arrived and I discovered it was Russian. Even though it came with instructions as to how to get to the English subtitles I was afraid it would be dubbed from French into Russian and then translated into English. This was not the case. In fact the English subtitles were already on the screen and the characters speak French. (Jean Paul Belmondo speaking Russian would have been mind blowing but kind of funny.) The quality is excellent and the movie is still tremendous fun. Age has not diminished it at all.
This movie came out before the Harrison Ford "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series and has a sophistication and charm those movies lacked. Francoise Dorleac is radiant and delightful. The scene with her dancing on the beach in Rio is priceless, as is Belmondo's look of Gallic frustration. Dorleac had a sense of fun and mischief I have never seen in her more serious twin sister. Her early death was a great loss.
Belmondo is perfection. He is a brilliant physical comedian. His character often appears to be almost simple and yet he is indomitable in his determination to rescue Dorleac.
Belmondo moves like a panther. He is still about the sexiest thing on the screen even though there is only one kiss and not much more implied.
I did not remember this movie being so innocent and actually, very sweet, and yet so very, very funny at the same time. The writing is smart, the acting is consistently excellent and I am very glad I hunted down this DVD.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best quality movie!!!, July 15, 2009

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U. Garcia "old movies fan" (Hialeah, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: That Man From Rio / L' Homme De Rio - with ENGLISH subtitles (Import) (DVD)

The movie has terrific quality. I have never seen a movie from 1964 with such a good quality. I recommend this movie to people who like adventures as well as beautiful views of Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and even from the favelas!!! Once one sees that movie, he/she will be falling in love with Brazil.