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Advantages: Fascinating case, Fuhrman is a really interesting guy Disadvantages: Plodding and unconvicing film
without a cinema run. The second reason is that the film is very linear, it's a murder film without any real violence or horror, because that's not what the film is about.
So the film in my view falls between being entertainment and a documentary programme, because it's neither. I'd really rather watched this having been made in a documentary style, but because the murder of the girl was real, it is difficult to gain any "enjoyment" from it being a horror film.
The DVD has very few extras, just the standard sub-titles and a couple of trailers. I've mentioned in the past in my reviews that I always like extras as I believe that they add some extra depth to the film, and so it's disappointing that there aren't any on this DVD. I suppose however that this is understandable given the low production costs and the intention in making the film a non ...
Advantages: Excellent Direction, Brilliant performance by lead characters, superb story line. Disadvantages: None really.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
?Dial M for Murder? is a 1954 crime-thriller movie directed by the talented and legendary director Alfred Hitchcock and based on a stage play with the same name. British playwright Fredrick Knott wrote both the stage play and the script of this movie. The story of this movie revolves around married couple, where the jealous and villainous husband tries to kill his wife.
LEAD CHARACTERS
##Grace Kelly plays the role of Margot Wendice(a rich and aristocrat woman married to Tony Wendice, was romantically involved with Mark. )
##Ray Milland plays the role of Tony Wendice (An ex professional tennis player, husband of Margot and has a business of selling sports equipments)
##Robert Cummings plays the role of Mark Halliday (An American mystery writer and used have an extra-marital affair with Margot Wendice ...
Advantages: Fascinating characters Disadvantages: Not original
Story
Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas) plays the husband of an incredibly wealthy woman, Emily (Gwyneth Paltrow), who he discovers is having an affair with a younger man, David Shaw (Viggo Mortensen) - who is an artist. He takes the opportunity to visit the man and rather than attacking him, decides to provide him with an incentive to kill Emily. Hesitant at first, David is tempted towards the opportunity and also unprepared to face whatever threat would lie before him should he refuse - so he decides to accept the contract. Together they plan the 'perfect murder' whilst Emily remains completely oblivious to the danger that lies ahead. She feels terribly guilty about her affair yet confides in her closest friend how tired she is of the cold, apathetic attitude of her husband and the bond she feels with the new man in her life. Little ...
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Release date
23/10/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
ODNF 081
Barcode
5060082511578
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Scene selection
DVD Description
Based on a real life, 19th-century Suffolk murder case, the film is a weird melodrama where the wicked Squire abuses Maria, a young country girl, and does her to death in the red barn after he finds out she's pregnant with his child to eliminate any further complications. Maria, however, does not rest in peace.
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