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 Petrified Forest review Product Description
Petrified Forest movie Customer Reviews
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| DRY & BORING
Petrified Forest video Now I know why I never bought this; it looks boring and it is. Petrified Forest film A long, winding and unrealistic plot. How many times does a villian with a gun has to say, "Sit down, shut up, move away from that door" for the characters to respond. in the real world, all the hostages would be dead. There are no real high points and the plot does not really make sense. Leslie Howard's role is annoying and again unrealistic, and Bette Davis just rolls along on this disaster waiting to happen. I am typing this review as I am watching the DVD, for I couldn't wait until it was finished to say how bad it was.... oops, it just ended; one would never guess that the ending would have been so anticlimactic. Do NOT buy this.
By Pascal (Barbados) |
| One Great Movie
Bettie Davis shines. Bogart starts his bad guy career. The dialog is captivating. Well worth watching.
By arthurgoulet (Indiana usa) |
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Petrified Forest video Product Details
| CD Universe Part number | 6805756 |
| Studio | Warner Home Video |
| Orig Year | 1936 |
| Discs | 1 |
| Release Date | Jan 25, 2005 |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| Running Time | 82 Minutes |
| Movie Details | Color |
Petrified Forest DVD Features
A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young Gabby Maple and a handful of others hostage. As trapped as his captives, Mantee admits: "It looks like I'll spend the rest of my life dead."
The Petrified Forest, Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway success about survival of the fittest in the modern world, hit the screen a year later with Leslie Howard (Squier) and Humphrey Bogart (Mantee) magnificently recreating their stage roles and Bette Davis (Gabby) ably reteaming with her Of Human Bondage co-star Howard. Sherwood initially wanted Bogart for a smaller role. "I thought Sherwood was right," Bogart said. "I couldn't picture myself playing a gangster. So what happened? I made a hit as the gangster." So right was he that Howard refused to make the film without him...and helped launch Bogey's brilliant movie career.
Source: Warner Home Video DVD Features:
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Mono 1.0 English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
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