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Dressed to Kill
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792850458
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792850459
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoFrench (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: D1002333D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 28, 2001
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 25, 1980
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Editorial Review:
To condemn Dressed to Kill as a Hitchcock rip-off is to miss the sheer enjoyment of Brian De Palma's delirious 1980 thriller. Hitchcockian homages run rampant through most of De Palma's earlier films, and this one's chock-full of visual quotes, mostly cribbed from Vertigo and Psycho. But De Palma's indulgent depravity transcends simple mimicry to assume a vitality all its own. It's smothered in thickly atmospheric obsessions with sex, dread, paranoia, and voyeurism, not to mention a heavy dose of Psycho-like psychobabble about a wannabe transsexual who's compelled to slash up any attractive female who reminds him--the horror!--that he's still very much a man.
Angie Dickinson plays the sexually unsatisfied, fortysomething wife who's the killer's first target, relaying her sexual fantasies to her psychiatrist (Michael Caine) before actually living one of them out after the film's celebrated cat-and-mouse sequence in a Manhattan art museum. The focus then switches to a murder witness (De Palma's then-girlfriend Nancy Allen) and Dickinson's grieving whiz-kid son (Keith Gordon), who attempt to solve the murder while staying one step ahead (or so they think) of the crude detective (Dennis Franz) assigned to the case. Propelled by Pino Donaggio's lush and stimulating score, De Palma's visuals provide seductive counterpoint to his brashly candid dialogue, and the plot conceals its own implausibility with morbid thrills and intoxicating suspense. If you're not laughing at De Palma's shameless audacity, you're sure to be on the edge of your seat. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - One of my faves from the 80s
I remember watching this back in the 80s when it first came out. I am (naturally) changing to dvds and wanted to add to my collection. Of course, being from the 80s, it is a bit dated, but I like the "feel" of the film. I like to call this the pre-cursor to "Basic Instinct".
Rating: - De Palma Rocks!
This 1980 terror flick by Bryan De Palma was magnificient, despite all the blood and gore that resulted in this movie, but this flick seems to show Nancy Allen, Angie Dickenson, and Michael Caine at their best, especially with the sexy shower scenes done by Angie Dickenson and Nancy Allen with full frontal nudity.
As a matter of fact, Nancy Allen's intriguing nude scene in the girls lockerroom with a bunch of naked girls in the movie CARRIE is probably what inspired DePalma for Nancy ... Read More
Rating:  - This is a Joke, Right?
I have waited at least a year to buy this DVD at an acceptable price; and now that I've finally got it and watched it, I'm in shock at how stupid this movie is. It is unbelievably amatuerish in plot, script, and acting. Perhaps, when this piece of junk first came out, it could be considered a decent film by the standards of the time. But, by today's standards, it is a complete mess. I've been had. The quality of the DVD video is a little "off" as well. It's not terrible, but it would help if ... Read More
Rating: - Dressed to Kill DVD
I thought it was great quality. The digital restoration was very good. It also has the option of choosing the "R" rated version or the unrated version.
Rating: - DePalma's Razor Sharp Erotic Psychological Thriller!
1980 was a very good year for some groundbreaking films in different genres that completely reshaped and redefined the genre they represented. Ridley Scott's sci-fi noir thriller "Blade Runner", Stanley Kubrick's haunting psychological ghost story horror film "The Shining", and Brian DePalma's erotic psycological slasher thriller "Dressed To Kill".
Written & directed by DePalma, this chiller did for elevators what Hitchcock's "Psycho" did for showers two generations before it, and still ... Read More
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