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Fat City
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767882835
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767882830
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 07888
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 10, 2002
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 26, 1972
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Editorial Review:
Jeff Bridges stars as an amateur boxer on a brief rise who catches the eye of an aging pugilist (Stacy Keach) heading downward in this 1972 film by John Huston and based on the novel by Leonard Gardner. Keach becomes the younger man's mentor, and the two hit central California's tanktown circuit of small matches for small money, interspersed with visits to smoke-filled bars and hellish gyms. Theirs is a cut-rate dream, all right, but as real and driving--and finally just as punishing--as the mythical black bird itself in Huston's The Maltese Falcon. The cast is outstanding, the cinematography by Conrad Hall stunning, and the climax one of Huston's most painfully memorable. The story is filled out by surrounding detail that never leaves the memory: boxers and trainers who whisper of injuries that could put them out of business for good; a lone fighter who takes a bus into town, bides time in a crummy motel room, takes a beating in the ring, then leaves on the next bus with a few dollars in his pocket. This film helped re-establish Huston's reputation as a major filmmaker. It was followed by the likes of The Man Who Would Be King. --Tom Keogh
FAT CITY is a powerful and gripping story about personal wins and losses in the raw rugged world of amateur boxing. Directed by legendary Oscar®-winning filmmaker John Huston (1949 Best Director Best Screenplay The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) the film stars the incredible talents of Stacy Keach (American History X TV's "Mike Hammer") Jeff Bridges (Jagged Edge The Mirror Has Two Faces) Candy Clark (At Close Range American Graffiti) and Susan Tyrrell (Cry-Baby Powder) in her 1972 Best Supporting Actress Oscar®-nominated performance.System Requirements:Running Time: 96 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG UPC: 043396078888 Manufacturer No: 07888
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Rating: - Note to DVD viewers...
Fantastic film, and I just wanted to add for those interested that on FAT CITY director John Huston used the uncommon practice of filming in full-screen, and then cropping the original image for theatrical wide-screen. Because of this, the original "Full-Screen" version is actually superior in both framing and image quality. (The opposite of the usual situation, wherein a wide-screen image is cropped into full-frame.) Happily, the DVD allows you the choice of watching the film in its original format, ... Read More
Rating:  - A forgotten cult movie from a giant director!
In the early seventies, the effervescent creative genius of John Huston was really several steps ahead many of his contemporaries.
And "Fat city" seems to confirm it. With a marked influence of Noir Film, the film transcends the anecdote to become his best achievement in years, just before he gave us two others remarkable entries: "The lives and times of judge Roy Bean" and "The man who would be king.
On the other hand, this was the film that affianced the career of Jeff Bridges ... Read More
Rating: - View From the Bar Room Floor
Stockton may be in the same state, but it's a about as far from Tinsel Town as a migrant fruit picker is from Paris Hilton. Hollywood manufactures hype, faux celebrities, and glossy distractions. Stockton turns out lettuce, tasty artichokes, and other earthy things you can live on. But any hint of glamor in that smoggy, over-ripe sweat-box is about as easy to find as a platter of escargot.
Huston provides an unflinching look at life along poverty-row central. It's an inverted Baedecker of a world ... Read More
Rating: - proves why John Huston was one of the finest film directors ever
First off, I just wish amazon reviewers would stop revealing so much of the plot. Not only that, it seems one reviewer after another tends to go over the same ground and revealing way more than they should--thus ruining it for those who have yet experienced the film.
Please think of those who would like to see the tale unfold for the first time without having had so much explained and the film "spoiled" for them.
Anyway, no more preaching. You know what it's about: a couple of fighters ... Read More
Rating: - Fat City
In "City," a return to form for Huston, the director presents a spare, bleak portrait of humanity on the skids in the world of small-town boxing. Not easy or pleasant to watch, the film's impact sneaks up on you, as Huston's spot-on evocation of this down-and-out world eventually creeps under your skin. The acting bar is set high, with Keach believably tragic in the central role, and Tyrrell stealing the picture (and nabbing an Oscar nod) as the bitter, broken down Oma. Though by Hollywood standards a "small picture," ... Read More
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