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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792847922
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079284792X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 19, 2000
Running Time: 127 minutes
Sales Rank: 9757
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1983
Editorial Review:
Description:
Murder, seduction and intrigue in the Kremlin! Written by Dennis Potter (Brimstone and Treacle), from a Martin Cruz Smith novel, Gorky Park is a gripping and brilliant classic! StarringWilliam Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, and Joanna Pacula, this 'crisp intricate thriller' (TheNew York Times) takes you behind the iron curtain! When three murder victims are discovered in Moscow's Gorky Parktheir faces and fingertips removeddetective Arkady Renko (Hurt) isdetermined to identify the bodies and find the killer. But as a picture of the victims takes shape,the clues point toward involvement not only of the KGB but also of the woman he loves, Irina (Pacula). Now, hunted by the secret police and confronted by an intricate web of deception and treachery reaching to the highest political levels, Renko will stop at nothing to uncover the truth and bring the killer to justiceeven if it means guaranteeing his own destruction and losing Irina forever.
Amazon.com:
Martin Cruz Smith's bestselling mystery novel seemed ideally cast for this movie version, but director Michael Apted and the usually reliable writer Dennis Potter couldn't solve the problem of taking the story from the page to the screen. William Hurt plays Renko, a Cold War-era Moscow police detective who must cope with both crooks and Communist party protocol as he tries to solve a murder case in the middle of one of Moscow's public parks that leaves three faceless corpses. The strands of the mystery involve corruption, American money, and the fur trade and, ultimately, take Renko to New York. But the tension is never all there, despite a deliciously menacing performance by Lee Marvin as the bad guy and Brian Dennehy as an American cop who becomes Renko's ally. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - GREAT BOOK, MEDIOCRE MOVIE!
"Gorky Park" is the most thrilling, exciting mystery novel I have ever read. Through Amazon reviews I noted that some reviewers thought the film was not up to par with the novel. I ordered it anyway just to see what the directors, writers, etc. came up with. Well, I guess they tried, but the problems were manifold. The Amazon.com editorial reviewer hit the nail on the head in his/her comments. Quite frankly, watching this film, I could barely stay awake.
The actors, to give them ... Read More
Rating:  - A great adaptation of the book!
I read the book Gorky Park last year and was blown away. Definitely one of the best novels I've ever read. I remembered from when I was a kid there being a movie version of the book that was pretty popular so I checked it out. If you read the book first don't expect the movie to be perfectly in-line with the book. For the sake of making the story more digestible to a movie audience a lot is streamlined, but the integral parts are left pretty well intact. The cast is PERFECT in this movie! William ... Read More
Rating: - Not as Good As I Remembered It to Be!
First watched this as a teen, and I got this as I was nostalgic for the past. Up to that point, there hadn't been much in the vein of Russian thrillers, and Gorky Park was a departure from the usual Cold War James Bond stereotypical Russian treatment. But alas, revisiting Gorky Park 25 years later reveals a movie that has dated drastically. A handsome and refined William Hurt (presumably chosen for his European looks and air) - feels a little stilted in his performance, along with the rest of the ... Read More
Rating: - gorky park
another great movie which shows russia life and living conditions as they are....been there done that.........james
Rating: - Twisty and complex Moscow mystery
When 3 bodies are discovered in Gorky Park,Moscow ,minus faces ,teeth and fingers the case is assigned to Inspector Arkady Renko(William Hurt).The trail leads to a Moscow based US businessman a fur trader named Jack Osborne (Lee Marvin).Osborne is a well connected man knowing ,and enjoying a great deal of influence with, key people in political and police circles to the extent that Renko finds his investigataion being hampered at every turn.Are the deaths related to Osborne's somewhat shady business ... Read More
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