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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5050070009705
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 221847
Theatrical Release Date: April 06, 1984
Editorial Review:
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
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - scifijoe
i found Gorky park an entertaining film. it takes place in a Russia that few of today's young people know about.it's a Russia that's portrayed as cold and unfriendly.it's a place where know one trust anyone.it's a place that know one wants to be. the story takes place in winter and begins with three murdered people found skinned in the trees of the park.who would do such a Hannis crime,and why? a murder mystery with enough twist and turns to keep your mined busy.William Hurt plays a detective who ... Read More
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
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