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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569818408
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 03, 2008
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 7263
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 13, 1988
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Product Description:
The final film in the collection is The Dead Pool which was originally released in 1988. The Dead Pool finds Inspector Callahan (Eastwood) investigating an unusual betting game played by a film director and his crew which has the players create a list of 10 celebrities they think will die. The winner is the one with the highest number of dead celebrities. Soon however people on the list begin to die under mysterious circumstances. Callahan is assigned to the case and discovers his name has made the list. Special Features ? New Commentary by producer David Valdes and Cinematographer Jack N. Green who discuss the challenging and rewarding experience making this the final chapter in the Dirty Harry series. ? New Featurette The Craft of Dirty Harry -- A look at the cinematographers editors musicians production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series. ? Trailer GalleryRunning Time: 91 min.System Requirements:Running Time: 91 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/CRIME Rating: R UPC: 012569818408 Manufacturer No: 81840
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After the drudgery of Sudden Impact, the fourth and worst sequel to Dirty Harry, no one could have expected the fifth to have any signs of life. But The Dead Pool is fairly inspired, even playful--check out a 'chase' scene between Clint Eastwood's Harry Callahan character and a remote-controlled toy car wielding a bomb--and it ended the long-running series on an unexpectedly positive note. This time, Callahan investigates a series of murders that appears to be on a 'death list,' while becoming romantically involved with a television reporter (Patricia Clarkson). Jim Carrey has a small but memorable part as a doped-up rock star, and Liam Neeson is on board, too. Directed by Eastwood surrogate Buddy Van Horn (Any Which Way You Can). --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - The funniest of the Dirty Harry pictures....
This is the funniest of the Dirty Harry films. It has some of the best one liners in the series, and it's pretty obvious that the film is played for laughs. It was the last Dirty Harry film (I doubt there will be another one. Clint isn't one to repeat himself), and it has no pretensions on trying to be anything else. If you like the serious (yet darkly humourous at times) tone of the early films, you're probably not going to like this one. Many have said that Clint wanted to make Bird (one of ... Read More
Rating: - Dirty Harry's last, in a nice Deluxe Edition, details here
The Dead Pool is the fourth and final sequel to Dirty Harry. It was pretty well received, considering its place in the series. In this installment, there's a convoluted plot about a game in which bets are taken on the deaths of celebrities, including tough cop Harry Callahan himself, with young Liam Neeson playing a questionable film director who's playing the game. Issues of the celebrity-enslaved press are mixed with romance as Harry dates a reporter. As always, there's plenty of action, suspense, ... Read More
Rating:  - Could be worse..
The fifth and last Dirty Harry movie never really grabs your attention. It isn't bad but its not a patch on the original, or even some of the earlier sequels. Eastwood is suitably laconic and there are moments when, just as in the original film, you completely side with Harry's heavy-handed tactics. Especially when he removes the camera from a heartless film-crew, filming a bereaved girlfriend, and throws a lot of dollars onto the concrete 10 yards away.
The problem with this film is that Harry ... Read More
Rating:  - Probably the "second best" Dirty Harry movie.
"The Dead Pool" was the last, and probably the "second best" Dirty Harry movie made by Clint Eastwood. The story line, plot, and action are as good as those of the original "Dirty Harry", and the now-older Inspector Callahan is quite believable.
The implied love interest, played by Patricia Clarkson, adds an interesting dimension to the story, and sets up the climax of the film in a tense, but satisfying way.
Finally, Harry's Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum revolver is featured as his primary ... Read More
Rating: - Hang Around for Awhile
The Dead Pool DVD
The Dead Pool starring Clint Eastwood is the fifth Dirty Harry movie.
This time someone is killing celebrities, and Harry's name is on the list. Great action movie. Helped to put Clint Eastwood on the map.
Recommended for fans of Dirty Harry and Clint Eastwood.
Gunner December, 2007
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