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The Jericho Mile
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Michael Mann
Review date: 2008-11-28 Rating: 8 out of 10
Michael Mann needs no introductions here in 2008 as he is currently the greatest living Director. Yes, i am correct. Just think about it- Heat, Last of the Mohicans, thief, Ali, Manhunter, Collateral, Miami Vice and the masterpiece The Insider.....do i really need to continue?
In 1979, Mann was an unknown entity in cinema. He cut his teeth on American TV until he directed this little gem - The Jericho Mile.
Made for TV, this is part gritty prison movie, part equally gritty fairytale (sympathetic killer obsessively runs to Olympic standard and why not?). It's generally upbeat without being excessively naive: the walls don't simply fall, and the optimism has to seep through a quasi-documentary context of racism and violence. It's really well acted by pros and inmates, crafted to manipulative perfection; and it beats Rocky every which way. See it and be entertained by the master film maker Mann.
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Peter Strauss
Geoffrey Lewis
Roger E. Mosley
Richard Lawson
Brian Dennehy
Creators:
Peter Strauss (Primary Contributor)
Richard Lawson (Primary Contributor)
Rexford L. Metz (Cinematographer)
Michael Mann (Writer)
Arthur Schmidt (Editor)
Tim Zinnemann (Producer)
Patrick J. Nolan (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Dutch Film Works
Manufacturer: Dutch Film Works
EAN: 8715664018941
Binding: DVD
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-04-10
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 97 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Dutch (Subtitled)