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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: March 31, 2009
- Originally Released: 1995
- Label: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kevin Spacey & Gabriel Byrne | |
Performer: | Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak, Benicio Del Toro, Chazz Palminteri, Suzy Amis & Giancarlo Esposito | |
Directed by | Bryan Singer | |
Edited by | John Ottman | |
Screenwriting by | Christopher McQuarrie | |
Composition by | John Ottman | |
Produced by | Bryan Singer | |
Director of Photography: | Newton Thomas Sigel |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1995 -
Best Original Screenplay: Christopher McQuarrie
Academy Awards 1995 -
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 5/5 --
It's a film that demands to be watched again and again -- this is good old-fashioned pulp fiction told in the slickest 1990s style.
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Radio Times
For many true movie fiends, noir is the key American movie type, and the most fun when it's done right. The Usual Suspects is done right.
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Newsweek
...An ironic, bang-up thriller about the wages of crime. A terrific cast of exciting actors socks over this absorbingly complicated yarn that's been spun in seductively slick fashion...
Variety
Rating: 4/4 --
It's a nerve-shredding suspense movie about corruption, a bravura actor's show full of deliciously twisted cops and robbers, and a complex riddle packed with unexpected turns.
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Chicago Tribune
I didn't believe this story for a minute, even in movie terms -- though it's less offensive than a piece of junk like Apt Pupil, Singer's subsequent feature.
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Chicago Reader
...Showily complex....When you catch on, you may feel elated... -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Singer, like Tarantino, is less into mining new film themes than in re-inventing old ones. And the way he does so shows full well that there is still a bit of life in the old mob movie yet.
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Spokesman-Review (Washington)
Product Description:
Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an intricate heist involving $3 million worth of emeralds. Their success brings them to the attention of the enigmatic Keyser Soze, an unseen, nefarious, and mythic underworld crime figure who coerces them into pulling off an important and highly dangerous job. The scenes that follow make THE USUAL SUSPECTS one of the most fascinating crime thrillers in cinema history.
Working from the Oscar-winning screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie, Singer adroitly tells the complex story through flashbacks, cross-cutting, and voice-over narration. Such nimble handling of the intricacies of the nonlinear narrative adds to the suspense, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats until the clever, satisfying finale. Singer's expertise in the technical aspects of filmmaking--his use of a dioptic filter to keep two close-up faces in focus, as well as his inventive use of six-frame step printing--helped him earn his reputation as a visually impressive and stylish director. Filled with excellent performances from veteran actors (Kevin Spacey won his first Academy Award for his breakthrough role as Verbal Kint), THE USUAL SUSPECTS placed Singer squarely on the cinematic map.
Working from the Oscar-winning screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie, Singer adroitly tells the complex story through flashbacks, cross-cutting, and voice-over narration. Such nimble handling of the intricacies of the nonlinear narrative adds to the suspense, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats until the clever, satisfying finale. Singer's expertise in the technical aspects of filmmaking--his use of a dioptic filter to keep two close-up faces in focus, as well as his inventive use of six-frame step printing--helped him earn his reputation as a visually impressive and stylish director. Filled with excellent performances from veteran actors (Kevin Spacey won his first Academy Award for his breakthrough role as Verbal Kint), THE USUAL SUSPECTS placed Singer squarely on the cinematic map.
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