Twilight's Last Gleaming (Blu-ray) R
We have invaded Silo 3. We are prepared to launch nine nuclear missiles. We demand ten million dollars, Air Force One... and you, Mr President.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 24 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 13, 2012
- Originally Released: 1977
- Label: Olive
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Burt Lancaster, Joseph Cotten, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Durning, Burt Young, Paul Winfield & Richard Widmark | |
Performer: | Roscoe Lee Browne, Richard Jaeckel, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Leif Erickson, Charles McGraw, Morgan Paull, William Smith, John Ratzenberger & Phil Brown | |
Directed by | Robert Aldrich | |
Edited by | Michael Luciano, William Martin & Maury Winetrobe | |
Screenplay by | Ronald M. Cohen & Edward Huebsch | |
Composition by | Jerry Goldsmith | |
Cinematography by | Robert B. Hauser | |
Produced by | Merv Adelson |
Entertainment Reviews:
[A] tight, effective thriller about a disillusioned general who takes over a missile silo in Montana, placing nine nuclear warheads under his control.
New York Times
Rating: 3/5 --
This film isn't very high on realism, but it's exciting.
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Goatdog's Movies
Rating: 3/5 --
A far-fetched but exciting political thriller
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Aldrich's bleak political stance was bold, particularly up against the year's other big box office hits, STAR WARS, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming is above all a suspense film and the music is what keeps us in its grip - the music and Robert Aldrich's professionalism.
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Los Angeles Free Press
Nothing happens.
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Gannett News Service
Rating: B --
Intelligent sociopolitical thriller that is effective despite being overlong, stiffly acted and executing a rather nutty plot.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Product Description:
When American air force general Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster) is framed for a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison, he vows vengeance against those who put him there--including the president (Charles Durning). After staging a daring breakout with fellow inmates Powell (Paul Winfield) and Garvas (Burt Young), Dell commandeers a Montana missile silo and threatens to start World War III if the government doesn't divulge the sordid reasoning behind its Vietnam War policy.
Along with other late-20th-century political thrillers such as SILKWOOD, MIRACLE MILE, and THE CHINA SYNDROME, TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING draws heavily and effectively on the fear of human annihilation by means of nuclear holocaust. Convincing sets and special effects aid director Robert Aldrich's creation of a believable crisis situation. Lancaster cements the film's terrifying fusion of realism and nightmarish suspense with his performance as the frenzied malcontent with his finger on the button.
Along with other late-20th-century political thrillers such as SILKWOOD, MIRACLE MILE, and THE CHINA SYNDROME, TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING draws heavily and effectively on the fear of human annihilation by means of nuclear holocaust. Convincing sets and special effects aid director Robert Aldrich's creation of a believable crisis situation. Lancaster cements the film's terrifying fusion of realism and nightmarish suspense with his performance as the frenzied malcontent with his finger on the button.
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- Sales Rank: 45,287
- UPC: 887090029209
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