The Chase [HD]

The Stars Shine Bright...Deep In The Heart Of Texas!
This review refers to the DVD widescreen edition(Columbia/TriStar) of "The Chase"...

Marlon Brando and company mix it up big time in a small Texas town that is ready to explode with hatred and jealousy. And what company Brando keeps...Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Angie Dickenson, Robert Duvall, Richard Bradford and the great E.G. Marshall just to name a few. And there's more..directed by the illustrious Arthur Penn, from a novel by Horton Foote, a screenplay by Lillian Hellman and music composed by John Barry, this is one fabulous flick.

The lines are clearly drawn in this small Texas town. Class distinction, racial barriers, generation gaps, social injustice, vigilante justice and forbidden love, are all a big part of this tense story. Bubber Reeves(Redford), a one time resident, has just escaped from prison, and has been accused of a murder he did not commit. He is sought out by everyone from the richest man in town(Marshall),to a drunken mob of vigilantes,...

one helluva chase
A film which tells all the brando detractors that the great man did do a lot of great things in the 60s. The chase is a great movie on the inner demons of a southern town in Texas after the kennedy assasination.

The performances are brilliant, especailly brando who proves to all that he is the greatest actor there ever was and will be. (the scenes between angie dickinson and then his legendary beating up scene are worth the price of a ticket/dvd etc.

The direction is spot on and this movie could have been an all time classic if the director had been invloved in the editing, unfortunately the producer took things in his hand. Arthur Penn has extracted great performances all around.

Brando is in great form and his is the moral fibre which binds the town and in the end that very morality of the sherrif makes him leave the town.

I only whish that the studio has put in some extra features besides the trailor of the movie. That would have been the...

Ballad of Sheriff Calder--and/or Redneck Town USA
I realize I gave this flick 4 stars--but I also have to say that Brando gets the highest rating of 5 stars. This film could have been greater than it was...and it just may bother you for that reason. One of my problems is that it was shot on some studio backlot (probably Universal, as the set looks a lot like the set used for Back to the Future) the other weakness is Robert Redford. You want to see how great Brando was in everything he did? Just try to compare what he does with what others do? Your eyes are always drawn to him, no matter who else is in the scene with the guy--and this film had an all-star cast, too......
The other thing that bugged me about this picture is just this: could a punk breaking out of prison (as does the Redford character in the film) by the name of "Bubber" Reeves (who ends up being falsely accused of murder) cause so much turmoil and havoc in a redneck town like this? (Blame it on the screenwriters... Never read the novel the movie was...

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