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Gun Crazy [Blu-ray]

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Genre Mystery & Suspense/Film Noir
Format Blu-ray
Contributor Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger, Nedrick Young, Joseph H. Lewis, Harry Lewis, John Dall, Anabel Shaw, Morris Carnovsky, Russ Tamblyn See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 27 minutes
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When gun fancier Bart Tare sees Annie Laurie Starr’s sideshow sharpshooting act, he’s a dead-bang goner. He and she go together, as Bart ultimately says, “like guns and ammunition.” The two become bank robbers on the run, eluding roadblocks and roaring into movie history as one of the benchmark film-noir works. Joseph H. Lewis directs this ferocious thriller, selected for the National Film Registry and often cited as a forerunner to Bonnie and Clyde. Peggy Cummins and John Dall star, meeting in a sexually charged carny shooting contest and soon driven by impulses of violence and arousal they don’t fully understand. They’re young, foolish, doomed – and point blank in Gun Crazy’s unforgiving sights.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ Unknown
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.93 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ BR714250
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Joseph H. Lewis
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 27 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 8, 2018
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Morris Carnovsky, Berry Kroeger, Anabel Shaw
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Archives
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CJ19H6G
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 376 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
376 global ratings
BLU-RAY REVIEW: From her SCARLET LIPS TO THE FLAMING TIPS OF HER GUNS ... she was completely BAD!
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BLU-RAY REVIEW: From her SCARLET LIPS TO THE FLAMING TIPS OF HER GUNS ... she was completely BAD!
Joseph H. Lewis - at the right in photo one, with John Dall and Peggy Cummins - was a legendary B-Movie director, and ‘Gun Crazy’ (1950) is considered his masterpiece.‘Gun Crazy’ was an independent film, picked up by United Artists for general release.Respected A-List cinematographer Russell Harlan was between jobs when he signed up for ‘Gun Crazy’ (his previous film was ‘Red River’).One of the most famous camera shots in film history begins at 35:20 and continues uninterrupted until 38:53 (3 minutes, 33 seconds).A camera mounted in the back seat of the car captures Bart and Laurie's arrival in town, the bank robbery, and their escape (photo two).‘Gun Crazy’ was released on DVD back in 2004.For the Blu-Ray, Warner commissioned a new fine-grain master positive from the original negative, currently housed at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.The result is a beautiful black and white picture, and a great improvement over the DVD.The 2004 commentary track by Glenn Erickson is carried over to Blu-Ray.English SDH subtitles.Male leads in film noir are usually tough guys: Robert Mitchum, Burt Lancaster, Lawrence Tierney, John Garfield, Robert Ryan, Alan Ladd and even Dick Powell.The male lead in ‘Gun Crazy’ is a doofus.Bart Tare (John Dall) is a pacifist with a gun fetish.This limits his job prospects:He ends up as a sharp-shooter in a carnival side show, where he meets his true love, female sharp-shooter Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummins).Laurie is Bart’s female clone, but with one important difference: she enjoys killing.A true film noir femme fatale.Bart overlooks this little quirk of hers for as long as he can, but this becomes difficult when they are fired from the carnival.Laurie insists they turn to bank robbery to make ends meet.Bart manages to become Public Enemy Number One without ever actually shooting anybody (he specializes in shooting out the tires of pursuing police cars), but poor Laurie can’t help herself.One blu-ray bonus not on the DVD: the 2006 documentary “Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light” (70 minutes).It was originally included as a bonus in Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 3 (Border Incident / His Kind of Woman / Lady in the Lake / On Dangerous Ground / The Racket) (out-of-print).It’s a generally well-done documentary, but too many of the talking heads are modern filmmakers, who seem to be there to promote their latest films (as of twelve years ago).Several film noir scholars also appear on-screen, including a young-looking Eddie Muller (of TCM’s Noir Alley).P.S. The headline of this review is a quote from a contemporary ad for 'Gun Crazy'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars BLU-RAY REVIEW: From her SCARLET LIPS TO THE FLAMING TIPS OF HER GUNS ... she was completely BAD!
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2018
Joseph H. Lewis - at the right in photo one, with John Dall and Peggy Cummins - was a legendary B-Movie director, and ‘Gun Crazy’ (1950) is considered his masterpiece.
‘Gun Crazy’ was an independent film, picked up by United Artists for general release.
Respected A-List cinematographer Russell Harlan was between jobs when he signed up for ‘Gun Crazy’ (his previous film was ‘Red River’).
One of the most famous camera shots in film history begins at 35:20 and continues uninterrupted until 38:53 (3 minutes, 33 seconds).
A camera mounted in the back seat of the car captures Bart and Laurie's arrival in town, the bank robbery, and their escape (photo two).

‘Gun Crazy’ was released on DVD back in 2004.
For the Blu-Ray, Warner commissioned a new fine-grain master positive from the original negative, currently housed at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
The result is a beautiful black and white picture, and a great improvement over the DVD.
The 2004 commentary track by Glenn Erickson is carried over to Blu-Ray.
English SDH subtitles.

Male leads in film noir are usually tough guys: Robert Mitchum, Burt Lancaster, Lawrence Tierney, John Garfield, Robert Ryan, Alan Ladd and even Dick Powell.
The male lead in ‘Gun Crazy’ is a doofus.
Bart Tare (John Dall) is a pacifist with a gun fetish.
This limits his job prospects:
He ends up as a sharp-shooter in a carnival side show, where he meets his true love, female sharp-shooter Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummins).
Laurie is Bart’s female clone, but with one important difference: she enjoys killing.
A true film noir femme fatale.
Bart overlooks this little quirk of hers for as long as he can, but this becomes difficult when they are fired from the carnival.
Laurie insists they turn to bank robbery to make ends meet.
Bart manages to become Public Enemy Number One without ever actually shooting anybody (he specializes in shooting out the tires of pursuing police cars), but poor Laurie can’t help herself.

One blu-ray bonus not on the DVD: the 2006 documentary “Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light” (70 minutes).
It was originally included as a bonus in [[ASIN:B000FI9OCW Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 3 (Border Incident / His Kind of Woman / Lady in the Lake / On Dangerous Ground / The Racket)]] (out-of-print).
It’s a generally well-done documentary, but too many of the talking heads are modern filmmakers, who seem to be there to promote their latest films (as of twelve years ago).
Several film noir scholars also appear on-screen, including a young-looking Eddie Muller (of TCM’s Noir Alley).

P.S. The headline of this review is a quote from a contemporary ad for 'Gun Crazy'.
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