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The Quick and the Dead
ID:
1995
Comments:
Director: Sam Raimi
Screenplay: Simon Moore
Producer: Sharon Stone, Allen Shapiro, Chuck Binder, Joshua Donen, Patrick Markey, Robert G. Tapert
Cast: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobin Bell
Genre: Action & Adventure

Running Time: 107
Aspect Ratio:  1.85:1 (NTSC Widescreen)
Sound: Dolby
Subtitles: English, French
Features:
Studio:  Sony Pictures DVD Region:  1 R
DVD Release:  Sep 1998 Discs:  1 (Cloud) [$9.95]
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Reviews:  Director Sam Raimi ("The Evil Dead") tries gamely to recapture the exotic mysteries of spaghetti Westerns in this stylish but empty film, which stars Sharon Stone as a stranger who comes to the town of Redemption in time for an annual shooting contest. Her real motivations for being there are the stuff that might have found their way into a film by Sergio Leone--in fact, much of this film is a pastiche of Leone's greatest hits, including "A Fistful of Dollars" and "Once upon a Time in America"--but one can't quite believe Stone in the role. Gene Hackman gives a predictably solid performance as the town tyrant, and Leonardo DiCaprio is good as a lucky young gunslinger who gets to kiss the heroine. But not even the cast can help this failed project. Raimi brings a lot of razzle-dazzle to his camera work, but it doesn't make the film any more substantial. "--Tom Keogh"


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