Rear Window [1998] (DVD)

Description: Genre: Crime & Thriller - Thriller / Theatrical Release: 1998 / Parental Guidance / Director: Jeff Bleckner / Actors: ... more

Rear Window [1998] (DVD) ... Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, Robert Forster, Anne Twomey, Ruben Santiago-Hudson ... / DVD released 2003-01-06 at Prism Leisure / Features of the DVD: PAL

Newest Review: ... of Superman's Christopher Reeve, and was saddened to hear of his horse riding accent which confined him to a wheelchair for ... more

... the rest of his life, I can't let him off in this shady adaptation of one of Hitch's most beloved films, Rear Window. The film's protagonist is Jason Kemp (Reeve), a former architect who is now wheelchair bound due to an unspecificed accident, but to pass the time he has become a voyeur, looking out his window at life passing him by, as well as observing the shady practises of his neighbours. Such a character is Julian Thrope (Ritchie Coster), an aggressive and unruly neighbour who he catches beating his wife. He call...more

Price Comparison for Rear Window [1998] (DVD)

	Rear Window [1998] [DVD] Release Date: 2003 - 01 - 06, Rating Parental Guidance, Last Update 16.12.2009 06:02	£ 1.38

Rear Window [1998] [DVD]
Release Date: 2003 - 01 - 06, Rating Parental Guidance,

Last Update 16.12.2009 06:02

£ 1.38

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Rear Window [1998] (DVD): Pointless (297 words)
by - written on 29/10/09 (Very useful, 9 readings)
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I think it's an unwritten rule of cinema that you just don't remake Hitchcock films by now; after Gus Van Sant's totally pointless Psycho remake, it's clear that nobody can really out do the master, for his films have a timeless quality, and from a technical perspective are largely rather excellent, with equally brilliant performers. While I am a fan of Superman's Christopher Reeve, and was saddened to hear of his horse riding accent which confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, I can't let him off in this shady adaptation of one of Hitch's most beloved films, Rear Window. The film's protagonist is Jason Kemp (Reeve), a former architect who is ... Read the complete review

Rear Window Reworked (1548 words)
by - written on 21/08/09 (Very useful, 139 readings)
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Rear Window (1998) - FILM ONLY REVIEW Certificate: PG (UK) Running Time: 89 Minutes Voyeurism is the act of observing the lives of others, often, though not always, for sexual gratification; it is a process by which the observer gets more satisfaction from viewing others than from experiencing their own lives. There is a little bit of this tendency in all of us, as what is watching a film if not opening up a window on the lives of others, be they real or fictional? It is no surprise, therefore, that the film industry has from time to time chosen voyeurism as the subject of its stories. A widely regarded classic of the theme is Alfred ... Read the complete review

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