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Home DVD : The Walker [2007]

The Walker [2007]


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Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060002835852
Format: PAL
Label: Pathe Distribution
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Pathe Distribution
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Pathe Distribution
Region Code: 2
Release Date: January 14, 2008
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: Pathe Distribution
Theatrical Release Date: 2007




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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Boasting a terrific cast, led by the always-watchable Woody Harrelson, Paul Schrader's The Walker is an entertaining drama that was overlooked by many in cinemas, but is worth taking for a spin on DVD.

The Walker sees Harrelson starring as Carter Page III, a man whose job it is to escort the wives of powerful men to the events that their husbands, for whatever reason, cannot take them to. And it's all looking like a good life, until a murder derails everything. Page agrees to help cover things up, which naturally spins out a web of events that tests both his conflicting loyalty, and his honesty.

It's the kind of set-up that in lesser hands could have amounted to very little, but The Walker has Paul Schrader behind the camera. It's effectively the third in a loose trilogy of films he's made (the companion pieces being Light Sleeper and American Gigolo), and his steady hand delivers a intriguing and very watchable drama.

Schrader is, of course, able to attract quite a cast, and the call sheet serves The Walker well. Harrelson is in fine form in the best role he's had in some time, while the supporting cast of Lauren Bacall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily Tomlin and Willem Dafoe add a stature and magnitude to the film.

The result is a quality drama, very well acted and tightly put together. Thus, even if you missed The Walker during its brief theatrical run, there's little reason not to pick it up now. Good stuff. --Jon Foster



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - dull as dishwater
I was excited to see this film because I really like Woody Harrelson as an actor but I can safely say it was a dull and tiring experience. Harrelson portraying a rather weirdly, disjointed and homosexual 'Walker' for rich women. His characteristics did nothing but get on my nerves and the women he walked were not much better. I do love Lauren Bacall in her old Bogart/Bacall movies but to be honest I wasn't keen on her in this. However hands down to her for still being popular after so long.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - nostalgia is a paul schrader film
Ludicrously 'old fashioned' in the sense that Mr Schrader is stuck in 1987 having an inappropriate cocktail with already outmoded lounge monster, Mr Ferry.
The whole thing feels like Bladerunner. There's even a scene where a character is illuminated through a venetian blind !
Lot's of sub-Wildean/Capote witticism. Lots of archness. Lots of Bowie-like 'style'. No substantial plot whatsoever. Lots of being beaten around the head with 'Mr Bush is intolerable and American Society is beastly ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - "Let me give you a piece of Washington wisdom," Natalie Van Miter says. "Never stand between a friend and a firing squad."
"In the end, all you have is your breeding. It's all that separates `them' from `us,'" says Natalie Van Miter, rich, aging doyen of Washington high society.

"My great-grandfather got rich off slavery," says languid, gay, agreeable Carter Page III, escort for powerful women in the nation's capital, who is beginning to have second thoughts, thanks to a murder, about his life. "When the Yankees took that away, my grandfather made his money raisin' tobacco. I don't have any breeding."
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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Boring
This movie was quite dull. I rented it because I like Woody and Kirsten, but honestly, they just didn't live up to expectations. This must be because of poor script and/or poor direction, because they're usually very reliable actors.

Woody's southern drawl is so difficult to get past, and I didn't really care how the plot resolved itself. I didn't really care about the characters, and I stopped watching 5 minutes before the end, because bed was more important than finding out what happened. ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Walk on ice, feel your fingers burn.
Complex, subtle and highly emotional. If you are a fan of Paul Schrader, this is one of his finest films.




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