CHASE (DVD/WS 2.35 ANAMORPHIC/MONO/ENG-FR-KO-SUB) DVD

The Chase
All hell breaks loose in a Texas town when an escaped convict heads home in Arthur Penn's Southern gothic melodrama. Appointed by local kingpin Val Rogers (E. G. Marshall), benevolent Sheriff Calder (Marlon Brando) manages to keep the peace in Tarl, but the situation starts to fester one Saturday when news filters in that wild child Bubber Reeves (Robert Redford) has jumped prison. Bubber's impending arrival arouses hostility among Tarl's citizens, such as Edwin Stewart (Robert Duvall), who believes that Bubber will come after him to settle an old score, and Damon Puller (Richard Bradford), who, between grope sessions with Edwin's wife Emily (Janice Rule), uses Bubber as an excuse to terrorize black residents. As the atmosphere heats up, Calder wants to keep Bubber alive, and he convinces Bubber's wife Anna (Jane Fonda) and her lover, Val's son Jake (James Fox), to find Bubber and coax him into surrender. Val's fear that Bubber will kill his son, however, sparks a long confrontation that leaves rational law and order pummeled into the ground by the town's ignorant cruelty. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Cast Marlon Brando as Sheriff Calder Jane Fonda as Anna Reeves Robert Redford as Bubber Reeves James Fox as Jake Jason Rogers E.G. Marshall as Val Rogers Janice Rule as Emily Stewart Angie Dickinson as Ruby Calder Miriam Hopkins as Mrs. Reeves Martha Hyer as Mary Fuller Richard Bradford as Damon Fuller Robert Duvall as Edwin Stewart Diana Hyland as Elizabeth Rogers Henry Hull as Briggs Jocelyn Brando as Mrs. Briggs Katherine Walsh as Verna Dee Lori Martin as Cutie Marc Seaton as Paul Clifton James as Lem Malcolm Atterbury as Mr. Reeves Nydia Westman as Mrs. Henderson Joel Fluellen as Lester Johnson Maurice Manson as Moore Bruce Cabot as Sol Steve Whittaker as Slim Pamela Curran as Mrs. Siftifieus Ken Renard as Sam

Crew Robert Luthardt - Art Director Donfeld - Costume Designer Russell Saunders - First Assistant Director Arthur Penn - Director Gene Milford - Editor John Barry - Composer (Music Score) Richard Day - Production Designer Robert Surtees - Cinematographer Joseph La Shelle - Cinematographer Sam Spiegel - Producer Frank A. Tuttle - Set Designer David Koehler - Special Effects Lillian Hellman - Screenwriter Horton Foote - Play Author

The Chase
Scripted by Lillian Hellman from Horton Foote's novel and play, The Chase's story -- of how fear of youth and distrust of the liberal Sheriff Calder unhinge a small-minded community -- became an allegory of cultural disintegration after the 1963 Kennedy assassination. In this hothouse atmosphere, traditional institutions of law and marriage fall prey to decadence and racism. Following a shoot marred by struggles for creative control, producer Sam Spiegel took the film away from Arthur Penn during editing, apparently leaving the best of Brando's performance on the cutting room floor. Penn subsequently disowned The Chase, swearing off filmmaking until Warren Beatty cajoled him into making another timely movie pitting young rebels against society's repression: the landmark Bonnie and Clyde (1967). With this history, The Chase stands as a sign of incipient upheaval in both 1960s Hollywood and 1960s American culture. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 

Berlin International Film Festival, Film Presented (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Japanese, KO, Por, Spanish Sound Processing: DD: Generic Dolby Digital (unspecified format) Additional Features: cc Theatrical Previews DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 132 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Chapter 1 [:07] 2. Chapter 2 [2:23] 3. Chapter 3 [2:15] 4. Chapter 4 [4:41] 5. Chapter 5 [2:58] 6. Chapter 6 [2:02] 7. Chapter 7 [2:46] 8. Chapter 8 [5:19] 9. Chapter 9 [2:51] 10. Chapter 10 [4:41] 11. Chapter 11 [6:03] 12. Chapter 12 [3:36] 13. Chapter 13 [3:04] 14. Chapter 14 [8:25] 15. Chapter 15 [8:57] 16. Chapter 16 [2:28] 17. Chapter 17 [5:46] 18. Chapter 18 [8:20] 19. Chapter 19 [1:43] 20. Chapter 20 [5:36] 21. Chapter 21 [3:28] 22. Chapter 22 [6:11] 23. Chapter 23 [3:03] 24. Chapter 24 [1:15] 25. Chapter 25 [1:27] 26. Chapter 26 [6:44] 27. Chapter 27 [9:54] 28. Chapter 28 [6:26]