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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD DVD Layers: 1 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 9780780022119 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC ISBN: 0780022114 Label: Criterion Languages: Manufacturer: Criterion MPN: MOS020 Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: Criterion Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 03, 2001 Running Time: 63 minutes Studio: Criterion Theatrical Release Date: September 16, 1932 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The Most Dangerous Game is a classic, one of the first talkies to get pictures moving after five very static years following the birth of sound. The plot finds resourceful hero Joel McCrea and heroine Fay Wray being hunted on the island of the insane Zaroff (Leslie Banks). One of the grandfathers of the summer blockbuster, the film's setup has been reworked many times since, notably in John Woo's Hard Target (1993). By modern standards it's technically primitive, though still gripping stuff, complete with the jungle set built as a test run for King Kong (1933) and graced by Max Steiner's prototype of all Hollywood action scores. --Gary S. Dalkin Description: "One of the best and most literate movies from the great days of horror," The Most Dangerous Game stars Leslie Banks as a big game hunter with a taste for the world's most exotic prey-his houseguests, played by Fay Wray and Joel McCrea. Before making history with 1933's King Kong, filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack wowed audiences with their chilling adaptation of this Richard Connell short story. Criterion is proud to present the DVD premiere of The Most Dangerous Game in a new digital transfer. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - l love Fay wrayI can't get enough of Fay Wray.I loved her voice in the movie.The set was the same as King Kong.It is a wonderful period movie classic Rating: - Only one rule to this game Don't get killed!!!! That's the only thing that matters in this frantic game of cat and mouse. For a big game hunter, this sport is nowhere near as fun when you're the prey. Armed with just a knife, Robert must thrive on his wits and instinct alone as he becomes the animal. He is reduced to nothing but entertainment by another expert hunter. He sets traps and diversions as he desperately fights for survival in this fast-paced tale. I vaguely remember reading this short ... Read More Rating: - ClassicI got this to show my class after reading the story. It was fun because the students could find superficial similarities and differences, as well as thematic similarities and differences. I'll definitely use it in the future. Rating: - landmark thriller classicFilmed concurrently with "King Kong", THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (based on the award-winning short story by Richard Connell) was not the same huge box office smash when it originally opened, but the intervening years have been very kind to this outstanding thriller. After surviving a deadly boat explosion, world-famous hunter and author Bob Rainsford (Joel McCrea) swims ashore to a mysterious island, where the lone occupant is Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks), an eccentric man who has taken ... Read More Rating: - Old-fashioned Fun and Excitement"There were four of us. The other two have disappeared." -- Fay Wray This exciting early sound adventure has begun to receive the attention it deserves over the past couple of years. Filmed on the same sets designed for "King Kong" with that film shooting during the day and "The Most Dangerous Game" shooting after sundown it is a very handsome adventure tale with loads of entertainment value for classic film fans. Richard Connell's stories were adapted for Cooper ... Read More |
