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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780800133009 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 0800133005 Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: September 10, 1996 Running Time: 98 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: 1972 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: An early example of the techno-thriller, The Anderson Tapes--sharply directed by Sidney Lumet from the novel by Lawrence Sanders--follows just-out-of-jail Duke Anderson (a balding Sean Connery) as he plots the heist of an entire New York apartment building, enlisting a crew that includes Martin Balsam as a vintage 1971 gay stereotype and a very young Christoper Walken in perhaps the first of his jittery crook roles. The gimmick is that Anderson has been out of circulation so long that he doesn't realizse his mafia backers are only supporting him because they feel nostalgic for the days before they were boring businessmen and that the whole set-up is monitored by a criss-crossing selection of government and private agencies who don't care enough to thwart the robbery, which instead becomes unglued thanks to a spunky handicapped kid-cum-radio ham. With a cool Quincy Jones score, very tight editing, a lot of spot-on cameo performances from the likes of Ralph Meeker as a patient cop, The Anderson Tapes hasn't dated a bit: it's wry without being jokey and suspenseful without feeling contrived. --Kim Newman Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Anderson and WatergateThe Anderson Tapes -- like The Conversation -- is amusingly a precusor to the Watergate scandal, the Plumbers Unit, etc. Those the electronic eavesdropping isn't central to the caper, it is all illegal! The end -- I don't wanna spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen this movie. Walken's film debut, this movie (and Diamonds Are Forever) put Sean Connery back in the top ten box office stars for 1971. Rating: - TELEPHONE POLICE DISPATCHER IN THIS MOVIE.I BOUGHT THIS DVD,THE ANDERSON TAPES, BECAUSE MY BROTHER WAS A POLICE OFFICER IN ONE OF THE SCENES IN THIS MOVIE. Rating: - Post James Bond!! Love this movieI have to say that Connery really made his mark and separting himself from the James Bond series. This is a good action crime thriller. Rating: - Sean Connery's BestAs thriller,"Anderson Tapes"is average. However as theater - an ensemble piece - it's an American classic. Sean's best role: a likeable guy out of jail after staying quiet for ten years on behalf of the mob. They owe him a favor (small potatoes)which is the problem (they now prefer big business - linen service, construction, etc.). Ultimately they stake Connery and his magnificent raggedy crew to pull a major burglary (Sean's retirement). Meanwhile the FBI (in search of bigger fish) monitors Connery's ... Read More Rating: - Meticulous thriller!An Ex- con has planned with minimum detail every little step: he has designed all kind of electronic wonders and advanced technology : nothing should be wrong; except perhaps, certain twists of fate disguised as human factor that simply escape from your control. Christopher Walken's first feature : Balsam and Connery are particularly effective. Excellent direction of Sidney Lumet. |
