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Against all odds Cover Image DVD

Against all odds [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a New Visions production ; a Taylor Hackford film ; screenplay by Eric Hughes ; produced by Taylor Hackford, William S. Gilmore ; directed by Taylor Hackford.

Bridges, Jeff, 1949- (actor). Carlton, Larry. (composer). Colombier, Michel. (composer). Gilmore, William S. (producer). Greer, Jane, 1924-2001 (actor). Hackford, Taylor, 1944- (producer, director). Karras, Alex. (actor). Steinkamp, Fredric. (film editor). Steinkamp, William. (film editor). Thorin, Donald E. (cinematographer). Ward, Rachel, 1957- (actor). Widmark, Richard. (actor). Woods, James, 1947- (actor). Columbia Pictures Industries. (Added Author). Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). New Visions Pictures. (Added Author). Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark. (Cast).

Summary:

Terry Brogan, a cynical ex-football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler, the runaway mistress of a ruthless L.A. nightclub owner, Jake Wise. According to Jake, Jessie had stabbed him and vanished with $50,000. But Terry's mission is soon forgotten when he tracks down the beautiful Jessie on a Mexican island and falls in love with her.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0767821491
  • ISBN: 9780767821490
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special edition
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
1999 videodisc release of the 1984 motion picture by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Features include: theatrical trailers ; scene access ; production notes ; director and screenwriter commentary ; two music videos ; deleted scenes with optional director's commentary ; talent files.
Remake of the 1947 film, Out of the past.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Donald Thorin; music, Michel Colombier, Larry Carlton; editor, Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp.
Participant or Performer Note:
Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital ; digitally remastered audio & anamorphic video ; English 2-channel (Dolby surround).
Language Note:
Closed captioned.
In English; with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai.

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Genre:
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