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List Price: $19.94 | | Label: Columbia Pictures
Salesrank: 45607
Released: February 24, 2004 |
| Our Price: $10.03 |
| Used Price: $8.74 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Robert Duvall and more! Tense drama unfolds in a small town after a local bad guy escapes prison, causing everyone to fear what will happen when secret lives come to light.
Description of The Chase:
An almost absurdly star-studded cast brings to life Horton Foote's story of prejudice, violence, and frustrated love in The Chase. When Bubber Reeves (Robert Redford) escapes from prison, a drunken party in his hometown turns into a vigilante mob. The news disrupts the birthday celebration of a local oil tycoon (E.G. Marshall), whose son (James Fox) is having an affair with Reeves's wife Anna (Jane Fonda). Meanwhile, a bank vice-president (Robert Duvall) knows his wife (Janice Rule) is cheating on him but can't do anything about it except spread a little misery. The sheriff (Marlon Brando) struggles to hold things together until he can persuade Reeves to give himself up. The accents are thick and the emotions seem overwrought at first, but director Arthur Penn (Bonnie & Clyde, Little Big Man) weaves the multiple storylines together into an unsettling finale. Also featuring Angie Dickinson and Miriam Hopkins. --Bret Fetzer
The Chase Reviews:
Worth seeing for the stellar cast 
2009-11-19 - I loved this film when it first came out, due probably to the amazing cast. It's still wonderful to watch this group of talented, beautiful actors, all in their prime. The story doesn't hold up as well but it is well enough done to hold your interest.
Classic Brando 
2009-09-11 - The Chase is the film that exposed me to Marlon Brando's acting abilities even though it was not one of his best known films such as On the Waterfront, etc. In truth, the film bogs down far too long with the cocktail party scene, but otherwise it's an interesting film that parallels "In the Heat of the Night" in social statement and stature. No, not quite the quality of "Heat", but certainly worth seeing.
Good item and seller
2008-10-21 - Muddled but good story. Seemed unable to decide where it was going, but great performances by gret actors make it a keeper.
"Marlon Brando at his best"
2008-02-13 - I have always been a big fan of Marlon Brando movies and think he was a great actor and this movie shows him at his best. Yes the other actors in the film many of which were big name stars in their own right did well but as in many of Mr. Brandos films his performance made the film. He was truly an awesome screen presence regardless of who else was acting with him.
This is a film that many Brando fans missed but is definately worth seeing.
A good but uncomfortable movie
2007-08-24 - I have no doubt that my small town in Georgia could have easily been the backdrop of this film forty years ago. Despite that, when I sat down to watch this I thought it was a little slow getting started, but somewhere around the middle you realize that it was necessary to lay the ground work. For the longest time I couldn't believe Redford's character's name was Bubber and not Bubba. Anyhoot, I'm not a Brando fan. Sorry. But I think he's highly overrated and was really famous because he was quite a looker when he was younger. To my surprise, I actually enjoyed him in this film. I wasn't too impressed with Redford, but we can't always get it right. Overall, this a good film and really worth seeing.
