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Homicide (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Joe Mantegna (Actor), William H. Macy (Actor), David Mamet (Director) Rated:
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3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 98 ratings
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Genre Mystery & Suspense
Format Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Dolby, Multiple Formats
Contributor David Mamet, Alaric Jans, Ving Rhames, Barbara Tulliver, William H. Macy, Joe Mantegna, Roger Deakins See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 42 minutes
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Joe Mantegna plays Baltimore homicide detective Bobby Gold in what appears, at first blush, to be a gritty, straightforward cop opera. Soon, however, Gold is assigned to a murder case that he doesn't want, a case involving a Jewish woman's murder. As he gets deeper into the case, Gold finds himself pushed by circumstance into a profound identity crisis-and winds up torn between his honor as a policeman and his heritage as a Jew. Starring Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Natalija Nogulich Director David Mamet.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 1.6 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CRRN1833DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ David Mamet
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Dolby, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 42 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 8, 2009
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Ving Rhames
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002E01M8I
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 98 ratings

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M. Alley
5.0 out of 5 stars Dialogue, Plot, Realism -- Where's the DVD??
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2005
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I too, like many of the other reviewers, am tired of viewing my old and worn VHS version of this movie. This is one of a very few movies I absolutely MUST have in DVD.

A 1991 film, "Homicide" opened the careers of two very important stars: William H. Macy, and Ving Rhames. A very under-rated and seldom-seen Joe Mantegna stars as Detective Bobby Gold, who works for an unstated northeastern police department that looks every bit like Baltimore PD.

The department is after the killer of two cops. The FBI attempts to arrest the suspected killer (in a wonderfully understated, quiet but efficient initial scene) but manages to let him vanish. The heat is on the mayor's office and politics rage. Det. Gold is called a "kike" by one of the mayor's black handlers. In the process of tracking down the cops' killer, Gold manages to get himself involved in the homicide of an older Jewish woman killed in her store. Was she the target of everyday thugs, or the mark of someone continuing the Jewish pogrom?

"We'll bust this big criminal; we'll swagger around." And William H. Macy gives an award winning smile.

From there, all is not as it seems. When Det. Gold begins to investigate all that he believes, he discovers, at the end, that all is, in fact, nothing but irony.

And because I am in law enforcement I know, emphatically, that that which you thought was one thing may, in fact, be clearly another. Something that you never anticipated -- but your mind must be open to receive -- has come to fruition.

This movie is ALL about irony. I'll not be the spoiler. But it is also about dialogue (any Mamet movie is not unlike any Howard Hawks movie -- THAT distinctive a discernation about dialogue!).

And the realization that all is not what it seems.

Because I have seen so many, the death scene of William H. Macy particularly strikes home with me. It is clear, it is abrupt, it is disjointed. "Remember the time?"

I bought this VHS tape in 1992 from Tower, as it was marked $92.95. A wonderful movie then and now.
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JmAhAndrews
4.0 out of 5 stars Mamet is the man!
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013
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Excellent David Mamet film! Better than House of Cards but not as good as Glengarry Glenn Ross! Joe Montegna is good as always!
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Matthew Horne
5.0 out of 5 stars Rated R for Language only
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2021
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This was my introduction into Mamet's style of film making and I thought it was great save the vulgar language throughout. Although authentic I'm sure, I would have much preferred it removed. Filmmakers continue to limit themselves in reaching a broader audience in poor writing in order to meet "realism"
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Glenn Gallagher
3.0 out of 5 stars More of a Play than a Movie
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2010
I think David Mamet is brilliant, actually, just not in film-making, but in the writing of theatrical plays. The problem with this movie is that it looks exactly like a play that has been converted to a movie. The dialogue is incredibly artificial (nobody talks like that in real life), the acting very strange and contrived, and the main point of the film turns out to be a red herring.

I really do like "literate" films, but I guess Mamet is an acquired taste. Unfortunately, I found the film just mediocre when all is said and done. Apologies to all the Mamet fans in the world. However, he has made lots of other good movies, this one just didn't hit the mark.
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BalgarFung
2.0 out of 5 stars Good have been good but failed in delivery
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2021
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The plot had the potential for an interesting story but never really got more than skin deep on the story. The dialog seemed wooden, almost to the point of comical - they should of hired a police consultant for the dialog. Police just don't talk the way it was portrayed. It as almost like "The Other Guys" but instead with bad dialog and not funny. The serious parts of the story were never developed and thus left the plot sort of empty. If you are looking for a serious movie, this is not it. If you have time to burn and half a case of beer, then OK watch it.
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robin hardy
5.0 out of 5 stars Homicide is beautifully complex and as entertaining as The Spanish Prisoner
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2013
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While I can't review the DVD I bought because there are no English subtitles and I asked for them because I am deaf, I can guarantee that Homicide is an excellent film and David Mamet is at his best. I don't know how and to whom I can return the tape because I wasn't paying attention.
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Linda
4.0 out of 5 stars Good to go
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2011
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Very good-language is a little rough in areas, but it's an over-all good film. Anyone who likes crime drama should like this film.
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minorwork
5.0 out of 5 stars Finding the mind is the slave of emotions for the hold it has on your balls.
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2013
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Mind, reasoning mind serves detectives. Detectives serve their bosses often in seeming low level cases. The low level case hides the life changing apocalypse coming in a revelation of self that shows a dark side of knowledge.
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Lutz Hagestedt
5.0 out of 5 stars Homicide - Mordkommission
Reviewed in Germany on September 1, 2013
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A good price-quality-balance. Ein herrliches Zusammenspiel von Regisseur (David Mamet) und Schauspieler (Joe Mantegna). Jedem zu empfehlen, der subtile Spannung und intelligente Geschichten mag.
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D J Jackson: Passionate about Film.
4.0 out of 5 stars DAVID MAMET’S POWERFUL & INTELLIGENT STUDY OF BETRAYAL.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2021
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This is a review of the 2010 Region 2 DVD from Optimum Home Releasing. Sadly there appears to be little choice when purchasing this 1991 crime thriller. This version has apparently been digitally restored, and the sound is excellent, but though the colour Is good, the picture is still a tad grainy. However, this is still a very watchable edition.

Born in Chicago of Polish Jewish heritage, David Mamet is responsible for the screenplays of several big-hitting films, mostly in the Noir/Crime genre, including ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’(1981) and ‘The Untouchables’(1987). But Mamet is a celebrated playwright and author, who is also active in the world of film. If you are familiar with David Mamet’s film of his own Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’(1992), then you will not be surprised by this film, which he made the previous year.

‘Glengarry’ is a cold-eyed drama about the thoroughly unscrupulous individuals working in a Chicago Real Estate office. Though fascinating, it is an irredeemably nasty, unsavoury, disturbing film, quite exhausting to watch. It is also very wordy, and makes no attempt to hide its stage origins. The dialogue is quite mannered, and doesn’t really try for a natural approach. In my view, to a degree, the same is true of ‘Homicide’, although it does not have its origins in a stage play, and there is considerably more location work than in the singularly claustrophobic ‘Glengarry’.

The film was made in Baltimore, and is essentially a ‘police procedural’, centring on the Baltimore Police’s Homicide Department, and one of their more experienced detectives, Bobby Gold. Gold is apparently, a ‘lapsed’ Jew, with little sense of his own cultural, racial or religious identity. He is sensitive to racial slurs, in a department where awareness of race is writ large and racial name-calling is rife, but where white, African-American and Jewish detectives apparently work closely and effectively together. Gold is brilliantly played, with resigned dignity, by Joe Mantegna, a regular in Mamet’s works, and also a Chicagoan, but ironically a Roman Catholic of Italian heritage.

The film follows Gold, as he works on two very different homicide investigations, one of which he sees as important, the other, initially as a minor irritant. But the case begins to sensitise Gold to his own Jewishness, and to make him confront, apparently for the first time, what it really means to be a Jew. Moreover, the cases also highlight a host of issues relating to loyalty and betrayal, involving family, colleagues, one’s heritage, which go far beyond issues of Jewishness. These are fascinating questions, and by no means easy. And the question that hangs over everything is: “What is the greater good?”

This is a hugely powerful, gripping and intelligent film, quite demanding but fascinating. It contains plenty of hard-nosed action, and some nicely Noirish moments, but is certainly different from any routine ‘policier’ you may be familiar with. 4 absorbing Stars.
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B.Planinger
1.0 out of 5 stars DVD lässt sich auf keinem Gerät abspielen
Reviewed in Germany on May 2, 2014
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Ich wollte mir am Wochenende den Film ansehen und hatte mich richtig drauf gefreut. Leider lässt sich die DVD nicht abspielen, weder auf einem unserer beiden DVD Player noch auf PC. Allerdings wurde der Kaufpreis nach Rücksendung anstandslos erstattet.
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Smee
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't stop thinking about this one...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2009
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Though I've no clear idea what it means -- not really, not finally -- this is a powerful film that deserves to be better known. The pace is right, keeping you going and keeping you guessing, and both Macy and Mantegna are great here. No one better at making the Mamet dialogue work: ordinary words that come out like poetry. You will be confused at the end. So is the protagonist. But it's the kind of confusion that knocks you off balance for a reason (I hope). I think about it often having watched it twice in one day. It's that kind of a film. In my opinion, Mamet's best.
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John O.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 17, 2015
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Great film. Disc in excellent condition.
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