| An American heart
surgeon is confronted with a heartbreaking mystery when he
arrives in Paris for a convention and his wife
inexplicably vanishes. His search for her leads him into
an urban underworld where he forges an alliance with a
beautiful young woman who holds the only clue to his
wife's whereabouts. Roman Polanski's FRANTIC is an
engaging thriller in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock.
Harrison Ford plays Richard Walker, an American heart
surgeon vacationing with his wife, Sondra (Betty Buckley),
in Paris, where he is to attend a medical convention.
Sondra suddenly and unexpectedly disappears from the
couple's hotel room while Richard is taking a shower, and
when she doesn't return after several hours, he decides to
report the incident. But neither the French police nor the
U.S. embassy offers much help or even appears particularly
interested in his dilemma. On the brink of despair, Walker
decides to embark on an investigation himself, aided by
Michelle (Emmanuelle Seigner), a carefree, seductive
gamine who is also mixed up in the case, as he discovers
after tracing back to her a mysterious piece of switched
luggage that he suspects his wife's kidnappers are after.
When the mismatched duo finally succeed in tracking down
the perpetrators, it becomes apparent that the stakes in
this extortion scheme are far higher than they imagined.
Ford, cast somewhat against type, gives a credible,
low-key performance as the anxious Walker. Polanski also
co-wrote this suspenseful film, assigning the female lead
to his young wife (Seigner)!! |
- Attractive Retail Box
- Genre:
Dramas, Drama, Kidnapping And Missing Persons,
Psychodrama, Spies, Thriller, Mistaken Identity,
Recommended
- Rating:
14A (Canadian Home Video Rating)
- Starring:
Betty Buckley, Harrison Ford, John Mahoney,
Emmanuelle Seigner
- Directed By: Roman
Polanski
- Release Information:
- Studio: Warner
Studios
- Theatrical Release Date: February 26, 1988
- DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004
- Run Time: 120 minutes
- Production Company: Warner Home Video
- Package Type: Snap Case
- DVD Features:
-
Encoding:
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other
countries.
- Aspect Ratio(s):
- Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
- Available Audio Tracks:
- English (Dolby Digital
2.0 Surround)
- Closed Captioned:
Yes
- Bonus Features:
-
No Extras
- Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
|
