The Betsy (1978) DVD - Full Screen - Dolby Digital
Mono 2.0 Retail
The Betsy (1978) DVD - Full Screen - Dolby Digital
Mono 2.0 Retail
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THE
BETSY, directed by Daniel Petrie and based on Harold
Robbins's sordid potboiler about several generations of
an American car manufacturing dynasty, stars Laurence
Olivier as 90-year-old Loren Hardeman, who rules the
family with an iron fist. The clan, nonetheless, is
constantly involved in intrigues and affairs ranging
from adultery to abuse of power. Although Loren has
passed along the family business to his grandson, Loren
Hardeman III (Robert Duvall), he has one idea that he is
desperate to realize. The Betsy is Loren's dream car,
named after his doting great-granddaughter (Kathleen
Beller), and he hires Angelo Perino (a young and
seductive Tommy Lee Jones) to help him secretly create
the economical, efficient vehicle. Angelo is an injured
race car driver who diligently works to design the car
while seducing Betsy and having an affair with Loren
III's mistress (a terrifically haughty Lesley-Anne
Down). But the money-grubbing auto industry isn't too
fond of Loren's secret pursuit, and their desire to
sabotage him soon sets off more melodramatic action than
a family can handle. This soap opera, brimming over with
intrigue and seduction has been compared to television's
DYNASTY and other spicy tales of romance and big money
power plays. Petrie's film is certainly ripe with
scandal, melodrama, and an enjoyably campy all-star
cast, including Katharine Ross, Jane Alexander, and Paul
Rudd. THE BETSY also features music composed by the
legendary John Barry!!
Features/Specifications
Attractive Retail Box
Genre: Dramas,
Drama, Family Interaction, Suspense
Rating:
R (MPAA)
Starring:
Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Jane Alexander,
Tommy Lee Jones, Katharine Ross, Lesley-Anne Downe,
Edward Herrmann
Directed By:
Daniel Petrie
Release Information:
Studio: Warner Studios
Theatrical Release Date: February
9, 1978
DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004
Run Time: 125 minutes
Production Company: Warner Home
Video
Package Type: Snap Case
Encoding:
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada
only).
This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other
countries.
