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Prince of the City
Warner DVD
Finally available on DVD for the
first time, this 1981 cop picture
may have been veteran police
angst chronicllor/director
Sidney Lumet's finest look at
the sub-culture of the police.
Starring a then cast of
unknowns-although some like
Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach and
Bob Balaban-would not stay as
such-Lumet does a pretty much
straight-up chronological
dissemination of the early 1970s
corruption scandal that rocked
the New York City police
department, just a few short
years after disgruntled cop
whistle-blower Frank Serpico
had exposed long standing,
systemic corruption and
wrong-doing by police.
This film, based on the best
selling book by Pat Daley, may
be a tad on the long side at 167
minutes, but with the amount of
ground needing to be covered
in the labyrinth that is policing in
NYC, length is a tool.
Starring Treat Williams as the
real life SIU detective, Bob
Leucci, it appears that Williams
climbs nicely in to Leucci's skin,
and perhaps Williams would
have been a worth Oscar winner
for his performance of the
tortured Leucci.
Of interesting topical note, is a
character in the film that was
partially based on a young Rudy
Giuliani who once was a US
attorney prosecuting crooked
cops.
Well, we all have to start
somewhere.
Disappointingly, this 2 DVD
"special edition" is rather light
on the extras, with only a new
featurette which is excellent but
not long enough, and the
original trailer.
The DVD transfer is, however,
superb even if the soundtrack is
remastered in but one channel
mono.
PRINCE OF THE CITY TRAILER
WARNER VID
Warner DVD
Finally available on DVD for the
first time, this 1981 cop picture
may have been veteran police
angst chronicllor/director
Sidney Lumet's finest look at
the sub-culture of the police.
Starring a then cast of
unknowns-although some like
Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach and
Bob Balaban-would not stay as
such-Lumet does a pretty much
straight-up chronological
dissemination of the early 1970s
corruption scandal that rocked
the New York City police
department, just a few short
years after disgruntled cop
whistle-blower Frank Serpico
had exposed long standing,
systemic corruption and
wrong-doing by police.
This film, based on the best
selling book by Pat Daley, may
be a tad on the long side at 167
minutes, but with the amount of
ground needing to be covered
in the labyrinth that is policing in
NYC, length is a tool.
Starring Treat Williams as the
real life SIU detective, Bob
Leucci, it appears that Williams
climbs nicely in to Leucci's skin,
and perhaps Williams would
have been a worth Oscar winner
for his performance of the
tortured Leucci.
Of interesting topical note, is a
character in the film that was
partially based on a young Rudy
Giuliani who once was a US
attorney prosecuting crooked
cops.
Well, we all have to start
somewhere.
Disappointingly, this 2 DVD
"special edition" is rather light
on the extras, with only a new
featurette which is excellent but
not long enough, and the
original trailer.
The DVD transfer is, however,
superb even if the soundtrack is
remastered in but one channel
mono.
PRINCE OF THE CITY TRAILER
WARNER VID