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L.A. Witch Hunting (Cast a Deadly Spell, Spain Import, see details for languages)
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Genre | Comedy |
Format | Import, Widescreen, PAL |
Contributor | Cast a Deadly Spell, Alexandra Powers, Fred Ward, Martin Campbell, Julianne Moore, Arnetia Walker, Lee Tergesen, Clancy Brown, David Warner, Raymond O'Connor, Peter Allas, Charles Hallahan See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 96 minutes |
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Product Description
Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: In 1948 Los Angeles, everyone uses magic- everyone except hard-boiled private detective H. Phillip Lovecraft, who refuses for 'personal reasons.' Lovecraft is hired by a mysterious rich man to recover a stolen book, the Necronomicon. Investigating, he finds that the book holds the key to taking over the world by magical means, releasing the 'Old Ones'. ...Cast a Deadly Spell
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.77:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 19.69 x 19.69 x 11.02 inches; 2.82 ounces
- Director : Martin Campbell
- Media Format : Import, Widescreen, PAL
- Run time : 96 minutes
- Release date : June 1, 2019
- Actors : David Warner, Julianne Moore, Fred Ward, Clancy Brown, Alexandra Powers
- Dubbed: : Spanish
- Subtitles: : Spanish
- Producers : Cast a Deadly Spell
- Language : Russian (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Studio : Dunlop
- ASIN : B07BP7ZD8G
- Country of Origin : Spain
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #47,788 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
- #1,402 in PC-compatible Games
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Supernoirtural would be the perfect word for this film. Cast a Deadly Spell is a fascinating anomaly, a rare treat and a helluva fun ride. It was made for HBO in 1991, directed by Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro) and starring Fred Ward (as Lovecraft), Clancy Brown, David Warner, and Julianne Moore as Lovecraft’s ex-lover and current gun moll, Connie Stone. And since it’s inexplicably never been released on DVD, it’s never seen the audience that it deserves. This is a pitch-perfect blend of film noir, droll comedy, and Lovecraftian horror. The script (by Joseph Dougherty) is smart, funny without being silly, and filled with perfectly-placed nods to H.P. Lovecraft’s oeuvre.
Fred Ward is fantastic as the gruff, acerbic detective, having great fun with the über-noir dialogue. Clancy Brown makes a magnificent gangster heavy, Julianne Moore would fit perfectly alongside Barbara Stanwyck as a classic noir dame, and David Warner is in prime form. Director Campbell fully embraces the tale’s pulpy roots and directs with the most stylish flair I’ve seen out of him; it’s almost as though he filmed it in the style of the old Roger Corman shlock films, with exaggerated shots and colors cranked up to 11. The performances ground the film and the direction gives it more class than its origins as a cheap made-for-cable movie should warrant. It’s a heady, exuberant pairing.
With the talent both behind and in front of the camera for this made-for-TV flick, it’s incredible that it’s never seen a DVD release. It managed an ugly VHS transfer (and, thanks to the internet, a rather cruddy but serviceable copy can be downloaded) but it’s high time for HBO to release this gem on home video. Two-fisted, brawny action, horror-tinged, a tad campy (in all the right ways)…this is a magnificently fun film that needs to seen.
I've been a huge Fred Ward fan since I saw him in the, also AWESOME, sadly underrated, Remo Williams; as a kid. He shines here (basically, pulling out his gumshoe & grins character he also uses, to crackling perfection, in Robert Altman's, genius tour-de-force, The Player) as the 'only private dick, in LA, who don't use magick'.
This, 90s, made-for-HBO film combines MANY of my favorite things: Pulp 40s noir, the LA streetcar conspiracy, 'Lovecraftian' magick, private dicks spittin' wise, rich dames up to no good, etc. & does a great job of keeping it all true to source, juicy & lean.
If what I've said here makes you wanna watch this, watch it. It's a great little gem, w great actors, fun special effects & it's fun to pull out from time to time, like a favorite pulp paperback.
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