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Frantic [DVD] [1988]

Staring: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Djiby Soumare, Dominique Virton
Director: Roman Polanski
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Product Details
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0732190011787
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 2
Release Date: 1999-10-25
Running Time: 115
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1988-02-26

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Editorial Review
Amazon.co.uk Review
Living in exile in Paris after eluding a controversial charge of statutory rape in America, director Roman Polanski seemed professionally adrift during the 1980s, making only one film (the ill-fated Pirates) between 1979 and 1988. Then Polanski found inspiration--and a major star in Harrison Ford--to make Frantic, a thriller that played directly into Polanski's gift for creating an atmosphere of mystery, dread, escalating suspense and uncertain fate. Set in Paris (Polanski couldn't go to Hollywood, so Hollywood came to him), the story begins when an American heart surgeon (Ford) arrives in the City of Lights with his wife (Betty Buckly) for a medical convention. They check into a posh hotel, and in a brilliantly directed scene, Ford takes a shower and emerges to find that his wife has vanished. This mysterious disappearance--and a confusion between two identical pieces of luggage--leads Ford into the Paris underground and a plot that grows increasingly dangerous as he approaches the truth of his wife's disappearance. The plot of Frantic gets too complicated, and the pace drops off in the cluttered second half, but in Polanski's capable hands the film is blessed with moments of heightened suspense in the tradition of classic thrillers. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Ford, Seigner, And Some Extra Baggage, 2007-02-18
Frantic follows the story of a doctor (played by Harrison Ford) who is en route to a conference with his wife when there occurs a mix-up with their luggage. In fact, there ensues a big mix-up with everything as Ford's wife gets kidnapped by the owner of the other case, and Ford finds himself chasing around Paris on the heels of a vixen smuggler (Emmanuelle Seigner)and her unsavoury underworld connections to find out how he can get his wife back.

Although I've seen `Frantic' billed as a "Taut Hitchcockian Thriller" it's really far from that, there are too many Hollywood slapstick "lighteners" punctuating the storyboard for me to have been gripped in that kind of a way. Plus, with Harrison Ford sharing the stage and most of the story with Emmanuelle Seigner it's actually her character that I became interested in as the plot developed. Coupled with the fact that she dresses provocatively through most if not all of the film, and even begins to backchat with Ford as if they were a long-established couple themselves ... could I be forgiven for forgetting that his wife existed?

For me it's the main flaw in the film, as the chemistry between Ford and Seigner develops in a way we don't see developing between him and his wife. So personally I was kind of suspecting that Ford might not ever see his wife again, and that to compensate we might have he and Seigner's characters ending up together. But you'd have to see the film to discover what really happens.

I'm not a great fan of the action adventure genre and was lured into this by some false advertising as mentioned, however I did really enjoy it, even if I did temporarily forget about Harrison Ford's wife. Sorry, Harry.

Only Paris can be that dangerous for American individuals, 2008-01-05
Discover Paris the way you would probably never see it. Garbage collecting trucks shown three times in the film. The French police that understands English and does not like nervous Americans, and they send their incognito agents behind the man they have more or less sent to hell. The US embassy obviously speaking with a forked tongue, being reassuring on one side and sending its secret agents behind the American citizen at once without telling him of course (S*** for S***head as Dr Walker says). Then a Statue of Liberty, the original mind you, seen and shown nearly too much. Underground parking lots that are crime avenues. Parisian zinc roofs. French taxis with black taxi drivers getting a flat on a highway. Then constant contradictions between tipping and not tipping in hotels. And all kinds of dealings and dealers along the river's embankments, in all kinds of underground structures, or airports, or night clubs, or bars, or whatever. A dangerous life for simple American tourists, but vacations remembered forever. Anyway in Paris only the French and the Arabs apparently die. Funny more than thrilling but well acted and that is a real pleasure.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines

Black Thriller That Makes You Come Back For More, 2007-10-20
Imagine going on a business trip, to attend a medical conference; then find your wife has gone missing? This is what happened to Dr Richard Walker (Ford - The Fugitive, Firewall) and he's alone, trying desperately to find his wife Sonia (Betty Buckley - Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, Monk just to name a few) and he doesn't really speak French.

He manages to get the authorities notified but his plight just seems to be going nowhere so he goes it alone, and find this mysterious Michelle (Emmanuelle Seigner) who is more than willing to help as she has her own interests in this.

Soon enough, they find themselves in a dangerous position, hand over what they want for Sonia, and Richard gets very nervious, and Michelle feels out of her depth.

This is an excellent movie, and a classic Roman Polanski movie. The team work well, specially Ford's character as he's genuinely worried and makes the story what it is. Michelle is also great, her moodiness and anxieties come out well. We also see John Mahoney from Frasier, which is great. His role as an official for the USA is pretty good.

The relationship between Michelle and Richard is very interesting, and makes him consider his position with Sonia, whether he's really going to stay with Michelle if everything goes wrong, and sets him a moral dilema.

The story keeps you on your feet and you find yourself begging to find out what will happen next. Even better is that it's got the come back factor, leave it for a year and come back to it, it's nearly as exciting as seeing it for the first time.

The DVD is a bit of a let down, mainly due to lack of extras but if you don't really want to see much else than the film then you'll be very happy with it. The sound and picture are pretty good, but with age and HD now in play it does look dated techincally. Still, this shouldn't put you off as it's excellent.

I was hoping for a 20th aniversary edition with loads of extras, but I doubt we'll see that!

Emmanuelle Seigner steals the whole Film., 2008-09-20
Emmanuelle Seigner (born June 22, 1966) is a César Award nominated French actress and former fashion model, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in La Vie En Rose, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Frantic.

She married Polanski in 1989 which was one year after Frantic was released
and they have two children and they live in Paris.

Its one of the best Polanski Films and anyone who knows Paris will feel at Home.

Frantic does not really get going until he meets Emmanuelle Seigner and from that moment she steals the whole Film.

top-notch suspense, 2009-10-20
A convention in Paris, a wife gone missing, an incompetent officialdom, a girl in a tight red dress, Israelis and Arabs competing for a hi-tech trophy... out of this mix Roman Polanski fashions a top-notch suspense-drama. The film's attention to detail and pacing are marks of the very best movie story-telling. Harrison Ford is as good as he gets (which is pretty good) but he is outshone by Emannuelle Seigneur and a fabulous supporting cast. I have seen this a few times now, and it does not fade.