Manhunter (1986)

Director: Michael Mann  Starring: Brian Cox  William L. Petersen  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Anchor Bay
Format: DVD
UPC: 00013131254792
Buy.com Sku: 40220805
Item#: V9YPPC
Category Keywords: Action  Cannibalism  Disturbing  Essential Cinema  Killer  Psychos  Recommended  Suspense  Theatrical Release  Thriller 
Rating: NR
 
 
Features: DVD, Director's Cut, Widescreen
 


Editor's Note

Retired FBI agent Will Graham (William L. Petersen) returns to action to hunt down a serial killer by using his ability to get inside the psychopath's mind. However, it was this ability that drove him into retirement in the first place. The process of tracking and capturing the infamous Hannibal Lecter (Brian Cox) took a tremendous psychic toll on Graham, causing him to spent time in a mental hospital. With another madman on the loose, Graham has no choice but to return to duty, though he knows that it might cost him his family and his sanity.

To get the old mind-set back, Graham visits Hannibal Lecter in his high-security jail cell. However, the manipulative Lecter plays both sides and warns the new killer that Graham is on his trail, telling him to destroy Graham's family to protect himself. In order to save his own family, Graham must risk everything to once again enter into the mind of the criminally insane.

With MANHUNTER, Mann raises the bar for serial killer films, imbuing his killer with an almost sympathetic quality while keeping him extremely menacing and clearly dangerous. Based on the Thomas Harris novel RED DRAGON, which serves as the prequel to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, MANHUNTER is a masterpiece of gripping storytelling and psychological horror.


Plot Summary

Based on the Thomas Harris novel RED DRAGON, MANHUNTER has all the ingredients of a great thriller. Will Graham is a former FBI agent who has the uncanny ability to enter the minds of psychopaths. When a maniac begins killing entire families, Will is drawn out of retirement to use his skill once again--but at great personal cost.

 

Features
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
THX Mastered Audio
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Michael Mann - Director
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus




 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Anchor Bay
Release Date: 7/8/2003
Running Time: 124 minutes
Original Release Date: 1986
Catalog ID: 12547
UPC: 00013131254792
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Joan Allen
Chris Elliott
Dennis Farina
Frankie R. Faison
Brian Cox
Kim Greist
Brian Kelly
Tom Noonan
William L. Petersen
Stephen Lang
Dino De Laurentiis - Producer
Michael Mann - Screenwriter
Thomas Harris - Source Writer
Dante Spinotti - Director of Photography
Michael Mann - Director

 
Memorable Quotes
"You want the scent? Smell yourself."----Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox) to Will Graham (William L. Petersen)

"You had certain disadvantages."----Will Graham, explaining to Lektor how he was able to capture him. "What disadvantages?"----Hannibal Lecktor "You're insane."----Will Graham

"If one does what God does enough times, one will become as God is."----Hannibal Lecktor, giving Will Graham an archaic clue


 
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
"...[Noonan] burns up the frame...[as] one of the freakiest madmen Hollywood has ever given us....You'll never listen to IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA without locking the doors again..." -- Rating: B 06/21/1996 pp.72-3

Variety
"...Brian Cox has some delicious moments as a brilliant, depraved criminal....Stephen Lang is outrageously despicable..." 08/13/1986

Los Angeles Times
"...[Mann] mounts his film with the speed of a bullet train and virtually defies us to get off while it's in motion..." 08/15/1986 p.C1

Total Film
"...Gripping and packed with director Michael Mann's visual stylistics..." 04/01/2001 p.112

  
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