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The Professionals [Blu-ray] | ![The Professionals [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BaTOreSDL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Richard Brooks
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Jack Palance
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 6937
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: 043396162150
UPC: 043396162150
EAN: 0043396162150
ASIN: B000HEVZ76
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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Product Description
Soldiers of fortune are hired by a rich rancher to rescue his wife from revolutionary Mexican kidnappers.
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Before The Wild Bunch, there was The Professionals, Richard Brooks's marvelous ode to friendship, loyalty, and disillusionment. It may not have the stylistic bravado or fatalistic doom of the legendary Sam Peckinpah film, but Brooks's storytelling is simple and steady and just as insightful. The difference is Brooks is a lot more optimistic. Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster are buddies who have drifted into oblivion after fighting together in the Mexican Revolution. Marvin, the principled loyalist and munitions expert, lost his wife and his heart. Lancaster, the dynamite expert and unprincipled adventurer, keeps losing his pants. They team up with wrangler Robert Ryan and archer Woody Strode to rescue the beguiling Claudia Cardinale, who has been kidnapped by their old revolutionary buddie Jack Palance. So it's back into bloody Mexico they go on a "mission of mercy" for railroad tycoon Ralph Bellamy, who's paying handsomely for the return of his wife.
But nothing is what it seems in this exciting, existential adventure, which was beautifully shot by Conrad Hall. Sarcastic quips, philosophical musings, and heart-rending reversals underlie Brooks's humanistic sentiments. These are tired, world-weary men who somehow find the strength and the will to pull together for the sake of love and commitment. Through it all, Brooks seems to be lamenting a decline in professionalism much deeper than his story. He's decrying Hollywood and the society at large, anticipating Peckinpah's later strategy. --Bill Desowitz
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 The Professionals DVD July 5, 2010
Manny M. Agah
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An entertaining Western with fine cast, beautiful photography, and good performances. In my opinion, Maurice Jarre's score is mostly too joyful and inappropriate for many serious and suspenseful scenes of the movie. The 2.35:1 picture is enhanced and excellent.
 A real western. June 14, 2010
william bissell
Next to the "Magnificent Seven", this is one of the best westerns ever made. Lee Marvin and Bert Lancaster are outstanding cowboys and perfect for the parts. I'll bet if Sam Pekinpah would have directed it, it would have won an Oscar.
THE PROFESSIONALS March 15, 2010
Anthony J. Caiati
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The quality is just fine, the movie is as I remember it from 1967 when I first viewed it. Thanks A.J. Caiati
Classic February 15, 2010
Willy D. Reviewer (San Francisco,CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Buy this DVD. Every actor is in their prime and the script is good.
Hold that thought -- Robert Ryan was dying of cancer when he made this movie. He wanted to leave on top, and he did.
The Professionals February 1, 2010
Gregory B. Arnold
A very good movie. The special features with interviews with surviving members of the cast are well done and add some nice footnotes. The discussion regarding location shoots for this film are also a good addition.
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