The Honeymoon Killers - Criterion Collection
by Leonard Kastle, Donald Volkman
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Actor: Doris Roberts, Kip McArdle, Mary Jane Higby, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo BiancoDirector: Donald Volkman, Leonard Kastle
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Criterion
Movie Reviews of The Honeymoon Killers - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: Excellent But Buyer Beware of Scam
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a great movie and Stoler did some good acting. But beware. There is a new scam going on Amazon that came across. I bought this very DVD from this page that said US. But when I got the DVD it was European. Not only did I pay a high price for this movie but I also got a movie that did not work. But wait. There's more. I checked my bank account and they charged me a $12 Wire FEE! I guess because it came from Austria. That's a new one on me. Why are we not informed of such a fee. Now I have spent almost $40 on a movie that I can not watch.
Summary of The Honeymoon Killers - Criterion Collection
Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler) is sullen, overweight and heartbreakingly alone. Desperate for affection, she joins Aunt Carrie's Friendship Club and strikes up a correspondence with Ray Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco), a suave, charismatic smooth talker who could be the man of her dreams-or a wicked con artist bound for trouble. Based on a true story and filmed in documentary-style black and white, The Honeymoon Killers is a stark portrayal of the desperate lengths a lonely heart will go to find true love, from brutally immoral killings to a passion that transcends all bounds.There's Bonnie and Clyde--then there's Martha and Ray. One-shot writer-director Leonard Kastle set out to make a film about lover-murderers that was everything Arthur Penn's movie was not. He succeeded. Consequently, The Honeymoon Killers, based on the Lonely Hearts Killers case of 1949, may be too lurid for some. But there's a heart beating inside its (tawdry) chest and Kastle clearly cared about these two crazy, mixed-up kids who should never have met. But met Martha (Shirley Stoler) and Ray (Tony LoBianco) did and proceeded to fleece several widows before doing them in. The film isn't graphic in its violence, but each murder is increasingly disturbing. Dramatic lighting and dark passages from Mahler keep the mood close and clammy throughout. Keep an eye out for Everybody Loves Raymond's Doris Roberts in a sharp cameo--and for shots directed by original helmer Martin Scorsese (fired for working too slowly). --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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