Topaz
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Dany Robin, Frederick Stafford, John Vernon, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli Director: Alfred Hitchcock Brand: NBC Universal Cinematographer: Jack Hildyard Producer: Alfred Hitchcock Editor: William H. Ziegler Producer: Herbert Coleman Writer: Leon Uris Writer: Samuel A. Taylor DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 143 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-06-20 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Universal Studios |
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Movie Reviews of Topaz
Movie Review: Who's on first?
Summary: 4 Stars
As so many people are I'm a Hitchcock fan. For some reason I've never seen this movie before. What a treat to happen upon an old friend in new clothes! This movie is based on Leon Uris' Cold War/Bay of Pigs novel of the same name. Agents and double agents, people changing allegiances, no way to tell who's telling the truth or even why they're saying and doing things. The photography (as is almost always true with Hitchcock) is startling. He does an omniscient thing by photographing from above so often interspersed with his signature WAY too close up shots. I was most struck by the actor who played Deveraux. I haven't read Uris' book so I'm not sure what his intent was but there doesn't seem to be any one character who you feel completely sympathetic with so it was hard to feel fully `present'. Not one of Hitchcock's best movie but hey, it's still Hitchcock.