Starring
Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines, Richard Lynch, Ken
Kercheval, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon. Directed by Philip
D’Antoni. (1973/103 min).
For
us, there's Blu-Ray news and then there's great Blu-Ray news.
With
all due respect to the late, great John Frankenheimer, I've always
considered The Seven-Ups to be the real French Connection
II. Much more similar in tone and execution to the William
Friedkin film, original French Connection producer Philip
D’Antoni takes the director's chair (the only time in his
career) for this underappreciated classic. Roy Scheider also returns, this time as Buddy Manucci, who
leads a crack team of renegade cops known for taking down some of New
York's worst criminals.
No
Antoni production would be complete without a jaw-dropping extended car chase,
and The Seven-Ups features one just as gripping as those in
Bullitt and The French Connection (and all three were
orchestrated by legendary stunt coordinator Bill Hickman).
Now
my wish list has been shortened by one title because The Seven-Ups
is finally coming out of Blu-Ray. The good news is that the disc is
also loaded with bonus features (listed below). The bad news...being
a Twilight Time release, this is a Limited Edition of only 3,000
copies. So maybe I should shut up and stop telling you about it.
EXTRA
KIBBLES
FEATURETTES:
The Seven-Ups Connection / A Tony Lo Bianco Type / Real to Reel / Cut
to the Chase / Anatomy of a Chase: Behind the Scenes of the Filming
of The Seven-Ups
Isolated
Music Track of the Don Ellis Film Score
Isolated
Music Track of the Unused Johnny Mandel Score
Audio
Commentary with Film Historian Richard Harland Smith
Introduction
by Director-Producer Philip D’Antoni
Randy
Jurgensen’s Scrapbook
Super
8 Version
Original
Theatrical Trailers
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