Death Wish (1974)

Note Générale:

7,0/10   

Réalisateur:

Michael Winner

Scénaristes:

Brian Garfield (novel)
Wendell Mayes (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

24 juillet 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime

Accroche:

Vigilante, city style -- Judge, Jury, and Executioner

Intrigue:

A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark.

Plot Keywords:

New York | Gun | City | Architect | Police

Récompenses:

1 win & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

The Way Action Movies Should Be

Ensemble

Charles Bronson	...	Paul Kersey
Hope Lange	...	Joanna Kersey
Vincent Gardenia	...	Detective Frank Ochoa
Steven Keats	...	Jack Toby
William Redfield	...	Sam Kreutzer
Stuart Margolin	...	Ames Jainchill
Stephen Elliott	...	Police Commissioner
Kathleen Tolan	...	Carol Toby
Jack Wallace	...	Hank
Fred J. Scollay	...	District Attorney
Chris Gampel	...	Ives
Robert Kya-Hill	...	Joe Charles
Edward Grover	...	Lt. Briggs (as Ed Grover)
Jeff Goldblum	...	Freak #1
Christopher Logan	...	Freak #2

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Sidewalk Vigilante (USA) (working title)

Durée:

93 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Italien | Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Finland:K-18 (2003) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1974) (cut) | Iceland:16 | UK:18 (re-rating) (2006) (uncut) | West Germany:18 (f) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R

Lieux de tournage:

2 Park Avenue, Murray Hill, East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Société:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Anecdotes:

Filming during production was so cold, that crew members complained of the water of their eyes freezing. These weather conditions forced them to wear face masks.

Goofs:

Continuité: In the beginning when Mrs. Kersey and daughter in-law leave store, they walk past 2 guys carrying a couch across the side walk. In the next shot, the two women are some distance past the movers but the couch is still being carried across the sidewalk.

Guillemet:

Paul Kersey: Nothing to do but cut and run, huh? What else? What about the old American social custom of self-defense? If the police don't defense us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves.
Jack Toby: We're not pioneers anymore, Dad.
Paul Kersey: What are we, Jack?
Jack Toby: What do you mean?
Paul Kersey: I mean, if we're not pioneers, what have we become? What do you call people who, when they're faced with a condition or fear, do nothing about it, they just run and hide?
Jack Toby: Civilized?
Paul Kersey: No.

Connexions:

Référencé sur "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven: Death Wish (#1.10)" (1998)

The Way Action Movies Should Be

Just a few quick facts presented in Death Wish:

1. All violent criminals are the scum of the earth. 2. Deep down, we're all conservatives. 3. Charles Bronson will never be equaled. 4. Death Wish is an underrated film.

Disclaimer: This is not sarcasm. It's just the way things are.