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It's better than the 1994 remake starring Kim Basinger and husband Alec Baldwin, but this 1972 thriller relies too heavily on the low-key star power of Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, and the stylish v...( read more 
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MCT:June 27, 2008
Gritty and violent..this is vintage Peckinpah....McQueen and Macgraw sizzle in the southwestern heat....tense and suspenseful drama..this is really good stuff
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MCT:June 25, 2008Hell yeah.Steve McQueen and AliMcgraw unleash explosive action and adrenaline in this amazing action classic lot better than his 1994 remake.McQueen proves here why is the coolest man of the world and his movies are preety awesome(like Bullit,for example). With gunshots,explosions,deadbodies and some romance,The Getaway is the kind of movie that goes faster and faster.
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MCT:May 13, 2008Based on Jim Thompson's novel, The Getaway finds director Sam Peckinpah, and king of cool actor Steve McQueen turn to hard grit drama after the sedate splendour of Junior Bonner earlier in the year.
Doc McCoy is released early from prison due to some string pulling from influential gangster Jack Benyon, however it comes under condition that McCoy pulls off a bank robbery for the gruff smarmy Benyon. Thus the seed is sown for double crosses, murder, cross country pursuits, adultery, and carnage Peckinpah style. Steve McQueen is excellent as McCoy, few actors can claim to look so good when popping off a pump action shotgun, or shooting a pistol complete with arm recoil, and here he has Peckinpah to maximise the damage whilst poetically portraying the slow-mo death sequences. Al Lettieri is vile thug Rudy Butler who is in hot pursuit of McCoy & his wife Carol, a wonderful weasel turn full of cold abusive charm that reeks of menace. Sadly the film is let down a touch by the performance of Ali MacGraw as Carol, it's a terribly wooden performance that threatens to undo all the good things in the film, but luckily McQueen manages to ease her thru the production to minimise the damage. This of course is the film where both of them fell madly in love and ended up getting married to each other, the chemistry is good, but it's just that MacGraw's delivery of her lines lacks emotion or fortitude. Peckinpah disagreed with the critics of the time, even sending a letter to MacGraw praising her efforts. However when she turned up for the shoot unable to drive a car, he was less than pleased since her character was the getaway driver ! .
Full of fine sequences and bloody scenarios, it stands up as a real good Sam Peckinpah picture, it's a kind of city set western where the outlaws are actually coming across as heroes. We get pulled into this couple's world and we want so much for them to achieve their goals, so add that feeling to the gritty structure of the story and you get a real enjoyable piece benefiting from great work from director and charismatic leading man alike, -
MCT:March 9, 2008
Another good Steve McQueen title about a bank robbery put together by ex-cons. McQueen plays one of those "good" bad guys.
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MCT:February 9, 2008
saw the re-make a few years ago and it follows the original word for word almost. it's not one of peckinpahs best but his prints are stamped all over it. it still had a bit of an explosive climax... being a peckinpah fan as well... it's hard for me to say this but i think the re-make that had alec baldwin and kim basinger in was better. only slightly better because it's almost a carbon copy. i like them both i guess...... but this original with steve mcqueen and ali macgraw definitely isn't peckinpah at his best. it's almost like he had the ammunition but only fired a few rounds
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MCT:January 8, 2008
Doc McCoy has been granted parole. The catch is that Sheriff Beynon expects a small favor from McCoy for his generosity: robbing another bank! Beynon does not really intend to let McCoy walk away after the heist and neither does co-robber Rudy Butler, but stopping Doc proves a trifle difficult.
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MCT:December 4, 2007
Everything in place for a top notch caper; Steve McQueen, Sam Peckinpah @ the helm, screenplay by Walter Hill & a score by Quincy Jones..punch it baby
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MCT:October 21, 2007
i really really really really love this film, it is has everything in it, some people may not like to see ali get slapped across the face
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MCT:October 1, 2007
Great crime flick and a solid adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel, even if a bit different. Still this one is one of the best showcases of Peckinpah's talent and style with lots of action and suspense. It sometimes drags a little bit especially with the standard romance between the two main characters but it stills packs a good punch, and McQueen shows his usual King of Cool stuff.
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Steve McQueen is the epitome of cool...and this movie is 100% better than the Alec Baldwin atrocity...awesome flick
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MCT:July 14, 2007
Definitely a victory of style over substance, but Steve McQueen's effortless cool combined with well handled suspense and fantastic car chase sequences (but little else) appealed to me greatly. I'm shallow that way.
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MCT:July 9, 2007
There's some pacing issues in the middle act, but it is indeed the classic everyone says it is. And pretty violent for a PG rated film, even for the time! Fantastic shotgun sequences and the cross-cut bank robbery (with the fabulous score) just blow your mind.
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MCT:June 16, 2007
It's not a masterpiece, but it's a skillfully directed film with a uniquely laid-out story arc. Steve McQueen is the absolute definition of cool.
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MCT:June 12, 2007
Steve McQueen was so cool to me as a kid - he was the real life Speed Racer to me. And of course Speed Racer RULES!
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MCT:May 27, 2007
McQueen and Peckinpah teaming up for a hardcore crime thriller with a finale on the Texas-Mexico border? Sign me up goddamit!
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MCT:May 27, 2007
One of my favorite all time movies!! This one has everything I like in a movie. McQueen is as cool as ever. Ali, hotter than hell! Loved her in this one. What a knock out! Everything. Gotta see this one. Even the supporting cast is stellar. Everyone was amazing in this one.
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MCT:May 19, 2007
Peckinpah is there any other reason to see this one. I don't think so. McQueen and MacGraw wow. And even Sally Struthers is good here.
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MCT:May 17, 2007
Don't even bother with the remake when this seminal version is available. Some parts are disturbing, some very dark human reactions to extreme shock are portrayed. If you're a student of reality, you'll know that the "happy ending" really isn't. Sam Peckinpah directs.
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MCT:May 11, 2007
The Getaway is good but not amazing. I was never really a Steve McQueen fan, but once you put him next to the painfully boring Ali MacGraw he comes off like Serpico. I'd seen the remake a dozen times many years ago and that version never really deviated (at all) from the original. I probably would've been way more into this had I never seen the remake. But between McQueen's style and Sam Peckinpah's direction, it's definitely not a waste of your time.
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MCT:April 28, 2007
This movie was a departure of sorts for Peckinpah. While it doesn't approach the heights of his best films, it at least lacks the plot-holes that plagued so many of his films released during the 1970's. There is enough evidence here to see what made him a great director; without his stylistic flourishes it's otherwise a pretty standard heist picture. Steve McQueen proves once again here why he was just about the coolest guy to make his living as an actor in the 20th century. The intensity of this performance of his is greatly underrated. It struck me while I was watching this last night that the absence of McQueen was a big reason why the 1993 re-make was so inferior by comparison. One last topic to consider: The startling scenes that find McQueen smacking around MacGraw, and later, punching out Struthers -- would p.c. crusaders demand the movie be re-cut if this were a new film being released today?
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MCT:April 1, 2007
Decent, but not spectacular. Nice to see movies from the pre-SW era. Low key direction gives it a nice gritty feel. Some terrible plot holes, bad acting from Ali weight it down. Steve's star power is out in full effect though. I quite liked the Jim Croce looking criminal, too. And Sally Struthers' character was plenty weird enough.
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MCT:February 12, 2007
a) Because Peckinpah never does anything right?
b) Because they couldn't find a blonde to play MacGraw's part?
c) Because David Morse had creative input on the project and screwed it up?
d) Because Slim Pickens sensed that someday Richard Farnsworth would be offered the same role in a remake, and he wanted them to share equally in the success of that character?
The correct answer is d.
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MCT:January 10, 2007
Steve Mcqueen being ultra cool as only he can be with his future Wife Ali Macgraw in an intense film which has just about everything
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