The Gauntlet

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Clint Eastwood is a down-and-out cop who is sent on a routine mission to pick up a witness and deliver her to the Phoenix courthouse. Sounds easy until he realizes he's been set up by the man who gave him this simple assignment. The interplay between Eastwood and the witness, a clever prostitute played by the actor's former girlfriend, Sondra Locke, is tough and playful. They obviously had strong chemistry. The story is highly implausible at times, but the action sequences are satisfying. Eastwood directs The Gauntlet very much in the style of his Academy Award-winning Western Unforgiven. Although the body count is surprisingly low for an Eastwood action film, a house, several cars, and a large bus get shot through with more holes than a big wheel of Swiss cheese. For Eastwood fans, this is the laconic hero at his prime. --Richard Natale

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8 million bullets, 3,000 cops, no one hit a tire?.......2007-09-07

So, so story rendered totally unbelievable by the climactic scene in the bus. All they had to do to stop him was shoot out the tires, but not a single cop in the entire police force could figure that out, not to mention with the amount of ordnance they expended, statistically all the tires should have been shot out accidentally anyway. It really is pretty insulting, when you realize you're supposed to be able to suspend disbelief through the scene.

phoenix in the spotlight 1977 for Guantlet .......2007-07-07

well considering I live in Phoenix,az this has a great appeal to it &

the vast majority was filmed in phoenix! used to be with phoenix p.d. &

they contributed a lot to the film when it was made in 1977! the shoot

out with eastwood in the bus has to the best of all time in downtown

phoenix they really riddled that bus with bullets alltogether a great

action movie Tyler,

Ridiculously entertaining.......2007-05-06

A one-time Steve McQueen-Barbra Streisand vehicle until McQueen met Streisand, and subsequently a Clint Eastwood-Streisand vehicle until Eastwood met Streisand, The Gauntlet sees Clint sending up his Dirty Harry image as a none-too-smart washed out drunken cop escorting Sondra Locke's foul-mouthed "nothing witness in a nothing trial" from Las Vegas to Phoenix and finding the Mob and every cop in two States determined to stop them - even the Vegas bookies are taking bets on ever-lengthening odds (70-1) on their not making it. From the days when Clint still made films in broad daylight and could film interiors without turning all the lights out and seen as wildly over the top at the time (even the famed Frank Frazetta poster art, sadly not used on this DVD, offered Clint as a Conan-esque muscular figure in ripped shirt with girl in one hand and gun in the other), now it's almost an exercise in naturalism for the genre. Sure there's more firepower on display that in all of Eastwood's previous films combined (including both Where Eagles Dare and Kelly's Heroes!), with cars, houses and buses shot to pieces with gleeful abandon while helicopters crash into power lines, but somehow Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack's script manages to sell the increasing absurdities in a perfectly conceived audience picture that's designed to entertain and does just that.

There's a nice line in self-deprecating wit that never quite crosses the line into outright stupidity and Eastwood's tight direction keeps the action moving without losing sight of the fact that it's the characters that really need to sell the film. Just as importantly the onscreen relationship between Eastwood and Locke hadn't overstayed its welcome yet as it quickly would over their subsequent films, their initial vicious sparring giving way to genuinely convincing tenderness in the later scenes, giving you a pair you can actually root for. Great fun if you're not expecting gritty realism - like the end credit says, `Law enforcement procedures depicted in this film do not necessarily depict those of any law enforcement agency mentioned herein.' No **** Sherlock.

The 2.35:1 widescreen transfer is acceptable but not always as good as it could be. The only extra is the original theatrical traler, narrated by, of all people, Casey Kassem!

Fun and Entertaining!.......2007-03-09

What can I say if you like Clint Eastwood your going to like this movie. I Have not seen this movie since it played at my local drive-in! What memories!

eastwood great as always, everything else.....eh.......2007-02-09

Being a big Eastwood fan, I bought this unseen and watched it for the first time last night. Eastwood is great, as always, although his cop character in this one displays a little more vulnerability than most of his tough guy roles. Locke's acting is over-the-top and annoying, as always. This is a pretty good action movie, but the ending is ridiculous. After blasting the hell out of this bus, the cops are just going to let Eastwood walk up the steps of city hall with a gun tucked into his waistband? I mean, no one says a word to him. And on top of that, he takes the assistant d.a. hostage and Locke's character shoots the police commissioner dead in front of the entire Phoenix police department, and nobody does a damn thing? Are you kidding? I'm all for suspending a sense of reality when watching action movies, but give me a break. This ain't no academy-award winner. Eastwood is the only thing saving this turkey.

Hercules & Xena - The Warrior Princess / The Gauntlet / Unchained Heart

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Not a good buy and not all that important as background to XENA
Great 3 Episodes but you Save Money by Buying the First Season
good episodes, overpriced
GREAT!!!!
this sux

Hercules & Xena - The Warrior Princess / The Gauntlet / Unchained Heart
Director: Kevin Sorbo , and Lucy Lawless
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Not a good buy and not all that important as background to XENA.......2007-08-03

Absolutely no one would be interested in this disc except a XENA fan who wants to see the HERCULES episodes that introduced Xena. First, you can find the entire first season of HERCULES used for only slightly more than this 3-episode disc costs new. Second, there really isn't a whole lot here for a XENA fan to get excited about. Although she is clearly featured more prominently than other guest characters and though they clearly were setting her up for her own show by the time of the final episode, these simply aren't that good. One of the reasons people enjoy Xena is that she was the first truly heroic female character on television since Emma Peel (Wonder Woman was always worried about making her male boss look good and was hampered in her heroic daring-do by the kind of wire work that makes contemporary stunts look so impressive). But here she is a villain of sorts and though she is a villain who is on the verge of reform she is clearly inferior to Hercules both morally and physically. In short, it isn't why anyone watches Xena.

Look, if you want to watch Xena, stick to XENA. All you need to know here is that Hercules helped her change her ways and set out on a path of good. XENA will show far more about "bad Xena" than HERCULES would.

If you are undeterred and feel you simply must see the Xena episodes, then drop a few more dollars and buy all of Season One of HERCULES. I personally think HERCULES deserves more credit than it gets for its heroic presentation of women. It never presented women as a gender in perpetual need of care for by men. This particular man might help this particular woman, but neither HERCULES nor XENA articulated the view that only men got to be heroes. This can be seen by watching the Xena episodes in the context of the season as a whole.

Great 3 Episodes but you Save Money by Buying the First Season.......2006-06-19

I love these three epsidoes which introduced Xena and they are essentail if you are a Hercules or Xena fan. If you want to buy them though I would suggest buying the complete first season of Hercules. You get five full tv movies, these three episodes, and ten more episodes for fifteen dollars. You save eight dollars and you get so much more.

good episodes, overpriced.......2006-05-13

These 3 episodes of Hercules the Legendary journeys are available here for one price, but are also available as part of Hercules Season One for a lower price, (plus you get the rest of the season) and you can see the episodes in context. Also Herc season 1 contains 5 tv movies, 3 of which are really quite good. (the 1st is a bit weak and the 5th is a re-hash of the other four) Movie 1 has Lucy Lawless in a non-xena bit part, and Movie 2 has Renee O'Connor in a featured role. So if you get that set you'll get everything you get here, plus a lot more stuff, and it is A LOT CHEAPER.

GREAT!!!!.......2005-03-01

this is a great dvd, I advise this item for any die-hard xena fan! But only one problem, there are no special feature's! No commentary no nothing and that's a waist! Well I hope this review was helpful to anyone!

this sux.......2004-07-06

this item is soo bad dont buy it its very boring n not helpful i recomend u buy seasons.

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Warrior Princess/Gauntlet

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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Warrior Princess/Gauntlet

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Hercules - The Legendary Journeys - The Warrior Princess, the Gauntlet and Unchained Heart - The Xena Triology / Xena Warrior Princess (Director's Cut) - Series Finale (2 Pack) - Region 1

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Hercules - The Legendary Journeys - The Warrior Princess, the Gauntlet and Unchained Heart - The Xena Triology / Xena Warrior Princess (Director's Cut) - Series Finale (2 Pack) - Region 1

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Hercules The legendary of journey - The Warrior Princess / The Gauntlet / Unchained Heart - The xena troilogy have below mentin features: 1. Language : English, French and Espanol 2. Full screen 3. Dollby digital 4. Stereo 4. Dual Layer 5. NTSC 1 6. Subtitle: Espanol and French 7. Captions subtites..... Also Xena Warrior Princess (Director Cut)- Series Finale is special director cut (contains additional footage not seen in the original network airing!) Bonus features of Warrior Princess (Director Cut)- Series Finale : 1. 30 minutes of unseen behind-the-scene footage 2. Commentary with director featuring Lucy Lawless and Rense O'connor 3. Series Finale photo gallery 4. Xena Screen Saver 5. Dollby digital 6. Close Caption

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8 million bullets, 3,000 cops, no one hit a tire?
phoenix in the spotlight 1977 for Guantlet
Ridiculously entertaining
Fun and Entertaining!
eastwood great as always, everything else.....eh

The Gauntlet [Region 2]

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8 million bullets, 3,000 cops, no one hit a tire?.......2007-09-07

phoenix in the spotlight 1977 for Guantlet .......2007-07-07

Ridiculously entertaining.......2007-05-06

Fun and Entertaining!.......2007-03-09

What can I say if you like Clint Eastwood your going to like this movie. I Have not seen this movie since it played at my local drive-in! What memories!

eastwood great as always, everything else.....eh.......2007-02-09

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Great Eastwood Double Feature

The Gauntlet/True Crime
Starring: Carver Barnes , Robert Barrett (II) , Teddy Bear , Mildred Brion , and Michael Cavanaugh
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Release Date: 2003-04-29

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Great Eastwood Double Feature.......2005-05-28

Filmed more than 20 years apart, these two great thrillers, directed by and starring our guy Clint have a similiar themes. He plays both a washed up cop and hasbeen reporter. He is given assignments that seem trivial to him, and in both cases turn into some great thrill rides.

"The Gauntlet" (1977)
Eastwood gives us an early taste of his brillant directorial style.
From the moment Ben Shockley(Eastwood)steps out of his car and an empty booze bottle falls out, we know this is not the usual "Dirty Harry" character we'd been used to up to now. Ben is a cop who's chances for greatness seem to be fading with him.

The Phoenix P.D. seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel when they assign Shockley the job of escorting Gus Malley, a seemingly unimportant witness from Las Vegas back to Phoenix for a trial. Ben's been looking for his big break on a big case and it doesn't look like this will be it with this guy. Upon arriving in Las Vegas, Ben discovers that Gus is no guy. Gus Malley(Sondra Locke), is a local prostitute and unwilling partcipant in the journey back as well. This is not "a hooker with a heart story" though, this pro is as hard edged as they come, but she does have a brain!

The action starts as soon as they leave the jail. Someone is going to make sure that these two never make it to trial. Vegas is even giving odds against them. Everyone's after them..the mob, the cops, they even made the mistake of angering a group of bikers along the route and they're out for revenge as well. They hardly know who to trust, as they get shot at from all angles, cars blow up, they are set up and beat up. What Gus knows can cost them their lives, but Shockley is now determined to bring his prisoner in at all costs and rises to the occassion and must break through an impassable barrier set-up to keep him at bay.

It's edge of your seat drama, thrills, and fun, as Gus and Ben trade quips and get in a little romance(we couldn't expect any different with Eastwood and Locke)along the way. As usual Clint surrounds himself with the finest talent. Pat Hingle, William Prince, and Bill Mckinney turn in excellent performances as well as Eastwood and Locke. There's also a terrific jazzy score by Jerry Fielding.

The film made in 1977 looks and sounds great on this DVD transfer.

"True Crime" (1999)
Eastwood plays reporter Steve Everett, who puts his job on the line and his family on hold to prove the innocence of an unjustly condemned man. He was given the story as a human interest piece, a story that was to depict the last few hours in the life of Frank Beechum(Isaiah Washington).He is at odds with his editor and is warned not to turn the story into a "Dick Tracey investigation".

Steve is alot of things. He's an alcoholic(on the wagon),a womanizer, and lacks in the qualities needed to be a good father and husband to his family. But one thing he does have, is his reporter's instinct. He has "his nose" for the truth. He senses something fishy about the case which has already gone through numerous appeals,and with only hours to the execution, starts digging around, and takes us on a thrilling ride as he tries, up to the very last second, to save Frank from the death penalty.

There is another storyline that runs parallel to the main focus of the film. The two families each going through their own personal anguishes. Frank's family, his wife and little girl, going through the agonizing last few hours with him, and Steve's wife and child must deal with his indiscretions and inattention to his own daughter.The wives played by Lisa Gay Hamilton and Diane Venora are expert at showing us the emotional states they are in. The little girls played by Penny Bae Bridges and Francesca Fisher-Eastwood(his real life daughter) are also terrific at making emotional demands on their Daddies at a time of crisis.

Eastwood's expertise behind the camera, as well as his powerful on screen presence combined with a terrific cast and crew to bring us a thrilling and moving story.Many wonderful performances add to it. James Woods, Dennis Leary and Bernard Hill to start with. Frances Fisher(the film is a bit of a family affair)plays the D.A., Michael Jeeter and Michael Mckean also give fine performances, and to my delight Christine Ebersole makes an appearance as well as the legendary William Windom(check behind the bar for him).Music by Lennie Niehaus and photography by Jack Green are the icing on the cake.

The DVD picture is perfect and distingishable even in the darker scenes.Colors are pleasing and vibrant, and the sound excellent.

This was Clint's 21st film as a director. He has a way of reaching an audience that touches the humanness in us that only gets better with each film.

A great combo package for collectors of Clint. Both films are enjoyable time after time....get the popcorn ready and enjoy....Laurie

Ultimate Four Wheeling The Northwest Gauntlet: Ultimate Adventure

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Ultimate Four Wheeling The Northwest Gauntlet: Ultimate Adventure

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Cheap, but interesting

Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Gauntlet Is Thrown

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ASIN: B000BX8QXE
Release Date: 2005-11-15

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PRODUCT DISCRIPTION DVDouble Shot, two great episodes at one great price. PLOT SYNOPSIS Yugi Loses His First Duel In The Shadow Realm And Must Save His Grandfather's Soul From Pegasus. EPISODE OUTLINE #102 The Gauntlet id Thrown/ #103 Journey to Duelist Kingdom

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Cheap, but interesting.......2007-08-19

I bought this DVD at my local Grocery store. It was marked down to $2 and I decided to get it. It isn't worth much more than that. Yu-Gi-Oh fans should look elsewhere.

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The Gauntlet [Region 2]

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Run the Gauntlet, a Driver Film Event

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