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The Gauntlet (Widescreen) | 
| Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill Mckinney
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 10354
Format: Ntsc, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: WARD11083D
ISBN: 6305308780
UPC: 085391108320
EAN: 9786305308782
ASIN: 6305308780
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1977
Release Date: March 30, 1999
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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 IThe Gauntlet/I very much in the style of his Academy Award-winning Western IUnforgiven/I. 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. I--Richard Natale/I
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Avec IL'Epreuve de force/I, Clint Eastwood retourne sur les traces de l'inspecteur Harry. Mais il le fait glisser vers une ombre plus miserable : Ben Shockley est un Harry que le scenario d'Eastwood prive de ses attributs legendaires. Shockley n'a ni le Magnum 44, ni le cynisme, ni l'intelligence, ni l'instinct, ni la revolte de son celebre aine#8230; et en fin de compte c'est lui que l'on poursuit et que l'on veut supprimer. Au cours de ce qui ressemble a un veritable parcours initiatique, il est soumis a un rituel de la violence qu'il accepte avec un masochisme jubilatoire. Dans IL'Epreuve de force/I, la demesure des scenes d'action parodie l'invincibilite du heros qu'Eastwood a souvent incarne. Cependant, elles restent d'une efficacite redoutable grace a une mise en scene energique. IL'Epreuve de force/I compte parmi les nombreux succes de son auteur
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 The Cop and The Pro.... March 18, 2003
L. Shirley (fountain valley, ca United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This review refers to the Warner Bros. DVD edition of "The Gauntlet"....pFrom the moment Ben Shockley(Clint 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.brEastwood directs as well as stars in this film and we see his brillant directoral style taking hold here.pThe 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!pThe 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.pIt'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.pThe film made in 1977 looks great on this DVD transfer. It is in a widescreen on a dual layer format. The picture looks good. Clear and sharp with good color. There was occasionally a little purplish tint in places, but it didn't take away from the enjoyment of the film. The soundtrack remastered in the 5.1 Dolby Stereo was also good. The music sounded great and the dialouge always crisp. Not too much in the way of bonus material if that's what you're looking for, there's a filmography on Eastwood(his was the only one I was able to access) and a theatrical trailer. It may be viewed in French(Mono) and also has subtitles in English and French as well. You can bet on this one!p5 stars to a great Eastwood action film that can be watched again and again.pGet the Popcorn ready for this one and enjoy.....Laurie
 Weak crime drama January 2, 2003
mrliteral
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
There are a lot of good Clint Eastwood movies out there, but this is not one of them. Instead, this is one of the weakest of his seventies crime drama movies, an ineptly written and generally boring movie.pEastwood plays Shockley, a Phoenix cop assigned to extradite a prostitute from Las Vegas. As a bit of silliness right off the bat, it turns out that there is even a wager at the sports books that he will not make it back to Phoenix alive. From that point on, the dumbness continues, with Shockley blindly going from one trap to another, hardly piecing anything together without being led by the hand. On the other hand, all the other cops are equally dumb, willing to shoot first and ask questions later.pThere are lots of bullets flying in this movie, but interestingly, Eastwood does not fire a single one at a person. Instead, he shoots doorknobs and motorcycles. Actually, Eastwood doesn't get more than a few punches in; those expecting Eastwood kicking butt will be sorely disappointed.pThis movie is strictly for Eastwood fans only; all others should go elsewhere for a good crime movie.
Nag, nag, nag... December 31, 2002
trebe
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
At this point in his career, Clint Eastwood was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. With his own production company (Malpaso), Eastwood had firm control over the projects he became involved with. His choice as a follow up to The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film, was The Gauntlet. This cartoonish adventure, directed by Eastwood, features a poorly written story, huge doses of excessive violence, and bad dialog with liberal doses of profanity. It is another opportunity for Clint to operate against overpowering odds, and team with then girl friend, Sondra Locke, for the first of several films in which they would star together.pOnce again Clint is a cop. Ben Shockley, one of Phoenix's finest, is assigned to bring back a prisoner being held in a Las Vegas jail, to testify. Sondra Locke is the prisoner, her character Gus Mally is a prostitute, who happened to have as a client, a certain high police official with usual sexual preferences. This apparently, is sufficient reason to want her dead.pThe story is a simple double cross, as forces behind the scenes manipulate various agencies of law enforcement, to turn against Shockley and his tough-talking prisoner, to prevent her from testifying. The pair is forced to make their way from Nevada back to Phoenix via a circuitous route, evading the forces of the law and other dangers.pExcessive gunfire is the featured event several times. The first time, enthusiastic Vegas cops destroy a house, while Shockley and Mally barely scurry to safety in a most implausible manner. Then a police car is thoroughly ventilated. The final and most outrageous example is the film's finale, in which Shockley drives a tour bus through a "gauntlet" of police, lined up on both sides of the street. The film's ending is an unbelievable, extended exercise in gratuitous excess. Shots are fired at close range, and the crowd of police officers behave like zombies. Violence just for violence sake can have a purpose, but this is pretty dreadful. Calling this bad writing, is a gross understatement.pThrow logic totally out the window, go along for the ride, and you can still be entertained. Although the plotting is spotty, and the dialog unpolished, there are some decent action scenes, particularly when Shockley takes to a motorcycle, and is chased by a chopper. Clint's quiet macho swagger, contrasts with the free spirited, and spunky Locke. Their relationship, both on and off screen, is really at the heart of this movie. Romance, Eastwood style, has its rough edges, and is at times almost painfully awkward. Warts and all, this film was done per Eastwood's specifications.pThough part of the "Clint Eastwood Collection", the DVD offers only a trailer as an extra. From here, the collaboration with Sondra Locke would continue for several more films, as Eastwood's career took a turn. The Gauntlet, Clint's last true action film in the 70's, is far from his best work, and is best suited to his true fans, and those who appreciate excessive gunfire
 All in good fun.... July 28, 2002
MITCHELL L. GUSTAFSON Sr. (columbia, tn USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a decent to good movie that certainly has it's moments but you can do much better in a eastwood flick. The story is simple, eastwood plays a cop who just has to bring a witness from vegas to pheonix. The witness a blonde cuttie callgirl(sondra locke) proves to be a handful but eventually she's the least of his problems. You see he's been set up and now there are hundreds of cops trying to kill them. Plausable? No not at all and you never have reason to take the movie seriously. In the meantime there is plenty of hair raising action with plenty of bullets flying all over the place. All in good fun but there are a few scenes that are just too outrageous. One that comes to mind takes place in the box car of a moving train. Two toughs and a she devel have clint tied to a wall and are beating the stuffing out of him. Suddenly his blonde companion suggestively invites the two men over and they start placing 100% of their attention on her while clint amazingly is able to untie himself, grab a gun off the ground and in true wwf fashion rises from near death to kick some butt sending each of the three antagonists off the train. Come on! Of course in the end clint completes his objective, gets the girl and gets the bad guys.pOverall this is a fun film but there are at least 15 eastwood films that are better so untill you own all of them don't bother buying this one. The character eastwood plays just doesn't have that intensity that you see in the dirty harry seris. This version of the eastwood cop just seems less surly and more sensitive. I just don't see that same rage in this.p..........socks
oh go polish your badge Shockley April 19, 2002
william m.goodwin (L.A.)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This film gives a whole new meaning to the term "Treachery".brClint Eastwood Sondra Locke team in this cops against cops against the mob moviebrLocke plays a supposedly "no nothing witness to a no nothing case"brSure.until the bullets start to fly a little over 2 million dollars worth according to Malpaso, Eastwoods'production company if I have my fact straight about that.brEastwood plays Ben Schokley a "drunken bum of a cop" for the Arizona PD who gets the dubious task of taking Gus (Locke) to trial.brThe bets begin with 100-1 odds of them making alive to trial.brThe two best scenes are when Gus's house gets about 11,349 bullet holes in it then collapses..almost on Eastwood's head. The other scene is the bus they hijack when Sondra Locke's character tells the passenger's on board to politely "HAUL [behind]"!!. This where they drive thru "The Gauntlet" heavily armed cops on both sides who promptly shoot about 17,209 bullets into the bus as it drives by them.brI won't go into the showdown on the steps but it's a cool endingbrI'm giving this movie 5 stars because I'm a Clint eastwood fan
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