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The Anderson Tapes | 
| Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Val Avery, Conrad Bain, Martin Balsam, Paul Benjamin, Hildy Brooks
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Format: Import, Dubbed, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 26807
UPC: 043396268074
EAN: 0043396268074
ASIN: B001CQONHM
Theatrical Release Date: 1971
Release Date: September 23, 2008
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From Amazon.com
An early example of the techno-thriller, IThe Anderson Tapes/I--sharply directed by Sidney Lumet from the novel by Lawrence Sanders--follows just-out-of-jail Duke Anderson (a balding Sean Connery) as he plots the heist of an entire New York apartment building, enlisting a crew that includes Martin Balsam as a vintage 1971 gay stereotype and a very young Christoper Walken in perhaps the first of his jittery crook roles. The gimmick is that Anderson has been out of circulation so long that he doesn't realizse his mafia backers are only supporting him because they feel nostalgic for the days before they were boring businessmen and that the whole set-up is monitored by a criss-crossing selection of government and private agencies who don't care enough to thwart the robbery, which instead becomes unglued thanks to a spunky handicapped kid-cum-radio ham. With a cool Quincy Jones score, very tight editing, a lot of spot-on cameo performances from the likes of Ralph Meeker as a patient cop, IThe Anderson Tapes/I hasn't dated a bit: it's wry without being jokey and suspenseful without feeling contrived. I--Kim Newman/I
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 Warning-this is NOT a period piece February 8, 2004
S. C Sochet (syosset, NY United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Anderson Tapes is an example of what director Sidney Lumet is capable of creating: an entertaining yet somehow thoughtful film. This was the movie that actually made me appreciate Sean Connery. In the Bond films he was doomed to be typecast. Sidney Lumet bailed him out and Connery owes him big time. Great setup and cameos: including an underrated scene with the great Garret Morris as a limber police officer, who would go on to become one of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players on Saturday Night Live just a few years later (along with Belushi, Chase, Radner, etc.). Christopher Walken looks like a baby in this one and Martin Balsam is pretty funny. Nice flash forward scenes make it seem like it can never be a dated film. Chilling last scene makes the film and a point about our technological age.
 Interesting Setup and Promise: Does Not Deliver December 26, 2003
Daniel R. Sanderman (Portland, OR United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"The Anderson Tapes" could have been a much better movie. From reading the back of the box in the rental store and the promise of the all-star cast, I really thought I would enjoy this film more than I did. The interesting story about a crime that is allowed to escalate despite the government's complete knowledge (due to the entanglements of government agencies and the monitoring) could have made for a great film. But the pace of the film and the poor script really drag the whole project down. In fact, I see that they are planning on remaking the film in 2005. I will be interested to see what they decide to do to the film.pThe pace of Sidney Lumet's film is quite slow and the acting is sub-par. Despite the fact that the film introduces a young Christopher Walken, he hardly speaks at all (which, in my opinion, is the whole reason you want Walken on the screen in the first place). The ending is quite spectacular and unique, which makes up for some of the film that comes before it. Also, I really enjoyed the way the director shot the film out of sequence, splicing the actual events with later footage of police interviews. We keep seeing body bags moving in the background, but we have no idea who is in them. I really enjoyed this technique and it helped to hold my interest. pI imagine that if the remake gets produced that everyone will flock to see the original. But in this case, and I say this very rarely, I hope and believe that the new version will be better. Hopefully, it will follow the monitoring/tapes/government angle of the story and not forget about the intrigue it can add to the plot.
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