St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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Director : Roger Corman
Actor : Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jean Hale, Clint Ritchie
Format : NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9786301966931
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 2003-05-20
Studio : Fox Video
UPC : 086162115332

ASIN : 6301966937

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Customer Reviews

one of the best gangster flicks ever (2004-03-16)

this movie with a few select scenes inaccurrate was not meantto satisfy a few egg heads with true incidents as they happen.we get the basic storey of 2 rival gangs trying to take over the rackets in chicago and the storey and back ground info to keep the viewer interested. one of the down points is that the real life gangsters, were in fact younger men between 25 and 35,jason robards, may been pushing 50 when he was playing al capone in his 20's. john agar a noted ww2 vet who marriedshirley temple plays dion obanion, who is portrayed as a mid 50'sbusiness man instead of a manin his early 30's, the same withearl hymie weiss, another guy in his mid 50's playing a man in his mid 30's, the gusenburg brother's and jack mcgurn were portrayed in the right age group, but they were older than al capone, as portrayed by jason robards.well anyway i like the movie, plenty of background infoand a great storey.

A "Massacre" of the facts, but a fun one (2003-11-16)

"The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" is the kind of film that needs to be accepted on its own terms. To expect by-the-book authenticity, or post-1970 graphic violence, or extensive location shooting, is asking far too much. There's an early scene in which George Segal, as one of the murderous Guesenberg brothers, intimidates a speakeasy owner into buying beer supplied by Bugs Moran. His tactics are similar to those employed by James Cagney in "Public Enemy," and it is this little homage that should tell viewers that the film is going to make a mere pretense of accuracy - and that this is just fine. "Massacre" is a thoroughly entertaining film that never tries to be anything more or less than that.

Fred Steiner's jangling, dissonant score deserves a mention. It has a Charleston-like rhythm, dominated by a piano. It's an oddly effective thing, heard to best effect over the end title.

Among the cast, no one turns in what could be called a brilliant performance, but Ralph Meeker probably comes off best as Bugs Moran, particularly as he utters the crime boss' most famous quote, near the end. Jean Hale definitely got my attention as Segal's girlfriend, and Clint Richie is appropriately sly as Machine Gun Jack McGurn, who masterminded the title killings.

Nice! (2002-01-28)

This is a classic. If you haven't yet seen it, I strongly advise that you should. It's a well known formula - bad guys fighting it out for control of a city. A few mistakes were made with the casting (whose idea was it to have Jason Robards playing Al Capone?) but nonetheless, it is a great film. That is, for a Roger Corman film.

St Valentine's Day Massacre (2001-06-30)

This is one of the best gangster films ever, It is a gritty, in your face story of a true life event. True, there are some inaccuracies, what true life film doesn't have them, As far as I am concerned, they are insignificant and they don't take away from the film, the main context of the story is there, even with the inaccuracies it is still a top film. Shot documentary style, it is a film about the events leading up to the massacre. Jason Robards, though a fine actor, wouldn't have been my choice for portraying Al Capone, and is acting is a little hammie, George Segal did a fair job as Pete Gusenberg, after all, these were people who thought they could get away with anything, and most of the time, did. But this is not a film about any one person, it is a film about an event that still fasinates people today. I believe that the memory of the St. Valentines Day Massacre will live on forever.

Tops!! (2001-06-27)

Although this film may have inaccuracies, and what true life film doesn't, it is still the best film depicting certain events in the history of Al Capone. Yes, Jason Robards wasn't the best Al Capone, a lot of his depiction was a little on the hammie side, but the film did show true life events, what does it matter which gunman jumped out of the vehicle to spray the restaurant Capone was in, that did happen. the fact is that this film is still one of the best ganster films of all time. I will watch over and over again. Even though he has no credit in the film, I thought that Jack Nicholson had one of the best lines in the film.

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