"Blunt the Fourth Man" and "Guilty Conscience"

Customer Reviews:

Guilty Conscience is good story, fair DVD.......2007-08-27

I don't quite agree this DVD is horrible, but to me that only paid $5.47 and have paid more for used, I suppose it is a matter of what you expect. Furthermore this movie was made at a time when the quality of the original wasn't all that great. Go back and look at other movies of this period and you will see the color and sound wasn't very good. This DVD in fact is not a great transfer. It almost looked like it might have been copied from VHS in the beginning of it, but it does improve somewhat as the movie progresses. The sound isn't great either, but all-in-all this is watchable and the story is very interesting. In a nutshell an attorney played by Anthony Hopkins imagines ways he would kill his wife and even ways his wife and mistress would kill him, but not till the last minutes do you see a murder and know they won't get away with it. But before the murder you will see Hopkins argue with himself on the lack of merits on various methods of disposing of his wife and then with his wife and mistress on how they plan to dispose of him. His skills at argueing his points will make you truly think he is a barrister. It was interesting to hear Hopkins say "Quid Pro Quo" as well since it was more menacing in a later movie. I would love to see this on a better quality DVD as well but I have no complaints here considering the price.

Great Movie, Lousy DVD.......2007-01-25

Arthur Jamison (Anthony Hopkins) is a brilliant and successful criminal defense attorney. There's just one problem. His wife (Blythe Danner) has decided to file for divorce and is planning to milk him for all he is worth. Since Arthur doesn't want that, he needs to figure out a way to kill his wife. But, being the attorney he is, he knows that he'd be the first suspect. While he plots various ways to bring about her demise, his mistress (Swoosie Kurtz) shows up unexpectedly. Now what will Arthur do?

This is an interesting little made for TV movie from the mid-80's, made long before any of the stars were a success. It has a bit of a low budget feel, but all three stars do a great job acting. It almost feels like a play since almost all of it takes place in Arthur and Louise's house and these three characters are the only real characters.

The plot is hard to discuss without giving anything away. We get several sequences of Arthur's plots to kill his wife and then the cross examination he images he'll have when the case goes to trial. I was getting a little bored with the movie, but half way through there's a great twist that grabbed my interest for the remainder of the film.

While the movie itself is 5 stars, I had to take a couple off for the DVD transfer. It's absolutely horrid. The picture looks like it is a third of fourth generation VHS recording. The transitions at the original commercial breaks are jarring.

While this is great movie, the DVD is a disappointment. If you must have this movie, go ahead. But be forewarned this is not the quality we normally get these days.

Dreadful....hard to believe Hopkins and Danner could be this bad.......2006-02-24

Not only was the DVD quality dreadful, the entire movie was equally awful. I bought this thinking that the acting would make up for the video quality. Much to my surprise, I found that even terrific actors (Anthony Hopkins and Blythe Danner) can make dreadful films. The acting was awful, the plot boring.

I had trouble even sitting still for the 90 minutes of the film. Avoid this stinker at all costs.

DON'T BUY IT UNTIL YOU READ THIS!!!.......2005-07-15

Nearly all the other reviews are right...the transfer copy of this was obviously done off the TV by somebody with a subpar VHS recorder, a low-quality tape and bad editing skills. But beware...at least half a dozen cheap video companies have made their prints from the same inferior master. So don't think buying a different copy with different graphics will make a difference, it won't, it's still the same lousy print. Until a real reputable company (Criterion, Image, etc.) buys it and announces they will be putting this out, any future copies will be as bad as these. That being said, if the quality of your print matters little, then buy it and enjoy the film, it's a great one!

Great movie - Lousy copy.......2005-07-09

This is a very good movie and very cleverly written, and I highly recommend it, HOWEVER, the quality of the copy I received from this Canada-based company was the worst copy of a movie I have ever seen. If you made a copy of a copy of a copy and did that at least 20 times, you would end up with a better copy than I got. And as unbelievable as it may seem, it actually says on the box and on the cassette label that it was recorded in EP instead of SP, which of course was never mentioned in the description. I will never buy from this company again, and in closing take note that Amazon has a no return policy on video purchases, so beware. Thanks a lot for the rip off, guys.

Average customer rating:

Good movies, TERRIBLE transfer.....

Guilty Conscience/Blunt, the Fourth Man
Starring: Anthony Hopkins
Manufacturer: Westlake Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Release Date: 1999-11-30

Customer Reviews:

Good movies, TERRIBLE transfer............2000-05-28

These are good movies; of the two I liked "Guilty Concience" better, but that's just a preference -- "Blunt" was quite interesting as well. The price is right too.

However, this is a NASTY tansfer. Obviously vidoe source, cheap, careless transfer, audio noise & hiss so bad that the dialog is often unintelligible, wobbly color, and sectors so bad that my DVD player choked and to be forced to skip the chapter.

Personally, I'd be careful about any DVDs from this publisher.

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