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WHY WAS THIS MOVIE NOT RELEASED IN THE US???

posted 21 years ago by arthurclay
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Man that wizzes me off. My own mother knew about this movie even before I did and I know pretty much everything there is 2 know about the mob heck she's even seen it and remembered the late great Charles Bronson was in it. I have read the book and want to see the movie VERY VERY VERY Badly but I have no idea where to get it. I've tried amazon.com and they don't even have a listing of the movie at all. If anyone knows where to buy it please post a reply and tell me! Thanks alot.

[–] loulou1992 21 years ago

Well it was released in the US and grossed 17 million backin 72, which was good. But not on DVD yet is pissinf me off

[–] arthurclay 21 years ago

Thanks for the info I didn't know that. I wish they would release it on DVD but I won't hold my breath.

[–] thendust 20 years ago

It's been on Cinemax.

[–] chemicallyexhumed-1 17 years ago

Im now holding a copy in my hands, very bare bones release...but its on dvd none the less!

[–] vpilutis 13 years ago

Yeah but its pan and scan, not wide screen.

Its on TCM this week IN wide screen however

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[–] whosit 11 years ago

Heads up, it's currently on Crackle (online and also thru various smart TV's and Roku-like devices) http://www.crackle.com/c/the-valachi-papers

It's in the 16:9 aspect ration without pan and scan (thankfully) but is a piss poor umpteenth generation print with muddy sound to match. This makes the dubbed dialogue that much worse, and when you notice the World Trade Center Towers under construction and all the modern cars in the background it takes on a real cheesy low budget spaghetti western feel.

[–] activista 11 years ago

It's showing right now on the MOVIES channel as part of a Charles Bronson double feature---they just showed this and another good Bronson action flick I'd never heard of called BREAKOUT.

[–] chicago85 11 years ago

Its on You Tube but things come and go on there.

I don't know everything. Neither does anyone else

[–] loulou1992 10 years ago

Why this thread is 11 years old... Crazy. I remember commenting on this while in.my class room. Its on Dvd since 2009 in.uk, great qaulity but no real proper release. Someone like Arrow need to pick it up.

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[–] Tabbycat (915) 4 years ago

Huh?

It was very released much here. I first heard of it from giant double-truck (two full pages) ads in the L.A. Times. Couldn’t see it cuz it was R and I was 11.

However, you are right that it was never released on home video. There are so many major films from the 70’s that you STILL can’t see in any quality that I may write a book: Two Hundred Films From the 70’s You Can’t See. This title would appear in Chapter One.