This is an excellent film that has to be remade! Because of it's time it was dated a little, but I think it could be made again to a bigger audience.
Anyone in England remember it released on the big box Warner video. That had a cool picture of Bronson and Vincent getting in thier wet suits. Cool
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Yes I remember and I loved it! Is there any place on the net you can download pictures of old big box video covers like this movie?
shareDon't think so, but I generaly just haunt e Bay and buy them up myself, got myself a copy of an old big box warner version of The Mechanic and very glad I am too. If anyone knows of sites dedictaed to warner home videos from the early 80s let us know!
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Yes...I do. I remember the video box artwork from when I rented "The Mechanic" before its DVD release. I've also seen the video on EBay from time to time, having collected a few items of Mechanic memorabilia there myself including two different pre-shooting drafts of the screenplay,(both very different from the movie), the novelization (both by Lewis John Carlino), still photos, promo junket items, and most recently, a rare vinyl copy of the original soundtrack by Jerry Fielding. (I've always thought that the music was a part of this film's appeal)
I've also heard of a possible remake of "The Mechanic" with Michael Douglas as Arthur Bishop, although I haven't heard anything more about it recently. In the meanwhile, I think Benicio Del Torro would be an interesting choice to consider for the role of Arthur Bishop.
I also know of a treatment being done of "The Mechanic" with a real twist as a continuation of where it left off.
At any rate its great to see so many posts for this very cool cult classic movie