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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300214347
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6300214346
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Paramount
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: November 03, 2000
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1983
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The Keep is one of those lesser known horror movies that is quite successful in creating a supernatural atmosphere and virtually mesmerizes the viewer. The acting is superb, the music is haunting, and the visuals are exciting to watch. The scenes involving Gabriel Byrne and Jorgen Prochnow are the best that either actor has ever done in film. I strongly agree with others that this film should be released on dvd with extra footage. Even if Paramount charged double the normal price for such a product, I am certain that they would make more than enough profit from all the horror fans out there. Let's keep on bugging Paramount, people, then maybe they will get the hint sooner rather than later!
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Good news, The Keep will be released on DVD in November of this year. I'm a big fan of this movie and looking foward to it's release. Jim H.
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No, don't get your hopes up. Paramount still han't put this out for DVD release in the United States, but "The Keep" is one of my cult favorite flicks and so I went to the ends of the Amazon to get an overseas copy viewable on Region 1 DVD.
After some dealing with an Amazon marketplace seller, I got a copy that was viewable on the second of two DVD players I tried. It is an extremely no-frills DVD to say the least, it has a menu with scene selection and, a, uh "preview" reel that shows some truly odd previews ("I Married a Monster from Outer Space" and "Barbarella" for example....no, I'm not kidding, those are the previews). It doesn't pad any of the spots in the film which were obviously butchered by a ham-handed editor (like all of Scott Glenn's dialogue). No deleted scenes, no interviews, no nuthin'. So really the only benefit of having it is that the flick is on DVD and not VHS, and since the price was $40.00, you have to be a hardcore fan of the movie to go to the demented ... Read More
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i do have a bit of nostalgia for this film, as i first saw it on tv when i was 11 or so...
now 20 years later...sure, it's kind of a failure at a coherent story. and the effects didn't age well (that talisman is so obviously a flashlight with wings)...however, the film is still more compelling to simply watch than 80% of the crap produced these days. good atmosphere, bizarre sequel-unfriendly story, long stretches on beautiful shots. my girlfriend hated it, i give it a 4 for mood and originality.
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I saw it when it came out in '83 and read the book as well.
The good parts are the visuals, of course, for which Michael Mann would later become known. There is some great character acting in it such as the old coot who was the caretaker for the Keep. Jurgen Prochnow steals the show as the wermarcht officer with a conscieous. Alberta Watson was a babe, too. She was also in The Soldier and several recent TV shows.
The unusual Tangerine Dream score helped the mood of the movie-- I think this is only their second or so score soon after Sorceror.
What the film suffers from is poor continuity and editing. For instance, towards the end of the movie they suddenly refer to Scott Glenn's character as Glaeken Trismagistus (his real name from the book) which they had never done previously. It's interesting that TV versions added scenes in the end to give it a happy ending (I think that's how the book ended, too) but I liked the poignant theatrical ending better.
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