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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790737744
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0790737744
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: October 13, 1998
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 17315
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 17, 1984
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Audiences were a little unprepared for this version of Clint Eastwood when Tightrope, a little ahead of its time, was released in 1984, but today, in the wake of movies like 8mm, it almost seems tame. Eastwood plays a New Orleans cop who likes his loving a little on the rough side, and when a serial killer starts murdering a series of prostitutes whom he has hired for his dalliances in the past, he must confront the fruits of what his dark side begets. Geneviève Bujold costars as a rape-crisis counselor who titillatingly badgers and teases Eastwood where he's most vulnerable. The finale devolves into standard-issue psycho-revenge and woman-in-peril fodder, but the psychological exploration of Eastwood's character is compelling--the quease factor is elevated as he balances his shadow life with his public life as a man with two innocent young daughters. Eastwood isn't afraid to stretch his persona to its limits--when asked why he doesn't try boys as partners, he cryptically replies, 'Maybe I have.' --David Kronke
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Bad Movie
Very disappointed with this movie. The color was too dark, sound not good. I have a 52" screen and still had trouble trying to see anything. One of Clint Eastwoods poorer movies. I file 13ed it!
Rating:  - RICHARD TUGGLE, OPUS 1
***** 1984. Written and directed by Richard Tuggle. That's one of the Eastwood movies I prefer. At that time, Clint began to play with his image and delivered with TIGHTROPE a fascinating journey into New Orleans's red district and into a tortured mind. Masterpiece.
Rating: - "There's a darkness inside all of us. You, me, and the man down the street. Some have it under control. Others act it out."
I recently "discovered" the genius of Clint Eastwood ... and I have a lot of catching up to do. After seeing this film, I have a deeper appreciation for this performer's tremendous range.
Of the film itself, it is phenomenally gripping and complex. I was stunned at the "grey area" this work explores. Contemporary mainstream film often writes "black and white" characters: this character is "good," that one "bad." So tedious is this trend, that many critical viewers have abandoned "Hollywood" ... Read More
Rating: - Exploration of Dark Desires
Perverse, voyeuristic and nightmarish are not words commonly associated with Clint Eastwood's oeuvre, but in 1984 Richard Tuggle on the strength of his story was given the opportunity by Eastwood to direct his first film. The result is a seedy stroll through the backstreets and whorehouses of New Orleans. The success of the film relies on Eastwood's willingness to manipulate and subvert his iconic screen image. Since the warm comic capers of "Every Which Way But Loose" Eastwood had shown a ... Read More
Rating:  - okay flick
THI ITEM IS A GOOD MOVIE , BUT THERE ARE SOME MINOR FLAWS IN THE DISC , OTHER WISE I AM SATISFIED WITH THIS ITEM
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790737744
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0790737744
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: October 13, 1998
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 17315
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 17, 1984