Dressed to Kill (US)

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"A sustained work of terror -- elegant, sensual, erotic, bloody!" -Los Angeles Times
Certificate: R
Running Time: 105 mins
Retail Price: $19.98
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Writer/Director Brian De Palma "maintains a fever pitch from start to finish" (Leonard Maltin) with this "steamily libidinous and extremely bloody thriller" (Newsweek)! Starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen (in a Golden Globe-nominated performance), this taut psycho-sexual chiller is a razor-sharp tale of passion, madness and murder that`s as "scary as the devil [with] suspense to spare" (Playboy)!

Fashionable Manhattan therapist Dr. Robert Elliott (Caine) faces the most terrifying moment of his life, when a psychotic killer begins attacking the women in his life (Dickinson & Allen) - with a straight razor stolen from his office. Desperate to find the murderer before anyone else is hurt, Elliott is soon drawn into a dark and disturbing world of chilling desires. And as the doctor edges closer to the terrible truth, he finds himself lost in a provocative and deadly maze of obsession, deviance and deceit - where the most harmless erotic fantasies… can become the most deadly sexual nightmares!

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Unrated Version Option
The Making of Dressed To Kill Documentary Including Interviews with Brian De Palma, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz and more!
"Unrated", "R Rated" and "TV Rated" Comparison Featurette
Slashing Dressed To Kill Featurette
An Appreciation by Keith Gordon Featurette
Animated Photogallery
Menu-Based Advertising Gallery
Collectible Booklet
Original Theatrical Trailer

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Mono English
Dolby Digital Mono French

Subtitle Tracks:
French
Spanish
CC: English

Directed By:
Brian De Palma

Written By:
Brian De Palma

Starring:
David Margulies
Dennis Franz
Keith Gordon
Nancy Allen
Angie Dickinson
Michael Caine

Casting By:
Vic Ramos

Soundtrack By:
Pino Donaggio

Director of Photography:
Ralf D. Bode

Editor:
Gerald B. Greenberg

Costume Designer:
Ann Roth
Gary Jones

Producer:
George Litto
Fred C. Caruso

Executive Producer:
Samuel Z. Arkoff

Distributor:
Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Your Opinions and Comments

9 / 10

Faithful reproduction of one of the most controversial films of it`s time. Superb set of extras. some of the best i`ve ever seen. The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is flawed though and the sound effects tend to drown out some of the score

posted by Richard73 on 8/9/2001 21:04

10 / 10

dressed to kill is the best thriller produced out of the 80`s and
probaly the most contreversial one the film is a must see with
great performances from caine,allen and dickinson and has the best hand slashing i`ve ever seen the extras are brilliant
the most interesting one is the comparisons between the R
version and the tv version there is also a great picture and sound

posted by verhoeven on 18/11/2001 14:36

1 / 10

Hmm, well I must have missed something here, I found this movie to be somewhat boring and very predictable, and the hard to believe acting probably didnt help much either. I hope you enjoy it, because I just scored myself a new coffee coster.

posted by Teal`c on 15/9/2003 09:09