Bite the Bullet | | Cast : | Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen | | Director : | Richard Brooks | | Studio : | Columbia Tristar Hom | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | January 01, 1975 | | DVD Released Date : | March 01, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | March 28, 2005 | | Summary | Hearts in the Right Place. Corny?.....So What? | Content
 | I want to see the knowhow of Hackman, the street smarts of Coburn and the earthy, toughness of Johnson.
Want to see heros and nobility. Especially want to see Hackman giving his frothing horse water, instead of first riding over the finish line. I don't care about the corn. Made me feel good. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 24, 2005 | | Summary | A lost jewel film! | Content
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When we make the account of celebrate Westerns, usually we use to forget this film. There is to my mind one powerful reason: this picture was not released in the right time. There were so many factors in that ages that simply ignored traditional works , because Hollywood searched fresh airs. The names of Independent and talented filmmakers such Scorsese,Pakula Coppola, Kubrick, Casavettes turned the attention of the audience to them, leaving behind a group of directors who had not perceived the time of the great changes in the Cinema.
But the virtues of this film overcame all these obstacles to become in a cult film.
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| Rating | | | Date | December 29, 2004 | | Summary | Unusual Western, Typical of the 70s Style of Filmmaking | Content
| A grueling 700 mile horse race attracts a motley crew of competitors, including a cowboy (Gene Hackman), a gambler (James Coburn), a greenhorn (Jan Michael Vincent), a former Pony Express Rider (Ben Johnson) and an ex-prostitute (Candice Bergen). While the riders are all given character arcs, their horses aren't even given personalities.
Staci Layne Wilson
Author of Staci's Guide to Animal Movies
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| Rating | | | Date | November 07, 2004 | | Summary | A Race Of Personal Best | Content
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I watched this film the other night- I hadn't seen it since I was a teenager. I loved it.
It's a western that's much more than that. While it's premise is about a horse race- it's really about life's race; about games that seem bought and paid for, age vs youth, friendships and whether we let things come between them, and about why people run the race and how one man's reaction to it can influence others to change the dynamic(in a good way).
Hackman and Coburn make a good combination in this as former Rough Riders. Jan Michael Vincent had a role where he really had to shine and I think he gave the performance of his career, here. Ben Johnson breaks your heart in what is one of the most real roles he has ever offered (and probably a real testament to how the real cowboy lived). Candice Bergman is terrific, too.
This story handles a full range of issues (racial, sexual and animal rights) in a fair and real sense. Some have remarked about some of the cruelty depicted here, and the point Richard Brooks was making (I think) is, there are some real swine in this world. They view anything- be it animal or their fellow human beings, merely as a means to an end. They're either too stupid or too insensitive to know how dark they are. It's also an example of how we set examples for one another. If you allow stupid to do as stupid does- stupid will!
I won't spoil the ending- let's just say that it makes a point about what's really important, in a very effective, emotion filled way. I think you leave this film not only satisfied- but feeling uplifted.
My personal favorite of Richard Brooks and time extrememly well spent. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 08, 2004 | | Summary | Loved this!! | Content
| Forget all the rambling connecting this flick to the "ultra left", "revisionists" and "analyzing".
*This is a great Western*
Horse owners will enjoy it.
'Nuff said. |
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