The Paper Chase | Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner

The Paper Chase | Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner | Still great, but dated.

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The Paper Chase

	The Paper Chase Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner 20th Century Fox, 2003 average customer review:based on 76 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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Media Type: DVD
Artist: HOUSEMAN/BOTTOMS/WAGNER
Title: PAPER CHASE
Street Release Date: 09/05/2006

Excellent film!

This is what should be coming out of Hollywood now! This film from 1973 is thought-provoking and truly entertaining without any silly special effects to blur the meaning!

Still great, but dated.

Always a great movie for incoming law students. Emphasizes the henious Socratic method. A bit dated.

Great Film, Decent DVD

This DVD is based on a print that's in good shape. The only problem I noticed was with the audio. In a couple of scenes -- such as in Brooks' apartment, where he's confessing his struggles to Hart -- the audio isn't 100 percent in sync with the video, although fortunately not to the point that it's annoying.

The only downside to this DVD is the limited features, which are the trailer and commentary. Maybe there simply wasn't anything left the cutting room floor, or maybe nobody bothered to save it because at the time they ddn't realize that this film would become a minor classic.

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Strictly for undergraduates and lawyers

Some intelligent youngsters study law. Not just anywhere, no, but in Harvard!! This movie tells a coming of age story that made me feel rather uncomfortable. The reason: bright kids are depicted as snooty and the same time impressionable. Their being undergraduates is a stage they are going through, but the thought about where they were headed made my hairs stand on end. They do not seem to have a shred of idealism left at the start (could be a reason to study law, theoretically) and it does not look like they will get it back the rest of their lives. They try to impress a pompous lecturer whose sole purpose seems to consist in intimidating undergraduates. The main character beds the lecturer's daughter who, besides, seems to do nothing but wait for her divorce to get through - her dad's handling it, "of course". The movie is beautiful, but the world in it rather ugly. Strangely, the only likeable person in it is the wife of the most interesting and best constructed character of the movie, the undergraduate with a photographic memory who is intelligent enough to know that he will not make the grade in Harvard. Non lawyers will not like lawyers more after having seen this movie.

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Great price for a classic film.

I very much enjoyed reliving my first experience watching this classic movie from years ago. The commentary was a welcome added addition. For those who don't know, this film led to a TV series also starring John Houseman. I wish it was available on DVD as well.

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