Search - Hopscotch [Criterion Collection] on DVD

Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1980 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered,Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins Studio: Criterion Members Wishing: 33 Genres: Spy Film, Action, Comedy, Chase Movie, Comedy Thriller, Spy Comedy

Walter Matthau plays a CIA agent who's been confined by office politics to a desk job. The disgruntled Matthau quits the service and heads to Europe, where he links up with former lover (an fellow ex-agent) Glenda Jackson. All goes smoothly until Matthau acts on the advice of yet another retired agent, Russian Herbert Lom, who suggests that Matthau write a tell-all autobiography. Spitefully, Matthau sends out copies of his first chapter to the heads of the CIA agencies throughout the world--and from that point on, he and Jackson don't have a moment's peace. This delights Matthau: now that all of his former colleagues are chasing after him, he has a reason to get up in the morning. As written by Brian Garfield, Hopscotch was a conventionally serious espionage novel. As adapted for the big screen by Garfield and Bryan Forbes, Hopscotch is a lively exercise in cloak-and-dagger comedy, even when the pursuit of Matthau turns deadly towards the end. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Walter Matthau - Miles Kendig
Glenda Jackson - Isobel von Schmidt
Ned Beatty - Myerson
Sam Waterston - Cutter
Herbert Lom - Mikhail Yaskov

Ronald Neame's spy comedy Hopscotch comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include interviews with director Neame and writer Brian Garfield, the original theatrical trailer, and a television edit of the soundtrack that eliminates possible offensive words. This is a fine release from Criterion, one of the finest and most trustworthy names in home video. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide