Search - Hard Times [Widescreen/Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1975 DVD Release: 04/06/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Korean, Spanish, Thai SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Action, Drama, Sports Drama See Also: Hard Times [Fullscreen]

Also known as The Streetfighter, Hard Times stars Charles Bronson as Chaney, an aging bare-knuckle boxer, trying to scratch out a living in the middle of the Depression. "Speed" (James Coburn) is the two-bit promoter who books Chaney in the tank towns of the South and Midwest. He is briefly reinvigorated by an affair with the lovely Lucy (Jill Ireland, Mrs. Bronson in real life), but it's back to the seedy realm before too long. Hard Times represented the directorial debut of Walter Hill, who even at this early stage demonstrated the gritty verisimilitude that he'd bring to such future projects as The Warriors (1979) and 48 Hrs. (1984). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Charles Bronson - Chaney
James Coburn - Spencer "Speed" Weed
Jill Ireland - Luby Simpson
Strother Martin - Poe

Walter Hill directs legendary tough guy Charles Bronson in Hard Times, which comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1, and is preferable in every way to the standard full-frame image. English and Portuguese soundtracks are both rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Thai subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the theatrical trailer. This Columbia/TriStar release should please fans of the film, but there is little here to interest the average DVD consumer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide