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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1984 DVD Release: 09/02/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 54 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Police Detective Film

Clint Eastwood plays a New Orleans detective determined to track down a serial killer of prostitutes. Complicating matters is the fact that the unknown culprit is very likely an S&M fetishist....and so is Eastwood. The detective is profoundly disturbed at the likelihood that he and the killer have the same taste in women; this element of the case is equally troublesome for psychologist Genevieve Bujold, who finds herself attracted to Eastwood. The climax involves the killer's attempting to throw Eastwood off the track by kidnapping one of the detective's two daughters (played quite well by Clint's real-life daughter Alison). Despite its reliance on bloodletting, particularly in the final scenes, Tightrope is most effective when probing the hangups and vulnerabilities of Clint Eastwood's character. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Clint Eastwood - Wes Block
Geneviève Bujold - Beryl Thibodeaux
Dan Hedaya - Detective Molinari
Alison Eastwood - Amanda Block
Jennifer Beck - Penny Block

Richard Tuggle directs Clint Eastwood in the psychological thriller Tightrope, which debuts on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, and a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Thai subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include trailers and highlights from other films featuring Eastwood. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide