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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1982 DVD Release: 03/16/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Korean SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 57 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Comedy, Black Comedy, Media Satire

Based on Charles McCarry's 1979 novel -The Better Angels, Wrong Is Right is set in a near future in which violence has become something of a national sport and television news has fallen to tabloid depths (a significantly bigger stretch in 1982, when the film was released.) Star Sean Connery plays Patrick Hale, a globe-trotting reporter with access to a staggering array of world leaders. As the film opens, he has ventured to the Arab country of Hegreb to interview his old acquaintance, King Ibn Awad (Ron Moody). Awad has learned that the President of the United States (George Grizzard) may have issued orders for his removal; as a result, Awad) is apparently making arrangements to deliver two mini-nuclear devices -- each about the size of a small suitcase -- to a terrorist, with the intention of detonating them in Israel and the United States, unless the President resigns. In the intricate plot that unfolds, nothing is quite the way it seems, and {%Hale finds himself caught between political leaders, revolutionaries, CIA agents and other figures, trying to get to the bottom of it all. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide

Sean Connery - Patrick Hale
George Grizzard - President Lockwood
Robert Conrad - Gen. Wombat
Katharine Ross - Sally Blake
G.D. Spradlin - Philandros
Leslie Nielsen - Mallory

This wildly satiric political comedy from director Richard Brooks gets a simple presentation for its release on DVD. Wrong Is Right has been transferred to disc in letterboxed format in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The images have also been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. The dialogue is in English, with optional subtitles in English, French, Japanese, and Korean. No bonus materials have been included for this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide