Entertaining, insufficient development
Added 1/31/2009
A pleasent film to watch (not a boring moment), Telefon lacks development of certain characters and situations.
The role played by Tyne Daly's and the other CIA agents in the plot is so irrelevant and their contribution ultimately so unimportant that they might have been virtually eliminated and still the movie would have gone on (I suspect in the novel they might be more relevant).
Donald Pleasence plays an interesting bad guy, who should have had a chance to explain himself better. He almost says nothing during the whole film.
Finally, the relationship between Bronson and Remick should have been developed much, much more. Remick's final reaction appears uncalled for or unfounded, judging from the little she and Bronson have shared before.
The gorgeous and lovely Lee Remick is sorely miscast in this. The antipode of a spy, her character resounds homely and Pollyanesque, like a Hockey-Mom. The way it is written, the role could have been given to Doris Day, Barbara Eden or Connie Stevens (kinda Legally Blonde girl).
Bronson is good only because his wooden style of acting is appropriate to his role, but he does not show much otherwise.
Apart from that, it is a lot of fun to watch.
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Check caller ID
Added 4/20/2008
The phone rings. A voice on the other end quotes Frost "The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep". This triggers Soviet Manchurian Canidate killers to carry out missions programmed long ago when the cold war was hot. Enter Charles Bronson, Soviet KGB agent to save the day and prevent WWIII with his double agent femme fatal Lee Remick in a race against time to find the evil Dr. Strangelove type villian.
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DVD PLEASE!!!
Added 3/18/2008
One of Bronson's best flicks. It deserves to be released on DVD (Blu-ray preferably).
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RELEASE IT ON DVD !!!
Added 5/15/2007
If you read the reviews on this movie you will see
that since 2000,people want this movie to come out
on dvd.They have put some of Bronson's worst pieces
of c**p out on dvd yet this excellent movie languishes
in vhs hell.I don't like Bronson generally speaking,
however he did make a few good films and this one tops
my list.Read the other reviews for info.on the story line.
I got tired of waiting for this to come out on dvd so I
transferred my vhs copy onto a blank dvd disc so that at
least it wouldn't deteriorate any further,but I want the
real thing.This movie really is a gem.
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Best of Bronson
Added 9/1/2006
WHY ISN'T THIS MOVIE ON DVD? They're putting absolute JUNK out all the time, but they don't put really excellent movies like this one out? Who's running the show? Come on, guys, this is absolutely top of the line Bronson!
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Entertaining, insufficient development
Added 1/31/2009
A pleasent film to watch (not a boring moment), Telefon lacks development of certain characters and situations.
The role played by Tyne Daly's and the other CIA agents in the plot is so irrelevant and their contribution ultimately so unimportant that they might have been virtually eliminated and still the movie would have gone on (I suspect in the novel they might be more relevant).
Donald Pleasence plays an interesting bad guy, who should have had a chance to explain himself better. He almost says nothing during the whole film.
Finally, the relationship between Bronson and Remick should have been developed much, much more. Remick's final reaction appears uncalled for or unfounded, judging from the little she and Bronson have shared before.
The gorgeous and lovely Lee Remick is sorely miscast in this. The antipode of a spy, her character resounds homely and Pollyanesque, like a Hockey-Mom. The way it is written, the role could have been given to Doris Day, Barbara Eden or Connie Stevens (kinda Legally Blonde girl).
Bronson is good only because his wooden style of acting is appropriate to his role, but he does not show much otherwise.
Apart from that, it is a lot of fun to watch.
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Check caller ID
Added 4/20/2008
The phone rings. A voice on the other end quotes Frost "The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep". This triggers Soviet Manchurian Canidate killers to carry out missions programmed long ago when the cold war was hot. Enter Charles Bronson, Soviet KGB agent to save the day and prevent WWIII with his double agent femme fatal Lee Remick in a race against time to find the evil Dr. Strangelove type villian.
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DVD PLEASE!!!
Added 3/18/2008
One of Bronson's best flicks. It deserves to be released on DVD (Blu-ray preferably).
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