Straight Time
Warner Bros. (1978)
Crime, Drama
In Collection
#12357
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Seen ItYes
012569753129
IMDB   7.4
1 hr 54 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Theresa Russell Jenny Mercer
Kathy Bates Selma Darin
Sandy Baron Manny
Gary Busey Willy Darin
Dustin Hoffman Max Dembo
Harry Dean Stanton Jerry Schue
M. Emmet Walsh Earl Frank
Rita Taggart Carol Schue
Jake Busey Henry Darin
Tina Menard Hotel Manager
M. Emmett Walsh
Director
Ulu Grosbard
Dustin Hoffman
Producer Tim Zinnemann
Stanley Beck
Gail Mutrux
Writer Alvin Sargent
Jeffrey Boam
Edward Bunker


Please God, don't let him get caught.

After years behind bars, Max Dembo faces Straight Time. He hopes it will mean a new life, a job, a place to call home, perhaps even a girl of his own. Instead, it's a one-way ticket to disaster.

Dustin Hoffman plays Max, a freed con trapped by an indifferent criminal system and his self-destructive bent. Before and during the film's shoot, Hoffman apprenticed himself to Edward Bunker, the ex-con whose book No Beast So Fierce inspired the movie. The resulting experience is intensely real and superbly acted by Hoffman and a terrific ensemble (Theresa Russell, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Busey, M. Emmet Walsh and Kathy Bates). As Newsweek's David Ansen wrote, Straight Time "has an edgy, lingering intensity."

Edition Details
Distributor Warner Home Video
Release Date 5/22/2007
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles Chinese; English; French; Portuguese; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1