The Specialists ( Les spécialistes )

The Specialists (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Les spécialistes
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Patrice Leconte

Written By:
Michel Blanc
Patrick Dewolf

Actors:
Bernard Giraudeau ..... Paul Brandon
Gérard Lanvin ..... Stéphane Carella
Christiane Jean ..... Laura
Maurice Barrier ..... Kovacs
Daniel Jégou ..... Casino director
Bertie Cortez ..... Mazetti
Christian Bianchi ..... Le gendarme chez Laura
Jean-Luc Debrie
William Doherty
Bernard Hervé
Salvatore Ingoglia
Philippe Lehembre
Patrick Massieu
Jacques Nolot
Gerard Parachou

Synopsis:

This is a standard cops-and-robbers caper with a slight twist: the good cops are robbing the drug-dealing robbers. Bernard Giraudeau is Paul Brandon, an undercover, daredevil cop, and Gerard Lanvin is Stephane Carella, the man Paul has to spring from jail to help in a grand larceny of a crooked Nice casino run by a mob boss -- the intent is to start a gang war and weaken the drug cartels. While Stephane and the undercover Paul are being transported in a police van, handcuffed together, Paul maneuvers a dangerous escape, and Stephane has no choice but to go with him. Braving cliff faces and wild plunges into fast-moving rapids, the two make it to the house of a young widow, Laura (Christiane Jean) where they plan the spectacular heist at the casino.

During a routine transfer of prisoners from one jail to another, an accused cop killer, Paul Brandon, is temporarily chained to a con with only a year left to serve, Stéphane Carella. Paul bolts pulling the reluctant Stéphane with him. They escape to a farmhouse whose lovely owner Laura lost her husband to a cop's bullet; so she agrees to assist them. Once out of their chains, Paul proposes the burglary of a casino owned by the Mafia. Stéphane and Laura agree, but Stéphane soon learns that Paul is an undercover cop whose burglary plot is a ruse to start a war between rival gangs. Can they avoid detection? And what about the heist?

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 January, 2010.

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