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Straight Time (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ulu Grosbard

Written By:
Edward Bunker
Alvin Sargent

Actors:
Dustin Hoffman ..... Max Dembo
Theresa Russell ..... Jenny Mercer
Gary Busey ..... Willy Darin
Harry Dean Stanton ..... Jerry Schue
M. Emmet Walsh ..... Earl Frank
Rita Taggart ..... Carol Schue
Kathy Bates ..... Selma Darin
Sandy Baron ..... Manny
Jake Busey ..... Henry Darin
Tina Menard ..... Hotel Manager
Stephanie Ericson-Baron ..... Bar Patron
Dave Kelly ..... Counterman
Don Sommese ..... Waiter
Kit Jee Wong ..... Grocer
Peter Kwong ..... Grocery Clerk

Synopsis:

Dustin Hoffman plays Max Dembo , a convict ,at the mercy of his parole officer to set him free. While on parole for the first time, Jenny Mercer (Theresa Russell) helps him get a job which is a requisite for ending the parole. They both fall in love.When the parole officer makes a search at Max's home he finds evidence of a dope being used. Max lets his friend Jerry use the dope in his room earlier. So, Max is arrested again and a urine test is taken. When found not guilty Max is let out in parole again. Completely irritated by the officer Max runs away from him . Soon, he comes to know that the only thing he could do well is burglary. While robbing a jewellery shop, a mistake leads to the death of his close friend and confidante. However , Max escapes and absconds with his girl friend Jenny. At last, completely disgusted with the world, Max sends his girl friend home to L.A and admits that he knows he will get caught again! Awesome performance from Hoffman throughout the movie, indicates why he's the greatest of all time!

After many juvenile detentions and six years in prison, the small time thief and burglar Max Dembo is released on parole. Max has an initial friction with his nasty parole officer Earl Frank, but the officer agrees to let him live in a hotel room if he gets a job within a week. Max goes to an employment agency and the attendant Jenny Mercer helps him to get a job in a can industry. Max is decided to begin a new life straight and visits his old pal Willy Darin and his family. When Willy brings Max home, he injects heroin and leaves his spoon under Max's bed. Max dates Jenny and on the next day after hours, he finds Frank waiting for him snooping around his room. Frank finds the spoon and sends Max to prison for tests to prove whether he had a fix or not. Despite the negative result, Frank leaves Max for a week imprisoned. When Max is released again, Franks gives a ride and presses him to tell who had a fix in his room. Max hits Frank, steals his car and seeks out his former friends to restart his life of crime. Jenny lodges Max at her place and has a love affair with him. Max and his best friend Jerry Schue successfully rob a bank; but after a jewelry heist in Beverly Hills, where Max loses Jerry and Willy, he leaves California and Jenny and heads alone elsewhere.

After six years in prison for armed robbery, Max Dembo, a career robber who has offenses dating back to age twelve, is released on parole. Max, who wants to go straight, doesn't much like the restrictions of parole and does whatever he can to push the boundaries of that parole, much to the chagrin of his parole officer, Earl Frank, who tries to be somewhat flexible, but which may be increasingly difficult as Max pushes harder and harder. Some of those conditions include living in a half way house, not associating with past friends and associates, no driving, and no drugs. Living a straight life may be more difficult than he imagines especially as his encounters with Earl become increasingly black and white, at least in Earl's mind. The way Max deals with Earl is the same way he deals with everything in life: his way or the high way. Through his life in the outside world, Max embarks on a relationship with Jenny Mercer, an employment agency clerk who he meets while looking for a job. Jenny knows about his past criminal history, but he ends up only telling her so much of his current life if only to protect her... just in case.

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