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Thunderbolt & Lightfoot [VHS] | ![Thunderbolt & Lightfoot [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510PQ2YQ6ZL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Michael Cimino
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, Gary Busey
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: Video
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 9259
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301976401
UPC: 027616139238
EAN: 9786301976404
ASIN: 6301976401
Theatrical Release Date: 1974
Release Date: April 1, 1992
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Jeff Bridges actually corralled an Oscar nomination for his spirited, oddball performance in this genre crime story, directed by first-timer Michael Cimino who (a short two films later) would bring down a studio with Heaven's Gate. Clint Eastwood plays a bank robber par excellence with a flair for explosives who is being hunted by his former partners, who think he has their loot from their last job. Bridges is his eager apprentice and sidekick, who helps him escape; when Eastwood finally makes peace with his hunters, Bridges convinces them to try a daring robbery--but things inevitably go awry. The relationship between Eastwood and Bridges is both funny and touching in this, one of Eastwood's better post-Dirty Harry efforts. --Marshall Fine
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 Nice light entertainment that will conjure up a thunderous applause... January 23, 2009
Andrew Ellington (Mulholland Drive)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There really is a lot of enjoy about this movie, a fast paced and well executed caper movie that has some well developed characters and some very fine acting. I love me some Jeff Bridges, an actor I find to be at the head of the pack, so tagging his name to anything will get my attention. I had just seen `The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' for the first time and so the idea of another Eastwood picture was actually welcomed (I don't find him the greatest actor, but some of his movies are rather enjoyable).
Overall `Thunderbolt and Lightfoot' is a very entertaining film.
The film tells the story of former thief turned preacher who is on the run from his former business partners who think he has the stolen loot from their last robbery. While fleeing gunshots he runs into Lightfoot, a free spirited young man who has a way with the ladies and his mind set on learning a thing or two from Thunderbolt. When they finally meet up with Thunderbolt's previous partners they decide to all go into a dangerous robbery together only to have their plans botched as the job takes a turn for the worse.
The film is crafted rather well, with smart dialog and interesting character development, and surprisingly some sentimentality I didn't expect; especially as the film draws to a close.
The acting is the films biggest highlight; both Eastwood and Bridges pulling out superb performances. I'm a little baffled at the Oscar nomination for Bridges, not because it wasn't deserved but because it fell in the supporting category. He feels like a total co-lead, but maybe I'm wrong. I don't always have the best judgment when it comes to category placement. He steals the show, that is for sure, giving Lightfoot such natural charm and spunk. I loved every minute of his performance. Eastwood was effectively somber, as he is almost always, but there is an added layer of humanity here that I don't often see in him.
George Kennedy is a tad over the top here, but whatever.
I was shocked to see that this came from Michael Cimino for it just doesn't feel like it, but I guess not every movie can be as dominating as `The Deer Hunter'. This is a great little popcorn film. It is nothing spectacular, but it is truly entertaining and is a film you won't regret spending the time and or money to watch.
So maybe the applause won't be `thunderous', but really, I liked the pun.
 Classic Clint December 10, 2008
D. Hildebrand (USA)
Hadn't seen this for years and saw it mentioned on a Eastwood TV tribute so I bought it. What a great trip down memory lane. Classic early Clint with great performances from the other actors. Felt like I was up watching the Million Dollar Movie at 2am.
thunderbolt and lightfoot August 3, 2008
N. janus (Fishkill NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
being a big fan of East Clintwood and Jeff Bridges, I wanted to see this early movie. It was great, only problem, the definition stinks, worse than VCR movies, so my flat screen made up for it by reducing the projected image on the screen by half. I have a 40 in. screen and ended up with a 30 inch picture, had I known that, I probably would have not ordered that DVD.
 Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts June 5, 2008
David Colvin (Oak park IL)
Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts aside their mutual suspicions to repeat the crime after they are unable to find the loot from the original heist, hidden behind a school chalkboard. The hardened artilleryman and his flippant, irresponsible young sidekick are the two wild cards in the deck of jokers. Written by {booda@datasync.com}
"You stick with me kid. You're gonna live forever." February 16, 2008
Trevor Willsmer (London, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This 1974 caper movie manages the neat trick of both delivering what the audience wants and subverting their expectations at the same time. Clint Eastwood plays a crook on the run from ex-partners in crime George Kennedy and Geoffrey Lewis (often hysterically funny here) who teams up with Jeff Bridges' extrovert drifter to retrieve the loot from a previous robbery only to find his old accomplices tagging along and things - naturally - not going at all to plan. It's an almost perfectly judged mixture of comedy and action with both feet firmly on the ground in a way that would be almost unthinkable today. There's a real rapport between the outstanding cast and an affection for the characters that adds to the impact of the very Seventies ending. Writer-director Michael Cimino handles the mood swings adeptly and even injects a subtle undercurrent of sexual ambiguity that never gets in the way of the entertainment: this was a terrific movie in 1974, and if anything it's an even better one today. The transfer isn't great, but it is in the original 2.35:1 widescreen ratio.
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