tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post2538402264424748562..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Breakout (1975)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-61130823426729220882018-02-12T19:15:12.673-08:002018-02-12T19:15:12.673-08:00For some reason when mega-star Burt Reynolds would...For some reason when mega-star Burt Reynolds would play shifty, wink-in-his-eye anti-heroes, I tended to find it kind of show-offy and off-putting. Bronson here plays a role that might have been on paper better suited to Reynolds but I absolutely love what he does here. There is nothing else in Bronson's entire oeuvre that compares to this role and his gift for comedy shines - and is tempered with a beautiful humanity that anchors the entire proceeding. "I AM a professional!!"] Sheree North? Icing on the cake. Jill Ireland, never better. [Note: Your points on bizarre tonal shift are well stated - the opening scene slow-motion murder??? Comedic Randy Quaid being pummeled with rifle butts? Robert Duvall's near rape of his wife??? What the...?] F. Ben Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08736492083983845555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-31887596582155479832016-12-19T10:15:15.861-08:002016-12-19T10:15:15.861-08:00Inspired by an actual event in 1971.Inspired by an actual event in 1971.geralmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453256388942999114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-71702456983903558272013-03-26T22:50:56.307-07:002013-03-26T22:50:56.307-07:00Always loved this Bronson flick, probably more tha...Always loved this Bronson flick, probably more than most people. There's another great reason to watch this and her name is Sheree North, what a hottie! I would also say that while most real life married couples don't work that great together on screen, I think Bronson and Ireland were great.. You can definitely see the love in her eyes she had for him.Tommy Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150131602787950689noreply@blogger.com