Born to Win

Born to Win


Starring:George Segal, Karen Black, Paula Prentiss, Jay Fletcher, Hector Elizondo, Robert De Niro, Ed Madsen, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Irving Selbst, Tim Pelt, José Pérez (II), Sylvia Simms, Jack Hollander, Alex Colon, Max Brandt, Burt Young, Roland Kindhard, Jean David, Paul Benjamin, Charles McGregor
Director: Ivan Passer
Studio: Essex
Product Type: DVD
Born to Win
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Born To Lose
  • BORN TO WIN is, indeed, born to win!
  • Gave it 45 minutes and turned it off!
  • A Sadly Neglected Film
  • dont buy this movie!
 Born to Win
Starring: George Segal , Karen Black , Paula Prentiss , Jay Fletcher , and Hector Elizondo
Director: Ivan Passer
Manufacturer: Direct Source Label
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ASIN: 1896306233
Release Date: 2000-01-10

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Born To Lose.......2006-02-08

Does Deniro even appear in this movie? Talk about false advertising.

5 out of 5 stars BORN TO WIN is, indeed, born to win!.......2002-08-22

Today, it seems like every major studio in 1971 was distributing a film having to do with the drug "culture" (THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK for Twentieth Century Fox, CISCO PIKE for Columbia, BELIEVE IN ME for MGM, etc.) United Artists, however, jumped maybe too much on the band wagon in releasing JENNIFER ON MY MIND (also with De Niro in a bit part as a gypsy cab driver), but their other film drama involving drug abuse was BORN TO WIN. This film is a small hidden gem that has not yet received its well-deserved audience. It features what is, in my opinion, the best performance of George Segal throughout his whole career, as well as involving supporting performances from Karen Black, Jay Fletcher, Robert De Niro and others. It also featured the prime signal that this was an authoratative film on drug abuse: Marcie Jean Kurtz (who appeared in THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, BELIEVE IN ME and other films of this type).

The scenes that have remained striking and unforgettable include the one in which Segal, after having been dropped off in a neighborhood of junkies by his girlfriend, retires into a dark, musty alley of strung-out derelicts as he attempts to find his friend (Jay Fletcher); the scene on the beach with Karen Black conforting George Segal; Karen Black having to resort to lines like "Come back home to me"; the closing scene.

In analyzing this film, some film authorities may declare BORN TO WIN as an archetypal piece about drugs and how they allow characters to make the decline from temporary decadence into personal debauchery, alienating them from anyone who does not see them as an addict. Ivan Passer, who also in CUTTER'S WAY illustrated technique and theory in labeling cinema as the cultural vengeance for the socially impotent, demonstrates this element at an early juncture in his career. BORN TO WIN simply uses the component of drugs to use as an allegory for that crowd of socially impotent people, as well as various techniques at how they make pitiful attempts as silent revenge while they drive themselves to personal apocalypse in an urban jungle. This allows more privileged people to create "caste systems" for these types. This may sound terribly pretentious, but this is the only way to explain my viewpoint on this film to whoever reads this review. Also adding onto the film's sense of milieu is the graininess utilized in editing and camerawork. Without these two factors, BORN TO WIN would not have retained its gritty disctinction and probably would have drifted into "another typical picture about drug abuse".

In response to the minimal amount of negative reviews I have read about BORN TO WIN, you cannot expect a genuine message to come after a half hour of viewing time and you cannot regard it as just another drug picture before you think and ponder the film's ultimate meaning in the film's culminating moments. I admit to its sometimes deficient endeavors at portraying the comical value of the drug culture (the scene in which Segal dresses in pink robe and prances around in Time Square to avoid his pursuers and stopping in at a shop for mens' suits), but the dramatic moments of the film are pinnacle for trying to understand this "class" of people. BORN TO WIN is a remarkable film and nothing allows me to make hesitations about giving it a five star rating.

1 out of 5 stars Gave it 45 minutes and turned it off!.......2001-11-14

This movie was so boring and stupid, I turned it off after about 45 minutes. Maybe I had a poor copy, but I could barely understand what Paula Prentiss was saying -- and it wasn't because she was "under the influence!" I ran it back a few times but still couldn't make it out. From the other reviewers, it sounds like it got better but, if something doesn't grab my attention after 30 minutes, I say forget it!

3 out of 5 stars A Sadly Neglected Film.......2001-03-30

This little film from the early seventies stars major film star Robert De niro in a role I'm sure even he can't remember doing along with george segal who plays JJ a sucsessful hairdresser who's hooked on heroerin and runs afoul of the mob. So JJ is up to his neck in trouble when the cops use him to get the goods on a drug smuggler. Absorbing at times very well acted By segal in this somewhat twisted comedy/drama Best scene is when JJ & His friend are shooting up in a washroom in an abandon office floor JJ'S friend overdoses on what he thinks is heroin but instead it's battery acid laced inside the drug meant for JJ. A powerful scene displaying Segal at his efftictive moment in the film. A bittersweet film more regareded and appriciated today then it was first relased over twenty years ago.

1 out of 5 stars dont buy this movie!.......2001-01-07

I bought it because of Robert deniro and the low price. It wasnt worth it. The picture quality is horrible, it looks like a bad tape... the color is constantly changing and the picture is very grainy. The sound is nothing to brag about. And besides all of that, the movie sucks. Robert Deniro has a total of about 2 minutes of screen time, and he says maybe less then 10 lines. And whats even worse than that- the dvd that I bought had a picture of Deniro that wasnt even from this movie! sat away from this one, spend a little more a better movie.
Born to Win
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    		Born to Win
    Starring: Robert Deniro
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    ASIN: B000NOK0L2
    Release Date: 2007-04-24
    Classic 70's Movies 3 on 1 (Born To Win / Katherine / The Harrad Experiment)
    Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    • Harrad Experiment plus
    • Classic(?) 70's Moives---Buy At Your Own Risk
    		 Classic 70's Movies 3 on 1 (Born To Win / Katherine / The Harrad Experiment)
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    ASIN: B000067D6M
    Release Date: 2002-05-21

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Harrad Experiment plus.......2007-04-12

    If you're wanting Harrad Experiment on DVD this is the only available source.

    1 out of 5 stars Classic(?) 70's Moives---Buy At Your Own Risk.......2005-04-25

    I bought this a few years ago because I wanted to see two of the three movies(Born to Lose, and The Harrad Experiment)and I though that with Sissy Spacek, how bad of a movie could Katherine be ?
    Well, Robert Deniro stars in Born To Lose(for about five minutes playing cop number two).
    If you like George Seagal, then this is a decent movie-Segal give a good performance as a down on his luck drug addict who's caught betweeen the cops and the dealer that he ripped off.
    Katherine seems to be a kind of retelling of the Patty Hearst kidnapping saga(sort of).(Henry Winkler(in a really early roll) and Art Carney(I guess the rent was due)also star-To be honest I was bored after 10 minutes and went ahead to --
    The Harrad Experiment--Don Johnson stars as a student in the first Co-ed dorm at Harrad College-again to be honest although I like this movie,the print was so bad(jumps,fading colors) that I couldn't really enjoy the movie.(Tippi Hedren and James Whitmore also star).
    So there you have it ,three movies with one decent print(Born to Lose).Buy at your own risk.
    Born to Win
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Born to Win
      Starring: Robert De Niro , Jane Elder , Hector Elizondo , Jay Fletcher , and Marcia Jean Kurtz
      Director: Ivan Passer
      Manufacturer: Madacy Home Video
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      ASIN: B00028G4T6
      Release Date: 2004-06-15
      Born to Win
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Born To Lose
      • BORN TO WIN is, indeed, born to win!
      • Gave it 45 minutes and turned it off!
      • A Sadly Neglected Film
      • dont buy this movie!
      		 Born to Win
      Starring: George Segal , Karen Black , Paula Prentiss , Jay Fletcher , and Hector Elizondo
      Director: Ivan Passer
      Manufacturer: United American Video
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      ASIN: B00005QW62
      Release Date: 2001-09-25

      Customer Reviews:

      1 out of 5 stars Born To Lose.......2006-02-08

      Does Deniro even appear in this movie? Talk about false advertising.

      5 out of 5 stars BORN TO WIN is, indeed, born to win!.......2002-08-22

      Today, it seems like every major studio in 1971 was distributing a film having to do with the drug "culture" (THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK for Twentieth Century Fox, CISCO PIKE for Columbia, BELIEVE IN ME for MGM, etc.) United Artists, however, jumped maybe too much on the band wagon in releasing JENNIFER ON MY MIND (also with De Niro in a bit part as a gypsy cab driver), but their other film drama involving drug abuse was BORN TO WIN. This film is a small hidden gem that has not yet received its well-deserved audience. It features what is, in my opinion, the best performance of George Segal throughout his whole career, as well as involving supporting performances from Karen Black, Jay Fletcher, Robert De Niro and others. It also featured the prime signal that this was an authoratative film on drug abuse: Marcie Jean Kurtz (who appeared in THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, BELIEVE IN ME and other films of this type).

      The scenes that have remained striking and unforgettable include the one in which Segal, after having been dropped off in a neighborhood of junkies by his girlfriend, retires into a dark, musty alley of strung-out derelicts as he attempts to find his friend (Jay Fletcher); the scene on the beach with Karen Black conforting George Segal; Karen Black having to resort to lines like "Come back home to me"; the closing scene.

      In analyzing this film, some film authorities may declare BORN TO WIN as an archetypal piece about drugs and how they allow characters to make the decline from temporary decadence into personal debauchery, alienating them from anyone who does not see them as an addict. Ivan Passer, who also in CUTTER'S WAY illustrated technique and theory in labeling cinema as the cultural vengeance for the socially impotent, demonstrates this element at an early juncture in his career. BORN TO WIN simply uses the component of drugs to use as an allegory for that crowd of socially impotent people, as well as various techniques at how they make pitiful attempts as silent revenge while they drive themselves to personal apocalypse in an urban jungle. This allows more privileged people to create "caste systems" for these types. This may sound terribly pretentious, but this is the only way to explain my viewpoint on this film to whoever reads this review. Also adding onto the film's sense of milieu is the graininess utilized in editing and camerawork. Without these two factors, BORN TO WIN would not have retained its gritty disctinction and probably would have drifted into "another typical picture about drug abuse".

      In response to the minimal amount of negative reviews I have read about BORN TO WIN, you cannot expect a genuine message to come after a half hour of viewing time and you cannot regard it as just another drug picture before you think and ponder the film's ultimate meaning in the film's culminating moments. I admit to its sometimes deficient endeavors at portraying the comical value of the drug culture (the scene in which Segal dresses in pink robe and prances around in Time Square to avoid his pursuers and stopping in at a shop for mens' suits), but the dramatic moments of the film are pinnacle for trying to understand this "class" of people. BORN TO WIN is a remarkable film and nothing allows me to make hesitations about giving it a five star rating.

      1 out of 5 stars Gave it 45 minutes and turned it off!.......2001-11-14

      This movie was so boring and stupid, I turned it off after about 45 minutes. Maybe I had a poor copy, but I could barely understand what Paula Prentiss was saying -- and it wasn't because she was "under the influence!" I ran it back a few times but still couldn't make it out. From the other reviewers, it sounds like it got better but, if something doesn't grab my attention after 30 minutes, I say forget it!

      3 out of 5 stars A Sadly Neglected Film.......2001-03-30

      This little film from the early seventies stars major film star Robert De niro in a role I'm sure even he can't remember doing along with george segal who plays JJ a sucsessful hairdresser who's hooked on heroerin and runs afoul of the mob. So JJ is up to his neck in trouble when the cops use him to get the goods on a drug smuggler. Absorbing at times very well acted By segal in this somewhat twisted comedy/drama Best scene is when JJ & His friend are shooting up in a washroom in an abandon office floor JJ'S friend overdoses on what he thinks is heroin but instead it's battery acid laced inside the drug meant for JJ. A powerful scene displaying Segal at his efftictive moment in the film. A bittersweet film more regareded and appriciated today then it was first relased over twenty years ago.

      1 out of 5 stars dont buy this movie!.......2001-01-07

      I bought it because of Robert deniro and the low price. It wasnt worth it. The picture quality is horrible, it looks like a bad tape... the color is constantly changing and the picture is very grainy. The sound is nothing to brag about. And besides all of that, the movie sucks. Robert Deniro has a total of about 2 minutes of screen time, and he says maybe less then 10 lines. And whats even worse than that- the dvd that I bought had a picture of Deniro that wasnt even from this movie! sat away from this one, spend a little more a better movie.
      Robert Deniro Double Feature: The Swap/Born to Win
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        		Robert Deniro Double Feature: The Swap/Born to Win
        Starring: Robert Deniro
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        Born to Win
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Born to Win
          Starring: Robert DeNiro; George Sgal; Karen Black; Paula Prentiss
          Director: Ivan Passer
          Manufacturer: Passion Productions
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          ASIN: B0002QPNP4
          Release Date: 2002-07-19

          Product Description

          A smart-mouther junkie and loser known as J.J. (George Segal), spends his days looking for just "one more fix", while the love of his life attempts to get him off the streets. This classic love story is a gripping tale, based upon the realities of life between men and women in all walks of life.
          Born to Win/The Swap
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            		Born to Win/The Swap

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            ASIN: B00006ZT1M
            Release Date: 2002-10-29
            The Swap/Born to Win
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              		The Swap/Born to Win
              Starring: Robert Deniro
              Manufacturer: Movie Ventures
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              ASIN: B0001XAS8K
              Release Date: 2004-04-27
              Born to Win
              Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
              • Born To Lose
              • BORN TO WIN is, indeed, born to win!
              • Gave it 45 minutes and turned it off!
              • A Sadly Neglected Film
              • dont buy this movie!
              		 Born to Win
              Starring: George Segal , Karen Black , Paula Prentiss , Jay Fletcher , and Hector Elizondo
              Director: Ivan Passer
              Manufacturer: Essex
              ProductGroup: DVD
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              ASIN: 6304762518
              Release Date: 1998-02-04

              Customer Reviews:

              1 out of 5 stars Born To Lose.......2006-02-08

              Does Deniro even appear in this movie? Talk about false advertising.

              5 out of 5 stars BORN TO WIN is, indeed, born to win!.......2002-08-22

              Today, it seems like every major studio in 1971 was distributing a film having to do with the drug "culture" (THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK for Twentieth Century Fox, CISCO PIKE for Columbia, BELIEVE IN ME for MGM, etc.) United Artists, however, jumped maybe too much on the band wagon in releasing JENNIFER ON MY MIND (also with De Niro in a bit part as a gypsy cab driver), but their other film drama involving drug abuse was BORN TO WIN. This film is a small hidden gem that has not yet received its well-deserved audience. It features what is, in my opinion, the best performance of George Segal throughout his whole career, as well as involving supporting performances from Karen Black, Jay Fletcher, Robert De Niro and others. It also featured the prime signal that this was an authoratative film on drug abuse: Marcie Jean Kurtz (who appeared in THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, BELIEVE IN ME and other films of this type).

              The scenes that have remained striking and unforgettable include the one in which Segal, after having been dropped off in a neighborhood of junkies by his girlfriend, retires into a dark, musty alley of strung-out derelicts as he attempts to find his friend (Jay Fletcher); the scene on the beach with Karen Black conforting George Segal; Karen Black having to resort to lines like "Come back home to me"; the closing scene.

              In analyzing this film, some film authorities may declare BORN TO WIN as an archetypal piece about drugs and how they allow characters to make the decline from temporary decadence into personal debauchery, alienating them from anyone who does not see them as an addict. Ivan Passer, who also in CUTTER'S WAY illustrated technique and theory in labeling cinema as the cultural vengeance for the socially impotent, demonstrates this element at an early juncture in his career. BORN TO WIN simply uses the component of drugs to use as an allegory for that crowd of socially impotent people, as well as various techniques at how they make pitiful attempts as silent revenge while they drive themselves to personal apocalypse in an urban jungle. This allows more privileged people to create "caste systems" for these types. This may sound terribly pretentious, but this is the only way to explain my viewpoint on this film to whoever reads this review. Also adding onto the film's sense of milieu is the graininess utilized in editing and camerawork. Without these two factors, BORN TO WIN would not have retained its gritty disctinction and probably would have drifted into "another typical picture about drug abuse".

              In response to the minimal amount of negative reviews I have read about BORN TO WIN, you cannot expect a genuine message to come after a half hour of viewing time and you cannot regard it as just another drug picture before you think and ponder the film's ultimate meaning in the film's culminating moments. I admit to its sometimes deficient endeavors at portraying the comical value of the drug culture (the scene in which Segal dresses in pink robe and prances around in Time Square to avoid his pursuers and stopping in at a shop for mens' suits), but the dramatic moments of the film are pinnacle for trying to understand this "class" of people. BORN TO WIN is a remarkable film and nothing allows me to make hesitations about giving it a five star rating.

              1 out of 5 stars Gave it 45 minutes and turned it off!.......2001-11-14

              This movie was so boring and stupid, I turned it off after about 45 minutes. Maybe I had a poor copy, but I could barely understand what Paula Prentiss was saying -- and it wasn't because she was "under the influence!" I ran it back a few times but still couldn't make it out. From the other reviewers, it sounds like it got better but, if something doesn't grab my attention after 30 minutes, I say forget it!

              3 out of 5 stars A Sadly Neglected Film.......2001-03-30

              This little film from the early seventies stars major film star Robert De niro in a role I'm sure even he can't remember doing along with george segal who plays JJ a sucsessful hairdresser who's hooked on heroerin and runs afoul of the mob. So JJ is up to his neck in trouble when the cops use him to get the goods on a drug smuggler. Absorbing at times very well acted By segal in this somewhat twisted comedy/drama Best scene is when JJ & His friend are shooting up in a washroom in an abandon office floor JJ'S friend overdoses on what he thinks is heroin but instead it's battery acid laced inside the drug meant for JJ. A powerful scene displaying Segal at his efftictive moment in the film. A bittersweet film more regareded and appriciated today then it was first relased over twenty years ago.

              1 out of 5 stars dont buy this movie!.......2001-01-07

              I bought it because of Robert deniro and the low price. It wasnt worth it. The picture quality is horrible, it looks like a bad tape... the color is constantly changing and the picture is very grainy. The sound is nothing to brag about. And besides all of that, the movie sucks. Robert Deniro has a total of about 2 minutes of screen time, and he says maybe less then 10 lines. And whats even worse than that- the dvd that I bought had a picture of Deniro that wasnt even from this movie! sat away from this one, spend a little more a better movie.

              DVD:

              1. The Cisco Kid: The Gay Amigo
              2. Neon Signs
              3. Raptor
              4. Expect No Mercy
              5. Mutiny
              6. Once Upon a Time in China #1
              7. Blood on the Sun
              8. Samurai - The Last Warriors (Documentary)
              9. The Master of Death
              10. School of Duel: Learn Yu-Gi-Oh - Advanced Duelist

              DVD List

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              Hopalong Cassidy Vol 4

              Hip Hop Shop

              New Best Friend (REGION 1) (NTSC)

              DVD: Baby Einstein - Baby Noah - Animal Expedition

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