The Holcroft Covenant

Starring:Michael Caine, Victoria Tennant
Studio: Legacy Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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The Holcroft Covenant
Starring: Michael Caine , Anthony Andrews , Victoria Tennant , Lilli Palmer , and Mario Adorf
Director: John Frankenheimer
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: 0792840445
Release Date: 1999-02-23

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The 1980s weren't too kind to John Frankenheimer, but this film stands out as a top-notch spy thriller. A Nazi pact to steal a fortune from the Third Reich to aid Holocaust survivors results in a bizarre inheritance 40 years later, with architect Michael Caine having to come to terms with his father's past and the terrifying prospects of a Fourth Reich. The whole thing becomes a metaphor for a witches' covenant. It's exciting and well-paced and full of precious little moments (though Caine and Victoria Tennant fall short of being interesting characters). Supporting actors Mario Adorf, Michael Lonsdale, and Bernard Hepton really shine. The film was based on Robert Ludlum's bestseller and coscripted by George Axelrod (The Manchurian Candidate). Terrific audio commentary by the director provides valuable insight--for instance, allowing Lonsdale to carry a long exposition scene through his commanding presence. --Bill Desowitz

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Michael Caine (The Ipcress File) and legendary director John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate, Ronin) team up for an explosive action/thriller jam-packed with heart-stopping suspense and international intrigue. Based on the best-selling novel by Robert Ludlum (and scripted by George Axelrod, Edward Anhalt and John Hopkins), the adventure unfolds "with a crispness that suggests acid etching a nightmare on glass" (Los Angeles Times). Noel Holcroft (Caine) is a New York architect who receives an unexpected inheritance from his ex-Nazi father: $40 billion in funds stolen from the Third Reich, now intended to aid Holocaust survivors. But as Holcroft delves into the treasure's mysterious history, he is thrust into a pulse-pounding adventure in which he alone stands in the way of a plan that is moving inexorably toward its terrifying conclusion: the rise of an all-powerful Fourth Reich!

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Robert Ludlum brought to life

Holcroft Covenant
Starring: Mario Adorf , Anthony Andrews , Michael Balfour , Hugo Bower , and Andrew Bradford
Director: John Frankenheimer
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00067Z2BE
Release Date: 2004-11-30

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Robert Ludlum brought to life.......2007-03-27

At the end of WWII a German General and two of his cohorts plan a covenant with a great deal of funding. They drink to their children and a better world.

Michael Caine of "The Ipcress File" (1965) fame is once again caught in a web of mystery as he must fathom the meaning of the Covenant and who if any are the good guys among all those trying to help him sign and activate the Covenant

The film is well paced and you get wrapped up in the story. The only drawback is that the music and special sound effects are extremely loud and they people are almost mumbling.

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The Holcroft Covenant
Starring: Mario Adorf , Anthony Andrews , Michael Balfour , Hugo Bower , and Andrew Bradford
Director: John Frankenheimer
Manufacturer: Westlake Budget
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0009NZ314
Release Date: 2003-10-28

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The Holcroft Covenant
Starring: Mario Adorf , Anthony Andrews , Michael Balfour , Hugo Bower , and Andrew Bradford
Director: John Frankenheimer
Manufacturer: Legacy Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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