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Born to Win (1971)
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304685891
Format: Color, EP, NTSC
ISBN: 6304685890
Label: Parade Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Parade Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Parade Video
Release Date: November 11, 1998
Running Time: 95 minutes
Studio: Parade Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1971
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Rating:  - gritty early 70's flick
This movie is a classic. OK, it has that semi-low budget feel in the beginning, and you may be wondering after the first 15 minutes if the movie is gonna be worth your time. Keep going! It fully redeems itself! Besides, the shots of New York from that time period are part of what make the film interesting for us 35 years later. That and the whole tone of the film. Anyone who could even slightly appreciate films like Shaft, Foxy Brown or anything from the Soul Cinema collection, should have no trouble ... Read More
Rating:  - early indie film, with many surprises in the stars to come later
I was very surprised at the quality of this film. The acting is solid and good, the story quite believable and unpredictable (i.e. not hollywood endingswith love winning, baddies falling, and whatever redemption needed is forthcoming), and there are many future stars in it as young actors.
JJ, just out of prison and a junkie with no life but some friends, meets Karen Black, who accepts him as he is with a wonderful chemistry of laughter and attraction. He has lost his family and there is ... Read More
Rating:  - Interesting, entertaining 'oddballs'
[Keepers Home Video, Inc.]. A shot (apparently taken from a movie frame) of Mr. DeNiro adorns the VHS jacket and so we fans follow that lead. Yes, before Mean Streets, The Godfather II, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, and the rest, he had small roles in independent films. I'm no expert on that pahse of his career, but "Born To Win", starring George Segal and Karen Black is a *4* star entry: I've never seen Segal play such a textured and complex character so convincingly, you're made to feel like that proverbial ... Read More
Rating: - BORN TO WIN is, indeed, born to win!
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. ... Read More
Rating:  - Gave it 45 minutes and turned it off!
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!
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