Maverick

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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene (II), Alfred Molina
Directed By: Richard Donner

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0085391337423
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0790731940
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-06-01
Running Time: 127
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1994-05-20

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Editorial Reviews:

Inspired by the 1960s TV series that starred James Garner in the title role, this lightweight Western from 1994 proved to be a surprising box-office hit. Well, maybe not such a big surprise, since it’s from the star and director of the Lethal Weapon movies, and operates with a similar combination of mainstream plotting and easygoing humor. Mel Gibson stars as card-playing gunslinger Brett Maverick, who meets up with wily gambler Annabelle Bransford (Jodie Foster) and a marshal named Zane Cooper (James Garner, trading his old role to Gibson) on his way to the World Series of poker in St. Louis. Maverick’s trying to raise the $5,000 needed to join the high-stakes poker contest, but that’s easier said than done due to a lot of unscrupulous competition and a twisting plot of tricks and deceptions. It’s all played for laughs and action, so the movie never wears out its welcome, despite a running time that could’ve used a good trimming. It’s also fun to see the rapport between Gibson and Garner, as if the present and former Mavericks were a kind of surrogate son and father, bonded by their mutual skill in charming and conning their way through tight spots. Director Richard Donner also pays tribute to old Westerns by casting veterans of the genre in cameo roles (including Bert Remsen, Dub Taylor, and Denver Pyle), and Gibson’s Lethal Weapon costar Danny Glover pops in for a surprise appearance. None of this really adds up to much since the movie makes no pretense about taking itself seriously, but that’s precisely why audiences found it so entertaining. –Jeff Shannon

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Summary: A stinker
Comment: This is a two star stinker. We were promised hilarity, and all we got was smirking, a very thin story, and excessive length. Either a film is a put-on or not, and this movie could not quite make up its mind. The comedy bits fall extremely flat, and the violence is just plain nasty, as is some of the language. In short, a complete waste of time that does nothing for the reputation of Gibson and Foster.

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Summary: Maverick – DVD
Comment: I love this movie but was a little disapointed because the movie had finger prints all over it and it was a little scratched. The DVD was labeled as “like new”.

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Summary: Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster – cheater on cheater
Comment: Maverick is a “who-cheats-who?”-comedy about a number of tricksters who converge on a riverboat-gambling-competition in the Wild West. It resembles a 1940-screwball-comedy more than a western, and Jodie Foster reminded this reviewer of Katharine Hepburn at her best.

It is very enjoyable to watch Jodie Foster and a very confident Mel Gibson together, and it seems like they really enjoyed making this movie.

How to play poker? Or how to get a lot of money to take part in big tournament? Or how to win tournament? But the main question is: how not lose all your money after you won it?

If you like poker – you would definitely wanna watch this film.

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Summary: Top notch comedy at an affordable price
Comment: Two gamblers, one lawman, one high stakes poker tournament, and a raft of complications.

Hilarity ensues.

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Summary: A lot of fun, especially for fans of the TV version of Maverick
Comment: I recently saw the movie Maverick again, after not having viewed it for some time. I was reminded how delightful the enterprise was–and enjoyed again the boffo ending.

In the movie, Mel Gibson plays Brett Maverick (the role essayed on television so many years ago by James Garner); James Garner plays Sheriff Zane Cooper; Jodie Foster does a nice turn as Annabelle Bransford, a larcenous gambler; Graham Graham overacts to excess, playing a Native American leader; James Coburn is Commodore Duvall, the man who organizes an “All-Star” high stakes poker match on his riverboat.

The plot has Maverick trying to acquire the money needed to enter the poker game. In his wanderings, he runs across Mrs. Bransford, Angel (played by Alfred Molina), and others. The poker game itself is fun for older viewers. We see some of the following characters from an earlier era of television: Doug McClure (who starred in one of those great Westerns from the 1950s and early 1960s), Paul Brinegar, Denver Pyle, Dan Hedaya, and so on.

It’s a lot of fun, with some over the top scenes (e.g., the segment focusing on Native Americans) diminishing the whole. However, Gibson does a solid job as Maverick; Garner is his usual dependable self as an actor; Foster plays her role well; Coburn’s character is well drawn.

All in all, worth giving another view if you have seen it before and worth a first look if not.

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