HTF Blu-Ray Review The Hired Hand (Recommended) (1 Viewer)

[Timothy Bodzioney]

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The Hired Hand Blu Ray Review (Recommended)

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[Todd Erwin]

The Hired Hand was not a commercial or critical success. It is ironic that a studio like Universal would greenlight projects like this and Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie (soon to be released on Blu Ray) and have no idea how to sell them. The marketing materials included (trailers, tv and radio spots) are dreadful and demonstrate Universal’s cluelessness.

I remember Clint Eastwood being interviewed about his move from Universal to Warner Brothers around this same time period, and citing Universal's poorly managed marketing dept in the late 1970s. I think that is also why Steven Spielberg ended up producing most of his Steven Spielberg Presents movies over at Warner in the 1980s, too.

 

[stinky fitzwizzle]

Excellent review. If Peter Fonda weren't so insufferable, Stinky might consider watching this one.