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Actors: Richard Boone, Marlon Brando, Gerard Buhr, Pamela Franklin, Jess Hahn
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 64745
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 94
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D23610D
ISBN: 0783292171
UPC: 025192361029
EAN: 9780783292175
ASIN: B00009AOBO
Theatrical Release Date: 1969
Release Date: May 11, 2004
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 You've Gotta Be a Brando Fan February 5, 2008
There's a lot of interesting ideas lying subsurface in this movie, waiting to be developed, especially the "Stockholm syndrome" theme between Pamela Franklin and Brando. Unfortunately, they're presented and dropped before they can be developed.
Richard Boone, one of Hollywood's greatest character actors, plays an amoral sadist here, and his scenes with Brando positively crackle with tension and electricity. Rita Moreno, in a blond wig, is astonishing as the junkie airline stewardess, who makes this caper possible, but endangers it at every turn with her character's thoughtlessness and weaknesses.
There's some very good acting to watch here, and Brando, still in his physical prime, is riveting. Sadly, the pacing of the movie is very slow, and the point of it all seems to be missing. All of the characters are flawed enough to be interesting, but the plot never coalesces to the point where we should care about any of them. The closest thing we get to caring is seeing Brando's character exact his vengence on Richard Boone's dapper sadist.
There's probably a lot of this movie that was left on the cutting-room floor, because the actors obviously cared. The finished product, however, does not contain enough highlights to save the movie from its extended periods of ennui.
 Night Of The Following Day January 7, 2008
The Night Of The Following Day is a tense and rigid, psychological crime/heist/kidnapping drama, where the bitter and angry characters start to affect each other's minds. They become enraged with each other and become embroiled deeper in their predicament.
The cinematography is slick and neat. And somewhat is the opposite to the characters state of ailing mind. The story is slow yet intruiging. It sends message about the abuse of power and how criminals can take advantage of those who have money and how they, sometimes, stop at nothing to rebel against themselves and the system.
It has no director's commentary on the disk.
I have never seen Brando so nice and mean. He really captures the complexities and contradicitons of those who live to steal.
Matthew Ryan Herfurth
An Underappreciated Gem---Try It! June 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw "The Night of the Following Day" yesterday. I'd heard, and expected, it to be typical of Marlon Brando's "stinky sixties" period, when he was just showing up for the check. The hype on this film was totally wrong! It's a period gem!
Richard Boone and, especially, Rita Moreno more than hold their own with Brando. It's refreshing to see the Method man taking something of a backseat to Boone, at least until the very end. And what an end it is---genuinely suspenseful and a true twist which I didn't see coming.
Brando plays, and plays well a sympathetic character among a cast of three-dimensional portrayals. The film is imaginatively photographed; 1969 Paris serves as an attractive backdrop for a movie that gives better than it got from critics at the box office.
At five bucks for the DVD or less than that for the video, give "The Night of the Following Day" a chance. It's a good late night or rainy afternoon movie. You won't be disappointed.
Not as bad as people say it is January 1, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I just saw this movie last night and didn't think it as bad as most people say that it is. It's not great and much less one that would be hailed as a masterpiece of comtemporary American cinema but I thought overall it was pretty good. The movie does move at a slow pace for the most part but it did keep me interested in its characters and how they were going to turn out. Marlon Brando plays the leader of a ruthless gang of kidnappers who proceed to kidnap a young lady as soon as she arrives in Paris. She is then taken hostage and driven to an isolated beachhouse owned by the stewardess that she met on the plane. As the days wore on the tension and danger builds and their plan turns horribly wrong and everyone feels the pressure as danger begins to consume them. Marlon Brando is always good as he seldom if ever disappoints and he plays his role with a smooth raw edge that is cool and collected and always serious. Richard Boone is perhaps the most cynical and dangerous villain of the group and he delivers a performance that is both intriguing and great. Rita Moreno is fantastic as the blonde cocaine addicted flight attendant who is Brando's partner in crime and lover. It was reported that the both of them were having a passionate and torrid affair during the filming of the movie. The last 14 minutes of the film leave you somewhat confused (atlest it did me) and the ending leaves you hanging and expecting something else to happen or atleast give the viewer an indication that something else has to happen but it doesn't. Not a bad movie, I thought it was going to be a bomb but it wasn't you should consider watching this movie and looking at it for what it is one of Marlon Brando's most obscure and less known films but all that considered a fairly decent movie.
Brando in one of his quirkiest roles October 25, 2005
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
The death of a major actor usually results in a flurry of sales of his films, but that is not why I wanted this particular film.
Mr. Brando often 'walked through' films, giving perfunctory performances at best. He admitted as much during his lifetime. This is definitely not the case with his portrayal of "Bud" in this ensemble cast. I first saw this film on the big screen as a first release, and was fascinated by the interactions of the characters.
The plot revolves around the kidnapping of a young girl and holding her for ransom. The drama is the tensions among the conspirators. The ending, now a cliche, was relatively new at the time, and MUST be regarded that way.
The cast is what makes the film worth watching: Brando. Richard Boone, upping the bar on his sadistic sinister best (as seen in the previous year's "Hombre" with Paul Newman). Rita Moreno, showing the versatility by tackling a part a long way from "West Side Story." A very young Pamela Franklin, who five years later starred in the classic thriller "Legend of Hell House." The characters are brought to life by these talented players; no one is quite what he or she seems to be at first.
Yes, it's 60s. Yes, it's quirky. The big buzz is the rift between Brando and the director - Richard Boone was asked to take over for the last bits shot. Oh well. The film remains one of the standout roles of Brando's, and should be given a place in any collection.
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