SummaryAfter Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
Directed By:Sidney Lumet
Written By:Lawrence Sanders, Frank Pierson
The Anderson Tapes
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Reflecting the mood of Nixon's America, the film plays on the anxieties of surveillance. [27 Oct 2012, p.36]
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Sean Connery manages to rise above the material; most of the rest of the cast plays in broad style, and there have rarely been so many small, sleazy performances in one movie.
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A clever caper movie. [08 Oct 2011, p.46]
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In Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes the quality of professionalism appears in rather lovely manifestations to raise a by no means perfect film to a level of intelligent efficiency that is not so very far beneath the reach of art.
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Connery more than proved he could carry a movie away from 007, and the film remains pretty enjoyable, even if it’s an uneasy blend of the kind of gritty crime picture that Lumet would make his stock-in-trade, and the lighter caper flick so popular at the time.
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Unfortunately, failed comedy and vigorous suspense are handcuffed together for the entire trip.
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The usually reliable thriller-director Lumet falls short. With an irritating score and bizarre performance by Martin Balsam, it's alleviated by a promising performance by a young Christopher Walken.
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Nov 28, 2021
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This is very much a dated film. Its amusing in terms of seeing what I assume cutting edge technology was perceived as, at the time the film was made - there's lots of tapes, cassette tapes and loud beeping noises, esp. at the start of the film. Connery does pretty well in his role and there are some fairly exciting/entertaining moments but it did feel rather dull otherwise. I suppose you could argue that it highlights the surveillance of people without them knowing but with the main character being an ex-con, its hardly as if I feel entirely sorry for him and he's shown to be a bit of a womaniser, which doesn't exactly appeal to me either, shall we say. Its not an especially memorable film to me but its nostalgic and ok in general I suppose. I wouldn't recommend it as such, no.
Production Company:
- Robert M. Weitman Productions
Release Date:Jun 17, 1971
Duration:1 h 39 m
Tagline:The Crime of the Century!
