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Carpetbaggers | 
 enlarge | Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer, Elizabeth Ashley
Studio: Paramount
Category: Video
List Price: $14.95
Buy Used: $4.00
You Save: $10.95 (73%)
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 6629
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 150 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6300215784
UPC: 097360631531
EAN: 9786300215788
ASIN: 6300215784
Theatrical Release Date: April 9, 1964
Release Date: June 22, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The Carpetbaggers is the kind of trash classic most people are too embarrassed to admit they actually enjoy. But this Harold Robbins adaptation is so cheerfully vulgar, it's hard not to have a good time--especially given the thinly veiled portrait of Howard Hughes at its center. George Peppard plays the heel-hero, who founds an airline company in the 1920s and buys a movie studio in the 1930s, crushing friends and mistresses along the way. The high cheese factor is aided by the good-time cast: Carroll Baker as Peppard's hot stepmom, Bob Cummings (quite funny) as a cynical agent, and Elizabeth Ashley, who married Peppard, in her debut--uncharacteristically, as a good girl. The sad note is Alan Ladd, looking and sounding very end-of-the-line in his final role, as a man's man cowboy star. Elmer Bernstein's swaggering score helps goose the action along, but the rest is thick melodrama indeed. --Robert Horton
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Trash at its most stylized best January 22, 2008
Toby T. Ross (Chicago, IL United States)
Probably my favorite ALL TIME movie. I watch it not just for the story but also for the subtle facial expressions at certain moments...ohhh when Jonas decided he just found his lead actress in Rina, smirking as she was distributing the sandwiches to the out of work crew...his expression...Pappard is the epitome of cool...The whole film is Americana sine qua non just as American Grafitti is...The one liners are pricesless...Miss Baker is beyond perfect...LOVED IT! ALWAYS WILL!
Excellent "Old Movie" January 12, 2008
The Carpetbaggers was a movie I remember years ago, It was excellent then and it still is!
superb movie January 29, 2006
William Tassone (australia)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
A great film with an engrossing story- I literally could not take my eyes off it.George Peppard's signature role (better than Tiffany's). If you long for a movie with a great story buy it! Congrats to Paramount for the excellent transfer- sharp with great colours and very little evidence of print damage.
Love the music and the storyline. September 6, 2005
Jane from Oakland, Ca, USA
I've been a fan of this version of the movie for years. I love the theme music, and the storyline. George Pappard is wonderful also. Definitely dated, a lot of sexist stuff, pre women's lib.
Better than the novel August 30, 2005
Peter the Great
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm a huge fan of the harold robbins novel but i've got to say that the film is every bit as good and probably better. The only thing lacking id the back story about nevada smith but he has his own film as well so i recommend getting that one also. overall its a terrific story and in a day and age when its all about special effects this film stands alone as a story, and a bloody good one at that!
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