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The Pledge [DVD]

Jack Nicholson (Actor), Benicio Del Toro (Actor), Sean Penn (Director) Rated:
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Genre Kids & Family
Format Color, DVD, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Widescreen, Dolby, Anamorphic
Contributor Shawn Henter, Friedrich Drrenmatt, Mary Olson-Kromolowski, Jack Nicholson, Wendy Morrow Donaldson, Taryn Knowles, Nels Lennarson, Adrien Dorval, Sean Penn, Patricia Clarkson, Jerzy Kromolowski, Benicio Del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Dale Dickey, Kathy Jensen, Beau Daniels See more
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 4 minutes
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THE SUSPECT CONFESSED TO THE MURDER, THEN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.CASE CLOSED? NOT FOR HOMICIDE COP JERRY BLACK. HE HAS HIS OWN INSTINCTS ABOUT THE CRIME. AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S READY TO BEGINA GONE-FISHIN' RETIREMENT, HE PROMISED THE VICTIM'S FAMILY HE'D FIND THE KILLER.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Sean Penn
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, DVD, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Widescreen, Dolby, Anamorphic
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 4 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 19, 2001
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Clarkson, Beau Daniels, Dale Dickey
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Home Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005BCKG
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Friedrich Drrenmatt, Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Jack is in My Head.
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Jack is in My Head.
"The Pledge" is another feather in my collection of movies that have made a deep psychological impact on me. My DVD collection is very small because there are very few movies that achieve the effect I am seeking. To be exact, there are only 5 movies that have made the cut.1. Secret Window2. The Ninth Gate3. Lunopolis4. The Pledge5. The Beast (the 2018 movie with Clarence Gilyard, to be clear)These 5 movies have tentacles. "The Pledge" reaches deep inside when Jack does his insane, alcoholic fit in the final couple minutes of the show. It's something I've always wanted to do. Maybe I did. His performance has nearly the same effect as Professor Porter's CRAZY deer antler dance in "The Beast" where he holds a rack of deer antlers on top of his head and shouts, "I'm the beast, I'm the beast" in such and insane performance that I laugh to high heaven every time I watch him.In "The Pledge" everyone thinks Jack is nuts, but it turns out he was right on target. He knew who the killer was, He would have caught the killer but the killer went head-on with a logging truck and lost.I only recommend this movie to someone who wants to see themselves in Jacks performance. His performance is quite strange. But then, so am I. Thank you for reading my review. Enjoy the show.
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  • Ron
    5.0 out of 5 stars Odd film but enjoyable.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025
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    Jack never made a bad film that I know of.
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  • prisrob
    5.0 out of 5 stars "By His Soul's Salvation"
    Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2012
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    If ever there was a film that deserved an Academy Award for acting it would be this film, with Jack Nicholson in 'The Pledge'. His performance is remarkable. Sean Penn directs this film, and as we know, Sean Penn does not like the ordinary, he goes for the unusal charcters that shape and define our lives. This film has a grocery list of some of our finest actors,Benicio Del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Robin Wright Penn, Sam Shepard, Helen Mirren, Patricia Clarkson, Beau Daniels, Michael O'Keefe, Vanessa Redgrave, Mickey Rourke, Eileen Ryan, Sam Shepard, and Harry Dean Stanton. Each scene was a gem, and the last third of the film has you on the edge of your seat.

    The film begins as a police story and then becomes a story of one man and his personal issues. Jack Nicholson, Detective Jerry Black, is a good policeman who on the eve of his retirement is brought into a grisly crime of a young girl who is murdered. It is thought that the killer is found and that answers this crime. However, Jack Nicholson's character does not believe this man was the murderer and goes on to find clues to solve this mystery. At the beginning of the film, he 'pledges' to the mother of the first murdered child that he will finds the killer. Jerry goes to such extremes as to buy an isolated gas station in the midst of the wilds of Nevada. He has found that the killer has a pattern, and he thinks that this town is near the area where the killer may next strike. A telling scene, is when Jerry visits a psychiatrist, played by Helen Mirren. He wants assitance in drawing out clues from a drawing the murdered child drew. What happens is that the psychiatrist is able too draw out Jerry, and the first signs appear that something is not right.

    This is not a simple story, but a very complicated look into the mind of a good man who has problems. The film is gripping and the characters are so intricate and nvolved that we are drawn in as more than just viewers. The photography is beautiful and the back areas of Nevada are shown in all its glory. In the closing credits I found that the film was shot in Canada, and that was a disappointment. Jack Nicholson delivers the role of his life and once again shows us what this type of ability can give to a film. I am surprised I had never heard of this film until recently. I would urge everyone to view it.

    Highly Recommended. prisrob 01-25-12

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  • PaulG.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Some forgot the name of the movie is The Pledge
    Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2025
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    A fascinating slow burn of a serial murder investigation. The movie itself and especially the ending left a lot of people disappointed, but you have to remember the pledge he took. Remember all the words. This would explain Jerry's obsession and unraveling, starting with buying the gas station just to spend his retirement years living close to where the murders took place. Then he involves others without their consent. It's all very cerebral and moving, giving a painful example of how fate can make you fail, pushing you over the edge when you are so close to fulfilling a pledge you made to a murdered girl's mother.
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  • Dawn Marie
    3.0 out of 5 stars unraveling the tangled web of crime
    Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2024
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    As Jerry dives into this case, it’s clear he’s not just crossing off items on his retirement bucket list—he’s on a mission, driven by an obsessive need to make sure the real killer is brought to justice. It’s like he’s turned his golden years into a detective’s version of “Extreme Makeover: Crime Edition.”
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
    Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2025
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    It's very sad but a great story.
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  • Patty Amos
    1.0 out of 5 stars Bad dvd
    Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025
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    This was a dud...did not play ..would not of givin any rating but couldn't submit without it
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  • Gabbs NV
    5.0 out of 5 stars Jack is in My Head.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2023
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    "The Pledge" is another feather in my collection of movies that have made a deep psychological impact on me. My DVD collection is very small because there are very few movies that achieve the effect I am seeking. To be exact, there are only 5 movies that have made the cut.

    1. Secret Window
    2. The Ninth Gate
    3. Lunopolis
    4. The Pledge
    5. The Beast (the 2018 movie with Clarence Gilyard, to be clear)

    These 5 movies have tentacles. "The Pledge" reaches deep inside when Jack does his insane, alcoholic fit in the final couple minutes of the show. It's something I've always wanted to do. Maybe I did. His performance has nearly the same effect as Professor Porter's CRAZY deer antler dance in "The Beast" where he holds a rack of deer antlers on top of his head and shouts, "I'm the beast, I'm the beast" in such and insane performance that I laugh to high heaven every time I watch him.

    In "The Pledge" everyone thinks Jack is nuts, but it turns out he was right on target. He knew who the killer was, He would have caught the killer but the killer went head-on with a logging truck and lost.

    I only recommend this movie to someone who wants to see themselves in Jacks performance. His performance is quite strange. But then, so am I. Thank you for reading my review. Enjoy the show.
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    Gabbs NV
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Jack is in My Head.

    Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2023
    "The Pledge" is another feather in my collection of movies that have made a deep psychological impact on me. My DVD collection is very small because there are very few movies that achieve the effect I am seeking. To be exact, there are only 5 movies that have made the cut.

    1. Secret Window
    2. The Ninth Gate
    3. Lunopolis
    4. The Pledge
    5. The Beast (the 2018 movie with Clarence Gilyard, to be clear)

    These 5 movies have tentacles. "The Pledge" reaches deep inside when Jack does his insane, alcoholic fit in the final couple minutes of the show. It's something I've always wanted to do. Maybe I did. His performance has nearly the same effect as Professor Porter's CRAZY deer antler dance in "The Beast" where he holds a rack of deer antlers on top of his head and shouts, "I'm the beast, I'm the beast" in such and insane performance that I laugh to high heaven every time I watch him.

    In "The Pledge" everyone thinks Jack is nuts, but it turns out he was right on target. He knew who the killer was, He would have caught the killer but the killer went head-on with a logging truck and lost.

    I only recommend this movie to someone who wants to see themselves in Jacks performance. His performance is quite strange. But then, so am I. Thank you for reading my review. Enjoy the show.
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  • Flawedplan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tragic, Exacting, Lacerating
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2021
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    This is an excruciatingly sensitive portrayal of loss. The world-weary Jack is so human and everyman. Beat and unflappable -- until the pledge upsets his applecart. Even more destabilizing is his third chance at a serious romance, and you just know this one is different, the tenderness it brings out in the way he tucks the little one in bed, reading her bedtime stories. Protective of his new family to a fault, until that damn pledge gets in the way and messes with his judgment. Mr. Nicholson is flawless in his depiction.
    The supporting cast will have you whooping out loud. What a masterpiece is this. Bravo Sean Penn.
    9 people found this helpful
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  • HELENE VEILLETTE
    4.0 out of 5 stars ok
    Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2023
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Top
    Reviewed in France on June 20, 2024
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    Un bon thriller
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  • 9a
    5.0 out of 5 stars absolut sehenswert
    Reviewed in Germany on January 29, 2016
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    Filmrezension zu "The Pledge"

    Das Filmdrama "Das Versprechen" (Originaltitel "The Pledge")
    erschien 2001 in den USA unter der Regie von Sean Penn.Der
    Film hat eine Länge von 119 Minuten und ist laut FSK (Freiwillige
    Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft) ab 12 Jahren freigegeben.Laut
    JMK (Jugendmedienkommission) ist "The Pledge" ab 14 Jahren frei-
    gegeben.Der Film handelt von der Charakterwandlung des Krimi-
    nalbeamten Jerry Black,während seines letzten Falls und basiert auf
    Friedrich Dürrenmatts Kriminalroman "Das Versprechen" aus dem
    Jahr 1958.

    Jerry Black,gespielt von Jack Nicholson,spielt die Hauptrolle des
    Films.Er ist ein Kriminalbeamter in Nevada und zu Beginn des Films
    beinahe Rentner.Seine Leidenschaft ist das Angeln.Der Kommissar
    ist Raucher und ledig.Kinder hat er nicht.
    Toby Jay Wadenah,gespielt von Benicio Del Toro,spielt in "The
    Pledge" die Nebenrolle eines geistig und sprachlich gestörten In-
    dianers,welcher schon vor Beginn des Films mehrere Sittlichkeits-
    delikte an jungen Mädchen ausgeübt hat.
    Taryn Knowles,im Film Ginny Larson,wird zu Beginn des Films Opfer
    eines Sittlichkeitdelikts.Sie ist ein kleines und fantasievolles
    Mädchen,welches noch zur Grundschule ging.
    Aaron Eckhart spielt die Nebenrolle des Stan Krolaks,ein Arbeits-
    kollege von Jerry Black.Stan steht in keinem guten Verhältnis zu Toby.
    Auch die Ehefrau von Sean Penn spielt in "The Pledge" mit.Robin
    Wright Penn besitzt die wichtige Nebenrolle von Lori.Lori ist die Be-
    dienung einer Bar.Sie hat ein sehr schlechtes Verhältnis zu ihrem
    Ex-Mann.Ihre kleine Tochter Chrissy,gespielt von Pauline Roberts,
    geht in die erste Klasse.

    Der Kriminalbeamte Jerry Black steht kurz vor seiner Pensionierung.
    Während seiner Abschiedsparty wird ein Mord in der Nähe eines Wald-
    randes gemeldet.Jerry verlässt die Party und begibt sich sofort zum
    Tatort.Die kleine Ginny Larson ist ermordet worden.Jerry Black in-
    formiert die Eltern von Ginny über das Geschehen und verspricht
    der Mutter bei seinem Seelenheil,den Mörder zu finden.Der Verdacht
    fällt dabei auf den geistig gestörten Toby Jay Wadenah.Er hat schon
    mehrere Male Sittlichkeitsdelikte an jungen Mädchen ausgeübt und ist
    kurz vor Entdeckung der Leiche am Waldrand gesichtet worden.
    Der gestörte Indianer zeigt sich während des Verhörs mit Stan Krolak
    nicht sehr gesprächig.Stan ist sich absolut sicher,dass Toby der Täter
    ist und wird während des Verhörs so aufdringlich,dass der Indianer die
    Tat schließlich gesteht.Als er in die Zelle geführt wird,entreißt er einem
    Polizisten die Pistole und schießt sich in den Mund.Für Stan ist der Fall
    abgeschlossen,doch Jerry Black zweifelt sehr stark daran,den Täter
    gefunden zu haben.So nimmt der pensionierte Kriminalbeamte den
    Fall privat auf.Er befragt die Großmutter des Mordopfers und besucht
    ebenfalls die Grundschule von Ginny.Dort erfährt er von einer
    Zeichnung,die das Mädchen kurz vor ihrem Tod angefertigt hat.Um die
    Zeichnung deuten zu können,bittet er eine Psychologin um Rat.Ohne
    wirkliche Informationen über den Mörder,geht Jerry seinem Hobby,
    dem Angeln,nach und fährt dafür weiter abseits in die Berge.Später
    kauft er eine alte verkommmene Tankstelle und zieht dort ein.
    Schließlich lernt er in einer Bar die Bedienung Lori und ihre kleine,auf-
    geweckte Tochter Chrissy kennen.Als Lori spät abends und von ihrem
    Ex-Mann verprügelt bei Jerry Schutz sucht,schlägt dieser ihr vor,bei
    ihm einzuziehen.Fort an wohnen alle drei zusammen in der Tankstelle.
    Sie verstehen sich sehr gut und scheinen nach außen hin sogar wie
    eine kleine glückliche Familie.Doch der Schein trügt.Jerrys inneres Ver-
    langen,den Mörder zu finden (beziehungsweise das Versprechen ein-
    zuhalten) verändert ihn.So entwickelt er einen Plan,der ihm später
    zum Verhängnis wird.

    Der Film "The Pledge" ist für Zuschauer,welche den darauf basieren-
    den Roman nicht kennen,an manchen Stellen schwer zu verstehen.Die
    zweiteilige Exposition wäre hier ein Beispiel.Zuerst wird der unwissen-
    de Zuschauer mit einer Szene konfrontiert,die im Film erst viel später
    auftaucht.Es gibt einen Zeitsprung und der zweite Teil der Exposition
    wirft den Zuschauer zwar nicht direkt ins Geschehen,aber beinhaltet
    durchaus Hinweise,die im weiteren Verlauf des Films nicht näher er-
    läutert werden.Diese Kombination könnte den Zuschauer anfangs
    schnell verwirren,da er keinen optimalen Überblick über die Filmwelt
    erhält.In "The Pledge" werden zeitliche Verhältnisse gut eingebaut,da
    es gelegentlich einen Wechsel zweier Szenen gibt.Ein Beispiel wäre
    hier der ständige Wechsel zwischen der Abschiedsparty und der Ent-
    deckung der Leiche.Darüber hinaus erzeugt dies ebenfalls Spannung.
    Desweiteren gibt es in "The Pledge" einige Unterschiede zum Kriminal-
    roman,durch die man bestimmte Handlungen besser nachvollziehen
    kann.Ein geeignetes Beispiel wäre hier,dass es im Film einen
    speziellen Grund gegeben hat,warum Jerry mit Lori und Chrissy
    zusammengezogen ist (im Roman wären es Matthäi,Heller und
    Annemarie).Beziehungsweise warum Lori sein Angebot annahm.Im
    Roman wird kein Aufschluss darüber gegeben.In "The Pledge" wird die
    Wandlung des Kriminalbeamten Jerry Black sehr gut dargestellt.Meiner
    Meinung nach,ist es absolut wichtig,dies auch im Film erkennen zu
    können,da diese Wandlung der absolute Kern der gesamten Roman-
    handlung ist.Den Zuschauern werden durch passenden Kameraein-
    stellungen,unterstreichenden Sounds und übertriebenen Reaktion der
    Hauptfigur bewusst,was in Jerrys Kopf vorgeht.Szenen,in welchen
    Jerry übertrieben reagiert,verleihen dem Film zusätzlich einen
    gewissen Humor,der aufgrund der schrecklichen Taten gut gebraucht
    werden kann.Die Umgebung des Films passt meines Erachtens sehr
    gut zur Handlung und beinhaltet teilweise die Stimmung,die vom Pro-
    duzent erreicht werden möchte.Außerdem sind die schauspielerischen
    Leistungen dem Roman sehr gut entnommen worden.Insgesamt würde
    ich den Film "The Pledge" Zuschauern empfehlen,welche den Roman
    kennen,da es trotz der Kenntnis über das Ende einige Unterschiede
    in der Handlung gibt,die den Film aufregend und emotional halten.
    Meiner Meinung nach ist "The Pledge" also absolut sehenswert.
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  • giorgio gazzolo
    5.0 out of 5 stars buon film
    Reviewed in Italy on November 1, 2015
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    Un film costruito un po' alla vecchia maniera: non confuso, non accavallato e narrato in modo convincente. Forse malinconico, ma non sempre occorre il lieto fine
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  • inkster
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nicholsons' best performance?
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2008
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    ...I'll say it again-To me, this is the first time, Jack Nicholson did more than just entertain.
    About Schmidt, to me, was in a similar league and when he flew over the cuckoo's nest, I felt pretty much the same, but this time I feel there is even more depth to his character.
    I was quite surprised when I saw this film for the first time.
    The photography is rather well, and I would say the same about the casting and direction.
    The soundtrack music is just right in that it underpins he conflict ,undergone by the main protagonist.
    Whilst I recommend this film to anyone who'll listen to me, I also point them towards the german original "Es geschah am hellichten Tag ( 1958)".
    I n this remake however, the ending was realized as intended by the author whereas the german version's ending was reputedly changed to make it a little more paletable.
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