Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7144 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-07-21
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
• Dubbed in: French, German, Italian, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 104 minutes

Special Features
English
Region 2

Synopsis
In Los Angeles, circa 1940, an embittered, once-corrupt cop named Tom Spellacy (Duvall) is investigating two murders: that of a priest found dead in a whorehouse, and that of a mutilated woman in a park. As he searches for the culprits, Spellacy uncovers an immense web of corruption, involving prostitutes, dirty cops and pornography. Even the Roman Catholic Church is implicated, particularly one Monsignor Des Spellacy (De Niro), Tom's brother. Although Des is innocent of any wrongdoing, his actions raise moral and religious issues that Tom must deal with, in order to solve these bizarre murders. Robert Duvall won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his performance.

Customer Reviews

A rare suspense movie
True Confessions is a film about deceit, loyalty and the shadow side of men. The side of us, that we often will not acknowledge, and if we finally do - it hurts. But the hurt can be overcome, byt humble obedience and by following an inner voice, which is a personal road to our rewal selfs.
The film shows in its own humble way, by walking its talk, so to speak, and by excellent acting from an impressive number of star actors, how it is not our acts, good or bad that judges us, but rather the way we either accept or do not accept our darker sides.

This is a superb film, if you take your time to really watch it.

Dull and unrewarding
Even these two powerful actors couldn't save this dull and unrewarding script.

Great one-liners
Joan Didion, who co-wrote the screenplay with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, also wrote one of the best ever collections of American essays - Slouching Towards Bethlehem, with the fabulous Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream starkly exposing the hollowness in aspects of American society. True Confessions comes close to capturing the same issues, even though it is based on Dunne's novel.

Great acting from De Niro, Duvall, Durning and others keeps the movie taut till the end. Dan Hedeya, although not given headline billing, excells adding a salacious edge and he is given some great on-liners that linger long after the film is over. In fact, the script is littered with great quips and dialogue.

A 1981 film that is well worth watching.