Hopscotch with Walter Matthau: DVD Cover

    Hopscotch Director: Ronald Neame Cast: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston

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    • DVD Release Date: 08/20/2002
    • Original Release: 1980
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 2,915

    Viewer Rating: (8 ratings)

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    High definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen tvs; Video introduction featuring interviews with director Ronald Neame and writer Brian Garfield; Optional broadcast tv audio track for family viewing; Original theatrical trailer and teaser; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired; Optimal image quality: ; RSDL dual-layer edition

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Oktoberfest
    2. Washington: Desk Job
    3. Salzburg: Isobel
    4. Yaskov's Offer
    5. Marseilles: The Game
    6. The Tenant
    7. Plenty of Firepower
    8. Bermuda: A Lighter Touch
    9. London: Quid Pro Quo
    10. "By the Short Hairs"
    11. "Game's Over"
    12. Beachy Head
    13. Hopscotch
    14. Color Bars

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    Editorial Reviews

    Walter Matthau plays a CIA agent who's been confined by office politics to a desk job. The disgruntled Matthau quits the service and heads to Europe, where he links up with former lover (an fellow ex-agent) Glenda Jackson. All goes smoothly until Matthau acts on the advice of yet another retired agent, Russian Herbert Lom, who suggests that Matthau write a tell-all autobiography. Spitefully, Matthau sends out copies of his first chapter to the heads of the CIA agencies throughout the world--and from that point on, he and Jackson don't have a moment's peace. This delights Matthau: now that all of his former colleagues are chasing after him, he has a reason to get up in the morning. As written by Brian Garfield, Hopscotch was a conventionally serious espionage novel. As adapted for the big screen by Garfield and Bryan Forbes, Hopscotch is a lively exercise in cloak-and-dagger comedy, even when the pursuit of Matthau turns deadly towards the end. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    Hopscotchby Anonymous

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    March 08, 2004: Hopscotch is my favorite movie. The cast is wonderful, the script is fantastic and the music is amazing. When I hear Ned Beatty yelling 'What's Happening!!!!!' and Sam Waterson's reply, I laugh myself senseless every time I watch the movie. This film is an unrecognized jewel that more people should discover.

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    October 03, 2003: The reason I wound up here is because my videotape finally died after many many viewings, and I intend to replace it on DVD to avoid that happening again. To all of the foregoing praise, which I heartily agree with, I would add that Glenda Jackson is perfect with Matthau - I think anybody else would have been swamped by his personality. You can see the two of them together in the only other movie they ever made together (how sad), House Calls - another classic.


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