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DVD Release Date • R1: Aug 20, 2002
Running Time 2 hours, 8 minutes
Country USA
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Other Titles • The Razor's Edge • Auf Messers Schneide (1984)
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Genre: Drama, Period Piece, Coming Of Age, World War I
Plot: Based on William Somerset Maugham's novel, THE RAZOR'S EDGE follows a young man's search for identity. After experiencing WWI, veteran Larry Darrell (Bill Murray) seeks spiritual peace and recovery. After leaving his fiancee (Catherine Hicks), he travels to war-torn Europe and finally to the mystic Himalayas, and eventually finds what he's looking for in manual labor and the wisdom of an Indian guru. However, Larry realizes that he can no longer resume the life he left behind, and that he must end his relationship with his fiancee if he is to reach his goal. But he finds love with another woman (Theresa Russell), an she causes new trouble for Larry. A labor of love for Murray, he wrote the script with director John Byrum and demonstrates previously unseen dramatic strength.
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| Cast |
Bill Murray
Lost in Translation, Groundhog Day, The Royal Tenenbaums |
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 | Catherine Hicks
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Peggy Sue Got Married, Child's Play | Denholm Elliott
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Trading Places | | |
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| Music By |
Jack Nitzsche
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Stand by Me, An Officer and a Gentleman | |
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