The Deliberate Stranger
by Marvin J. Chomsky
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Actor: Ben Masters, Frederic Forrest, George Grizzard, Glynnis O'Connor, Mark HarmonDirector: Marvin J. Chomsky
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown), Analog; English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 188 minutes
Release Date: 1995-06-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of The Deliberate Stranger
Movie Review: Harmon is EXCELLENT as Ted Bundy~ well done TV movie~
Summary: 4 Stars
PLOT: Mark Harmon as Ted Bundy~ he nailed this performance~ excellent portait of Ted the man with charm and looks enough to fool JUST about everyone~ very good detailed.
Ted Bundy was charming and was headed to law school. He loved women and women loved him~ his charm, wit, very empathetic and most of all handsome looks made him stand out~ but his superior IQ all gave him the means to vent his Psychopathic personality and be very successful at serial killing. The actual number is still (some believe over 100 in 6 or more states)... BUT in "this" version about 20 girls over many years (1974-1978) were succesfully killed by TED~ why his own friends believe him innocent~ Ted has the charm to have girl friends and be fairly nice to them~ they fall in love with his charm and looks~ but some where the REAL Ted show up and then he sets off on a killing spree~the term THE DELIBERATE STRANGER IS BECAUSE TED ALWAYS "CHOOSE STRANGERS" TO MURDER~ but has lasting relationships with his friends and girlfrieds.....but TED sees his target and in broad day at beaches, ski resorts, school, college campuses and more... TED in plain sight knows how to "charm" and TRICK the women to go with him by any lie he can ...just long "enough for TED to abduct and kill them"~ and then next thing a girl is missing~ with some computer work and plain old fashion good detective work TED hit the top of the suspect list~ at the times the police can blame their own blunders when he escapes more than once the last time sadly he killed and raped many women in several days~ before one last capture~ ODDLY ENOUOGH what leads the police most of the time for his "captures" is his lousy driving he stopped and then gets arrested. GEE doesn't every one have a PAIR OF HANDCUFFS AND CROWBAR IN THE BACK OF THE CAR~? before DNA this is a good movie and clever Ted cons just about every one~ MARK HARMON IS EXCELLENT right down the charm and good looks and has women falling all over him~ he "becomes TED".
I GIVE THIS A SOLID 9 OUT OF 10 FOR A VERY GOOD TV MOVIE.
Summary of The Deliberate Stranger
Don't think that because the Ted Bundy biopic The Deliberate Stranger was a TV movie it will somehow be tamer than a feature film on the same subject. Though there's very little graphic violence, the film is as disturbing and intense as the creepiest big-screen thriller. Mark Harmon, playing daringly against type (the film aired in 1986, around the time People magazine dubbed Harmon "the sexiest man alive"), is riveting as the charming Bundy, who is believed to have murdered dozens of young women in the 1970s--all while keeping up the appearance of being an earnest law student and rising political star in the Seattle area. Harmon, whose performance earned him an Emmy nomination, is commanding as Bundy; he's believably boyish and utterly charismatic, and has mastered all the Bundy tics we came to know during his televised trials, including the lopsided grin and the slightly bug-eyed stare. The film sticks impressively closely to the facts of the case and allows the viewer, along with his potential victims, to be swept away by Bundy's charm and craftiness. And it's the filmmakers' great achievement that knowing the ultimate outcome of the case--Bundy was finally executed in Florida in 1989--doesn't affect our involvement in the film. Watch this one with all the lights on. --Anne HurleyDon't think that because the Ted Bundy biopic The Deliberate Stranger was a TV movie it will somehow be tamer than a feature film on the same subject. Though there's very little graphic violence, the film is as disturbing and intense as the creepiest big-screen thriller. Mark Harmon, playing daringly against type (the film aired in 1986, around the time People magazine dubbed Harmon "the sexiest man alive"), is riveting as the charming Bundy, who is believed to have murdered dozens of young women in the 1970s--all while keeping up the appearance of being an earnest law student and rising political star in the Seattle area. Harmon, whose performance earned him an Emmy nomination, is commanding as Bundy; he's believably boyish and utterly charismatic, and has mastered all the Bundy tics we came to know during his televised trials, including the lopsided grin and the slightly bug-eyed stare. The film sticks impressively closely to the facts of the case and allows the viewer, along with his potential victims, to be swept away by Bundy's charm and craftiness. And it's the filmmakers' great achievement that knowing the ultimate outcome of the case--Bundy was finally executed in Florida in 1989--doesn't affect our involvement in the film. Watch this one with all the lights on. --Anne Hurley
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