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1984 Certificate 12
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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, where he .. Read more

Starring Bill Murray, James Keach, Theresa Russell, Peter Vaughan
Director John Byrum
Genres Drama

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The Razor's Edge

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, where he eventually finds what he's looking for in manual labour and the wisdom of an Indian guru. However, Larry realises 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), and she causes new trouble for Larry. A labour of love for Murray, he wrote the script with director John Byrum and demonstrates previously unseen dramatic strength.

Starring Bill Murray, James Keach, Theresa Russell, Peter Vaughan, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott, Brian Doyle Murray
Director John Byrum
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 4 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Dubbed Hungarian, Spanish, Italian
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Icelandic, Dutch, Finnish, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Hindi, Norweigan, Italian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish
Released DVD: 15 Jan 2007
Production year: 1984
Format DVD
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  • Rated - 3 stars

    Interesting Film

    Hi. I found this interesting and was getting pretty excited about the Tibetan Lama bit but it came up a bit lacking. I would recommend the film however. It has interesting twists here and there. Must say I didn't quite get the ending..... I really liked Bill Murray's character portrayal.

      • A customer from Fetcham, Surrey England
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  • Rated - 3 stars

    quite sharp

    I liked this film. Bill Murray is Bill Murray - but also not a million miles away from Larry Darrell.

    There are genuinely well observed Maugham-isms and the story is respected.

    To get my son to watch it, I explained that it was like Batman Begins - without Batman - it worked!

    The end scenes are a little rushed given the drama that is building - but it was still faithfull to the book - even if you didn't want it to be!

      • A customer from London, England
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