Dirty Harry opening title sequence

Oct 12, 2009 Art of the Title

Dirty Harry

The opening sequence and credits to Don Siegel's Dirty Harry plays long, mean...and breathless? Cream-pie cool Clint Eastwood susses death and a devil atop skyscrapers to a tough Lalo Schifrin score. The soaring set piece sets your teeth on edge, the soft howl of wind an uncomfortable music, the framing tight and majestic. As the camera teeters on the executive producer credit you put your left arm around someone a little too tightly.

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USA
1971
Color
2.35:1
English
Available on DVD or Blu-ray

Category: Film, News

Tagged: 1971, Dirty Harry, Lalo Schifrin, USA

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http://www.sfaustina.com sfaustina

The best! This reminds me of the The Conversation….I love these long openings.
http://www.movingpictureblog.blogspot.com Joe Leydon

I showed this one just a couple weeks ago to a film studies class at University of Houston. It still holds up quite impressively.
http://www.timhayes.eu Tim Hayes

The music really makes it great: Those three upward arpeggios when Callahan appears are one of the best character intros ever.
Chrissieboy72

It’s sublime. I posted this intro on FB a long time ago because I love Schifrin’s score, particularly this mood setter.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Nacho-Contreras/100002072774907 Nacho Contreras

Who is the title designer???

http://www.artofthetitle.com/ Art of the Title

We currently don’t know I’m afraid.

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