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15 August 1968 (USA) moreTagline:
TARGETS are people...and you could be one of them! morePlot:
Elderly horror-film star who, while making a personal appearance at a drive-in theater, confronts a psychotic Vietnam veteran who's turned into a mass-murdering sniper. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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'Bourne 4' Targets Summer 2011 Release (From CinemaSpy. 12 April 2009, 9:25 PM, PDT)
Peter Bogdanovich Guest Curator At New Beverly Cinema, L.A January 21-31
(From CinemaRetro. 16 January 2009, 3:58 AM, PST)
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Way ahead of its time . . . moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tim O'Kelly | ... | Bobby Thompson | |
| Boris Karloff | ... | Byron Orlok | |
| Arthur Peterson | ... | Ed Loughlin | |
| Monte Landis | ... | Marshall Smith (as Monty Landis) | |
| Nancy Hsueh | ... | Jenny, Orlock's Secretary | |
| Peter Bogdanovich | ... | Sammy Michaels, Director | |
| Daniel Ades | ... | Ludlum the Chauffeur | |
| Stafford Morgan | ... | Salesman (first gunshop) (Brass Rail) | |
| James Brown | ... | Robert Thompson, Sr. | |
| Mary Jackson | ... | Charlotte Thompson | |
| Tanya Morgan | ... | Ilene Thompson, Bobby's Wife | |
| Timothy Burns | ... | Room Service Waiter (as Tim Burns) | |
| Warren White | ... | Grocery boy | |
| Mark Dennis | ... | Ray, Salesman (second gunshop) | |
| Sandy Baron | ... | Kip Larkin, Dejay |
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Rated R for violent content. (previously rated GP and R)Parents Guide:
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Color (Pathécolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Argentina:13 | Finland:K-18 (1970) | West Germany:18 (nf) | Brazil:14 | Norway:16 (1969) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:GP (cut version) (1971) | USA:R (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (2002) | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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The story Orlock tells of the servant fleeing death is W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Appointment in Samarra." moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Bobby comes home he parks his convertible Ford Mustang on the street. After being in the house all afternoon Bobby goes to retrieve a firearm from the Mustang's trunk and we see the Mustang is now sitting in the driveway. moreQuotes:
Jenny: You really are in a foul mood.Byron Orlok: Not at all. I'm just tired of your baleful looks.
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Not a great film, but a very interesting one. I don't know of many movies that even attempt to talk about the relation between fictionalized film terror and real life horrors, but Targets tackles this difficult topic without overstating its point of view. Karloff as an aging horror actor gives one of the best performances of his career. It's also interesting to see a film with ambitions shot in "Corman time." Many of the shots appear to be single takes with actors slightly blowing their lines, camera cues almost accidental, and sets practically nil in their design. This adds to the sense of documentary that pervades the film. Use of sound is very effective and prefigures later films by people like Altman -- background voices and noise are used to great effect. PatheColor has never looked better -- its garish intensities add to the sense of a true 20th Century wasteland that can produce a casual killer like the film's smiling protagonist. Addressing issues that are more powerful today than when the film was made, Targets is a wildly ambitious take on modern life, a great coda to Karloff's career, and a vital interface between B movies and independent cinema.