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Director:
Writer:
David S. Ward (writer)
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Release Date:
9 February 1973 (Finland) more
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Plot:
A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. There mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
The Return of Jane Fonda's long-m.I.A. "F.T.A."
 (From IFC. 3 March 2009, 4:58 AM, PST)

Actor Peter Boyle Dies at 71
 (From IMDb News. 13 December 2006)

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Remembrance of things past more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Mel Stewart ... Black Man in Jail

Donald Sutherland ... Jesse Veldini

Howard Hesseman ... Frank Veldini
Morgan Upton ... Police Capt. Bill

Peter Boyle ... Eagle Thornberry
Jessica Myerson ... Savage Rose
Dan Barrows ... Rocky

John Savage ... Kid

Jane Fonda ... Iris Caine

Nancy Fish ... Pool Hall Waitress
Roger Bowen ... Fire Commisioner Francis
Garry Goodrow ... Duval Jax
Lynette Bernay ... Bar Waitress
Richard Schaal ... Zoo Official Mel
Edward Greenberg ... Rookie Cop
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Final Crash (USA) (TV title)
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Runtime:
93 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the scene at the airfield when Eagle is dressed as a soldier and is shooting arrows, he is heard saying "Up yours, Kraut!" but his lip movements clearly don't match the "up yours" part. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs The Wild One (1953) more

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Remembrance of things past, 3 March 2007
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Author: j12997967 from United States

"I dunno nothing about climbing... except onto broads and motorcycles." --Peter Boyle replies to Donald Sutherland in a Brando voice when asked to climb into someplace to steal something.

"A '50 Studie!" --Donald Sutherland exclaims when he sees a 1950 Studebaker at a demolition derby, the only model he had yet to crash into in his derby driving days before prison.

Most, if not all, of the members of the comedy group The Committee appear in the movie and there's a great bit that defies description involving Hessman, his henchman, a sort of movie-prop housefront with someone pretending to be an out-of-control guard dog barking at the window while one of the others tries to hold him back.

I think Sutherland said in a Playboy interview that it was during the filming of this movie that Jane Fonda raised his consciousness.

Sigh, I never would have seen most of my favorite movies if it weren't for revival houses that brought this and other classic or off-beat movies back from time to time. Sadly, most of those theaters are long gone too these days.

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