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August 1974 (USA)
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Meet Ken, Gregg and Art. Two weeks each year they get away... with Everything!
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Three young men take a young woman and a middleaged man to an isolated cabin, where they are terrorized in different ways. full summary | add synopsis
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Memorable for its disturbing imprint
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Peter Fonda | ... | Ken | |
| Cornelia Sharpe | ... | Nancy Stillman | |
| John Phillip Law | ... | Greg | |
| Richard Lynch | ... | Art | |
| Alberto de Mendoza | ... | Martin | |
| William Holden | ... | Hal Wolkowski | |
| Helga Liné | ... | Sue | |
| Didi Sherman | ... | Helen | |
| Concha Cuetos | ... | Joyce | |
| May Heatherly | ... | Alicia Rennick | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Simón Andreu | ... | Barman | |
| Jerry Boudreaux | ... | Niño | |
| Frank Braña | |||
| Jaime Doria | |||
| Mabel Escaño | ... | Waitress | |
| Blanca Estrada | ... | Alice Rennick | |
| Amory Fitzpatrick | ... | Niña | |
| Norma Kastel | ... | Annie (as Norma Castell) | |
| William Layton | ... | District Attorney | |
| Gudrun McCleary | ... | Mrs. Rennick | |
| Scott Miller | |||
| Beatriz Savón | ... | Sandy | |
| Loreta Tovar | ... | Moonmaid (as Loli Tovar) | |
| Mike Zambeck | ... | Niño | |
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Australia:104 min | Norway:104 min | Spain:100 min | USA:104 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-18 (cut) (1974) |
West Germany:18 (nf) |
Australia:R |
France:X (original rating) |
Norway:18 |
Sweden:(Banned) |
USA:R |
Norway:18 (video rating) |
Norway:(Banned) (1975-2003) (cinema release)
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The interior scenes inside of the hunting lodge were all filmed on a soundstage at Pinewood Studios in England on a life-sized set. The opening scenes at Kenny's house and the exterior scenes on the island were all filmed on location in Spain. Additional "highway" scenes were probably filmed in Northern Michigan by a 2nd unit crew.
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Continuity: When Ken and Artie climb the bluff, Ken is carrying a bolt action rifle. But after they split up and Ken returns to the lodge, he enters the cabin carrying a pump action shotgun. The rifle is never seen again.
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Casting Shadows
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This was one of the first really well "designed-to-disturb" movies that I ever watched. The impact to the viewer is not achieved through overly-graphic violence, although it is violent in nature, but by craftily inducing empathy for the desperate situation of the hunted, juxtaposed with the bleak portrayal of raw and unrelenting evil exhibited by the group-thinking hunters. This is well done through a meandering sequence of action shots and brilliantly framed by the contrasting peaceful and beautiful North American scenery and a curious and intriguing score. This is not a movie of memorable dialogue but one of highly disturbing action sequence in a sustained act of cruelty. Unfortunately the evil and its impact are far too believable for comfort. The Vietnam allusion and vigilante character (Holden) are peripheral to the essence of the movie and if anything detract, seemingly there to provide an excuse for the exposure of the evil and some end resolution for good, respectively. Whilst this may have been at one point central to the message in the creator's mind, as it worked out neither is warranted given the core impact of the film.