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Release Date:
17 April 1980 (Netherlands)
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Plot:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. Over his wife's numerous objections...
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2 wins
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1 nomination
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(4 articles)
Top 10 Films of 2009 so far.
(From SoundOnSight. 17 August 2009, 11:33 PM, PDT)
'Lost': The core themes and mysteries
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(From SoundOnSight. 17 August 2009, 11:33 PM, PDT)
'Lost': The core themes and mysteries
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 31 July 2009, 10:01 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Mesmerizing, intelligent and haunting
yet overlong and inconsistent
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Aleksandr Kaidanovsky | ... | Stalker | |
| Alisa Frejndlikh | ... | Stalker's Wife | |
| Anatoli Solonitsyn | ... | Writer | |
| Nikolai Grinko | ... | Scientist | |
| Natasha Abramova | ... | Martha, Stalker's daughter | |
| Faime Jurno | |||
| Ye. Kostin | |||
| R. Rendi |
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Also Known As:
Сталкер (Soviet Union: Russian title)
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163 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Italy:T |
Iceland:L |
UK:A (1980) |
UK:PG (1991) |
Australia:M |
Australia:PG (DVD rating) |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:15 |
West Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:I |
Singapore:PG
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The Zone of the film was inspired by a nuclear accident that took place near Chelyabinsk in 1957. Several hundred square kilometers were polluted by fallout and abandoned; of course there was no official mention of this forbidden zone at the time.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Life as a Dream (2007) (V)
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Soundtrack:
La Marseillaise
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A NOTE ABOUT SPOILERSWhen did "Stalker" premiere?
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Stalker (1979)***½ Stalker is rich, spiritual and contemplative journey through the fantastic inner world of human's hope, desire, disillusions and believes. Main characters, Writer (as incarnation of irrational, imaginative and emotional aspects of our nature or subconsciousness) and Scientist (rational, logic forces or consciousness) are guided by Stalker (symbolizing our desire, will and everlasting search of meaning) to the mysterious Zone (which may represent all our spiritual goals, meanings, struggles to achieve them and barriers in our path). Breathtaking and mesmerizing images and sounds, witty dialog and strong concept are the major virtues of this feature. Writer's monologues are among the most meaningful, thought-provoking and spiritual moments I ever experienced in any art. But the movie is overlong losing its powerful initial momentum and becoming inconsistent in it's final message (by final I don't mean last in chronology but overall). Tarkovsky's earlier SF drama "Solaris" is more structured and fully developed. Nevertheless, Stalker is an outstanding piece of art movie that puts its director among the few true cinema masters. Rating: 8.5/10