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Figures in a Landscape

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  • 1h 50m
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6.5/10
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Malcolm McDowell and Robert Shaw in Figures in a Landscape (1970)
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Two escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter.Two escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter.Two escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter.
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    • Joseph Losey
    • Robert Shaw(screenplay)
    • Barry England(from a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Robert Shaw
    • Malcolm McDowell
    • Henry Woolf
    • Joseph Losey
    • Robert Shaw(screenplay)
    • Barry England(from a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Robert Shaw
    • Malcolm McDowell
    • Henry Woolf
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 31User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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    Robert Shaw
    Robert Shaw
    • MacConnachie
    Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell
    • Ansell
    Henry Woolf
    Henry Woolf
    • Helicopter Pilot
    Christopher Malcolm
    Christopher Malcolm
    • Helicopter observer
    Andy Bradford
    Andy Bradford
    • Soldier
    • (as Andrew Bradford)
    Warwick Sims
    • Soldier
    Roger Lloyd Pack
    Roger Lloyd Pack
    • Soldier
    • (as Roger Lloyd-Pack)
    Robert East
    Robert East
    • Soldier
    Tariq Yunus
    Tariq Yunus
    • Soldier
    Pamela Brown
    Pamela Brown
    • Widow
      • Joseph Losey
      • Robert Shaw(screenplay)
      • Barry England(from a novel by)
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    • Trivia
      This project was in the works for a long time before the film finally emerged. There were various changes of cast and director, and many writers, including James Mitchell and Stanley Mann, produced drafts of the script before Robert Shaw, who was also a novelist, agreed to do a final rewrite immediately before shooting was due to begin. Although he assured Joseph Losey that he would finish it before the first day of shooting, he did not, in fact, complete it until the end of filming, with changes being seemingly made almost every day. The film was a box-office failure and was mostly shown in Britain in a heavily-cut version, although television showings have been complete.
    • Quotes

      Ansell: I'll tell you what though Mac, there'll be no more games from now on.

    • Alternate versions
      The cut released in Italy (under the title "Caccia sadica," or "Sadistic Hunt") lost 14 minutes according to Joseph Losey, who looked into having his name removed from the credits.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Aqueles Dois (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Cartagena
      (uncredited)

      Music by Julián Palanca

    User reviews31

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    5/10
    Weird cinema, but worth catching
    Figures in a Landscape is the most peculiar film I've ever seen. I've seen a lot of peculiar films (The Keep, The Island, A Zed and Two Noughts, Eye of the Devil, etc.) but this one beats them all in terms of its curious nature.

    It has almost no plot. What little plot there is details the efforts of two escaped convicts to evade a menacing black helicopter as they flee through the rugged landscape of some un-named South American country. Did they really commit a crime at all? Why does the chopper pilot want to catch them? Who are they? All these questions, so obvious and central to all the other films of this type, are left unasked and unanswered. This is purely a chase for the sake of a chase movie. Everything is left unexplained, and the immediate action is the only thing that is concentrated upon.

    Given the existentialist angle that the film adopts, it is little surprise that it is unpopular.Many people feel cheated by the lack of explanation. I have a soft spot for the film, because it lets me decide for myself what is going on and what has gone before. I feel that Robert Shaw's performance is commanding, and the aerial photography is outstanding. However, I'm not saying that this is some kind of overlooked classic; nor even that it is an excellent film. It's just a wrongly panned film that has enough interesting features within its running time to make it commendable to anyone who has yet to see it.
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    • barnabyrudge
    • Nov 18, 2002

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    • Release date
      • March 22, 1971 (Spain)
      • United Kingdom
      • Spain
      • United States
      • English
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      • Almería, Andalucía, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Cinecrest
      • Cinema Center 100 Productions
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
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