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Zabriskie Point

  • 1970
  • R
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
17K
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Zabriskie Point (1970)
Drama

At a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young idealist and an anthropology student cross paths at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. They start an unrestrained r... Read allAt a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young idealist and an anthropology student cross paths at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. They start an unrestrained relationship by making love on the dusty terrain.At a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young idealist and an anthropology student cross paths at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. They start an unrestrained relationship by making love on the dusty terrain.

  • Director
    • Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Writers
    • Michelangelo Antonioni
    • Franco Rossetti
    • Sam Shepard
  • Stars
    • Mark Frechette
    • Daria Halprin
    • Paul Fix
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    17K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
    • Writers
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
      • Franco Rossetti
      • Sam Shepard
    • Stars
      • Mark Frechette
      • Daria Halprin
      • Paul Fix
    • 116User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin in Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin in Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin in Zabriskie Point (1970)
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    Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin in Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Daria Halprin in Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Daria Halprin in Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Mark Frechette in Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin in Zabriskie Point (1970)

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    Mark Frechette
    Mark Frechette
    • Mark
    Daria Halprin
    Daria Halprin
    • Daria
    Paul Fix
    Paul Fix
    • Cafe owner
    G.D. Spradlin
    G.D. Spradlin
    • Lee's associate
    Bill Garaway
    • Morty
    Kathleen Cleaver
    Kathleen Cleaver
    • Kathleen
    Rod Taylor
    Rod Taylor
    • Lee Allen
    Martin Abrahams
    Martin Abrahams
    • Radical student
    • (uncredited)
    Michael L. Davis
    • Police lieutenant on loudspeaker
    • (uncredited)
    Lee Duncan
    • Highway patrolman
    • (uncredited)
    George Dunn
    George Dunn
    • Airport mechanic
    • (uncredited)
    Dennis Falt
    • University student
    • (uncredited)
    Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford
    • Arrested student
    • (uncredited)
    Jim Goldrup
    • College student
    • (uncredited)
    Norman Grabowski
    Norman Grabowski
    • Man in Deli
    • (uncredited)
    Philip Baker Hall
    Philip Baker Hall
    • Diner owner
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Hickman
    Bill Hickman
    • Gun store owner
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Kenner G. Kemp
    Kenner G. Kemp
    • Departing Plane Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
    • Writers
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
      • Franco Rossetti
      • Sam Shepard
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    • Trivia
      Antonioni met with Jim Morrison during early production to ask for a musical contribution to the soundtrack. Morrison and the Doors provided "L'America" which Antonioni then rejected.
    • Goofs
      Zabriskie Point, in Death Valley National Park (California, USA) is not actually the lowest-elevation point in the United States. That would be Badwater Basin, at a depth of 282 feet below sea level, which is also located in Death Valley National Park about 20 miles away.
    • Quotes

      [booking a protester]

      Cop: Occupation?

      William S. Polit, protester: Associate professor of history.

      Cop: That's too long, Bill. I'll just put down clerk.

    • Alternate versions
      In the original version, the song that's playing when Daria drives away at the very end and over the closing "End" title card is a Roy Orbison song, but in the 1984 MGM/UA Home Video version it's a continuation of the Pink Floyd song. The 1991 MGM/UA Home Video version restores the Orbison song.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: La monnaie de l'absolu (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Dance of Death
      Written and performed by John Fahey

      Courtesy Takoma Records

    User reviews116

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    6/10
    The American Way of Life in the Late 60's, in the View of Antonioni
    In the late 60's, in Los Angeles, a group of revolutionary students is fighting for changing in the campus of their university. Mark (Mark Frechette), who has been expelled by the dean after many infractions in his academic life, decides to leave the area during a riot and hijacks a small airplane. Meanwhile, the student and temporary secretary Daria (Daria Halprin) is driving through the desert to attend a meeting scheduled by her boss Lee Allen (Rod Taylor) in Phoenix. Mark lands the airplane in Zabriskie Point where he spends the afternoon making love with Daria. When he returns to Los Angeles, he is shot inside the cabin by a police officer.

    This is the first time that I see "Zabriskie Point", a film that was censored in Brazil by the military dictatorship in the 70's. This polemic movie shows empty characters and many billboards and advertisements to disclose the emptiness of a generation and the excessive consumerism of the American society in the late 60's in the view of Antonioni. The cinematography, camera work and soundtrack are spectaculars. The original ending with the airplane writing "Fuck You, America" in the sky was withdrawn by the MGM president. The amateurs Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin became lovers after this film. Mark was sentenced to prison after robbing a bank and he died in prison in 1975 when the weight that he was lifting felt on his throat. Daria Halrpin married Dennis Hopper in 1972 and divorced in 1976. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil): "Zabriskie Point"
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    5
    • claudio_carvalho
    • Jan 3, 2011

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    • Release date
      • March 26, 1970 (Netherlands)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dolina smrti
    • Filming locations
      • Death Valley National Monument, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $84,879
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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