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Winter Kills

  • 19791979
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
2.9K
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Winter Kills (1979)
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The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
IMDb RATING
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2.9K
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    • William Richert
    • Richard Condon(book)
    • William Richert(written for the screen)
  • Stars
    • Jeff Bridges
    • John Huston
    • Anthony Perkins
    • William Richert
    • Richard Condon(book)
    • William Richert(written for the screen)
  • Stars
    • Jeff Bridges
    • John Huston
    • Anthony Perkins
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    • 54User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
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    Jeff Bridges and Dorothy Malone in Winter Kills (1979)
    Jeff Bridges and Belinda Bauer in Winter Kills (1979)
    Jeff Bridges and Belinda Bauer in Winter Kills (1979)
    Belinda Bauer in Winter Kills (1979)
    John Huston, Kim O'Brien, and Candice Rialson in Winter Kills (1979)
    Jeff Bridges and William Richert in Winter Kills (1979)
    Eli Wallach in Winter Kills (1979)
    Anthony Perkins in Winter Kills (1979)
    Jeff Bridges in Winter Kills (1979)
    Jeff Bridges and Anthony Perkins in Winter Kills (1979)
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    John Huston in Winter Kills (1979)

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    Jeff Bridges
    Jeff Bridges
    • Nick Kegan
    John Huston
    John Huston
    • Pa Kegan
    Anthony Perkins
    Anthony Perkins
    • John Cerruti
    Eli Wallach
    Eli Wallach
    • Joe Diamond
    Sterling Hayden
    Sterling Hayden
    • Z.K. Dawson
    Dorothy Malone
    Dorothy Malone
    • Emma Kegan
    Tomas Milian
    Tomas Milian
    • Frank Mayo
    Belinda Bauer
    Belinda Bauer
    • Yvette Malone
    Ralph Meeker
    Ralph Meeker
    • Gameboy Baker
    Toshirô Mifune
    Toshirô Mifune
    • Keith
    Richard Boone
    Richard Boone
    • Keifitz
    David Spielberg
    David Spielberg
    • Miles Garner
    Brad Dexter
    Brad Dexter
    • Captain Heller One
    Michael Thoma
    Michael Thoma
    • Ray Doty
    Ed Madsen
    • Captain Heller Two
    Irving Selbst
    • Irving Mentor
    Chris Soldo
    • Jeffreys
    Robert Courtleigh
    • First Mate of T.K.
    • (as Robert Courleigh)
      • William Richert
      • Richard Condon(book)
      • William Richert(written for the screen)
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    • Trivia
      This movie was co-financed by two alleged marijuana dealers, Leonard J. Goldberg and Robert Sterling. Sterling was sentenced to forty years for marijuana smuggling while Goldberg, sixteen days before this movie premiered on May 11, 1979, was found handcuffed and shot dead in his New York City apartment, allegedly a hit by mobsters for Goldberg's debt payment failure, on April 25 that year.
    • Goofs
      When Yvette refuses Nick's marriage proposal, she puts her right hand on his face. When the angle changes she suddenly has both hands on his face.
    • Quotes

      John Cerruti: I'm so glad you're here! I receive so few outsiders. Who to trust? Who to trust? All of the nerves, but none of the flesh.

    • Alternate versions
      Reissued in 1983 with deleted scenes restored.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure/Rock 'n' Roll High School/Players/Butch and Sundance: The Early Days/Winter Kills (1979)

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    A surreal, over-the-top look at American politics & power
    Winter Kills once was available on videotape; no longer. That's a pity because it's a stylish, fun-packed phantasmagoria about American power as expressed through American politics. (Since the source material was written by Richard Condon -- of Manchurian Candidate and Prizzi's Honor fame -- the points are not subtle; merely irresistible.) Based loosely on the Kennedy saga (as what isn't these days: look at Dominick Dunne's oeuvre), the film casts Jeff Bridges, at his most young and vital, as the baby brother of a slain president. Trying to track down clues to the assassination, he embarks on one of those labyrinthine quests undertaken by the likes of the poisoned protagonist in D.O.A. or Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly. Of course, the clues boomerang back, leading him into the viperish nest of his own family, especially his father, a randy old psycho played to the hilt by John Huston. But even this filthy rich patriarch doesn't work the strings anymore; they've gone corporate, become systemic, and are pulled by a bland bureaucrat played by Anthony Perkins. This movie is a mad midway ride, overflowing with cameos that pop up like death's-heads in the funhouse. Watch for Liz Taylor, as a fabled madame, silently mouthing a profanity.
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    • bmacv
    • Aug 8, 2000

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    • Release date
      • May 11, 1979 (United States)
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      • English
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      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production company
      • Winter Gold Productions
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
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