Punishment Park (1971)
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2020 12:48 am
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Details | Punishment Park (1971) |
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GENRE | Drama, Thriller |
Director | Peter Watkins |
Writer | Peter Watkins |
Actors | Patrick Boland , Kent Foreman , Carmen Argenziano , Luke Johnson , Katherine Quittner , Scott Turner , Stan Armsted , Mary Ellen Kleinhall , Mark Keats , Gladys Golden , Sanford Golden , George Gregory , Norman Sinclair , Sigmund Rich , Paul Rosenstein |
PLOT | "Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types across the desert in a type of capture the flag game. The soldiers vow not to interfere with the rebels' progress and merely shepherd them along to their destination. At that point, ha... |
More Details | MPAA Rating : R Country of Origin: USA Language: English More Info : IMDb Link Subtitles : YIFYsubtitles , OpenSubtitles |
"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types across the desert in a type of capture the flag game. The soldiers vow not to interfere with the rebels' progress and merely shepherd them along to their destination. At that point, having obtained their goal, they will be released. The film crew's coverage is meant to insure that the military's intentions are honorable. As the representatives of the 60's counter-culture get nearer to passing this arbitrary test, the soldiers become increasingly hostile, attempting to force the hippies out of their pacifist behavior. A lot of this film appears improvised and in several scenes real tempers seem to flare as some of the "acting" got overaggressive. This is a interesting exercise in situational ethics. The cinema verite style, hand-held camera, and ambiguous demands of the director - would the actors be able to maintain their roles given the hazing they were taking - pushed some to the brink. The cast's emotions are clearly on the surface. Unfortunately this film has gone completely underground and is next to impossible to find. It would offer a captivating document of the distrust that existed between soldiers willfully serving in the military and those persons who opposed the war peacefully.
[IMDb Code] : tt0067633 0067633
[Genres] : GenreDrama, GenreThriller
[Also Known As] : Punishment Park, Punishment Park, Parque da Punição, Punishment Park, Punishment Park, Strafpark, Punishment Park, To parko tis timorias, Büntető park, 懲罰大陸★USA, Парк наказаний, Punishment Park, Straffparken, Парк покарань, Punishment Park, Punishment Park, Strafpark
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