Year: 1971
Genre:
Drama, Thriller
Category: Movie
IMDB Rating: 7,9 (NEVAZUT)
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Peter Watkins
Writer: Peter Watkins
Composer: Paul Motian
Producer: Susan Martin
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, Lee Marks, Sandy Cox, Fred Franklyn, Ross Briegleb, Joe Hudgins, Radger Greene, Tom Kemp, Harry McKasson, Harold Beaulieu, Cynthia Jenkins, Jack London, Bob Lewine, Rolando González, Viola Gonzalez, Jack Gozdick, Brian Hart, Linda Mandel, Don Pino, Jason Sunners, Conchita Thornston, Gary Johnson, Michelle Johnson, Ted Martin, Don McDonald, Harold Schneider, Jim Bohan, Van Daniels, Harlan Green, Dennis Wilson, Paul Alelyanes, Kerry Cannon, Bob Franklin, Bruce McGuire, Ron Pennington, Allen Powell, Jim Wettstein, Jim Churchill, Danny Conlon, Wally McKay, Cliff Pinard, Don Vann, Charlie Wyatt, Mitchell Harding, Mike Hodel, John Kerry, Peter Watkins
Description: "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 cinéma vérité style, hand-held camera, and ambiguous demands of the director - would the actors be ...
Comments:
Duration: 88 minutes (at 25 frames per second)
File path: Z:\02976 - Punishment Park (1971) [DVDRip]\Punishment Park.avi
Filesize: 699 MB
Video: XviD - resolution: 592x448
Audio:
Subtitles: English