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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2020 2:12:44 GMT
I've never seen a film quite like this before and I had never even heard of it before today, takes place in a castle surrounded by an eerie fog in the Pacific NW, which serves an asylum for military men who are 'insane' (or presumed to be), as a psychiatrist (superbly played by Stacy Keach) arrives to cure them, or determine if any are faking, it has several lol comedic moments but then some surprisingly shocking and thought-provoking, covering some very deep topics, this is a extraordinarily literate film (written and directed by William Peter Blatty of The Exorcist fame) with a stellar cast and extraordinary direction, I was so impressed that I looked to see if was nominated for any awards and it did win a Golden Globe for Blatty (best screenplay) and the film was nominated for best picture drama and Scott Wilson a very well deserved nomination for best supporting actor, not a surprise the Oscars didn't offer it a single nomination, the production is minimal (this is not film boasting a massive budget but does not suffer in spite of that), has a minimal effective score, great cast of what appears to be mostly character actors, I was able to watch it for free on Tubi, I'm giving it a 9/10 but I am sure this is a film that demands more than a single viewing, I'd like to buy the blu ray and the original novel by Blatty.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jan 26, 2020 6:14:32 GMT
I've never seen a film quite like this before and I had never even heard of it before today, takes place in a castle surrounded by an eerie fog in the Pacific NW, which serves an asylum for military men who are 'insane' (or presumed to be), as a psychiatrist (superbly played by Stacy Keach) arrives to cure them, or determine if any are faking, it has several lol comedic moments but then some surprisingly shocking and thought-provoking, covering some very deep topics, this is a extraordinarily literate film (written and directed by William Peter Blatty of The Exorcist fame) with a stellar cast and extraordinary direction, I was so impressed that I looked to see if was nominated for any awards and it did win a Golden Globe for Blatty (best screenplay) and the film was nominated for best picture drama and Scott Wilson a very well deserved nomination for best supporting actor, not a surprise the Oscars didn't offer it a single nomination, the production is minimal (this is not film boasting a massive budget but does not suffer in spite of that), has a minimal effective score, great cast of what appears to be mostly character actors, I was able to watch it for free on Tubi, I'm giving it a 9/10 but I am sure this is a film that demands more than a single viewing, I'd like to buy the blu ray and the original novel by Blatty.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2020 6:25:58 GMT
I've never seen a film quite like this before and I had never even heard of it before today, takes place in a castle surrounded by an eerie fog in the Pacific NW, which serves an asylum for military men who are 'insane' (or presumed to be), as a psychiatrist (superbly played by Stacy Keach) arrives to cure them, or determine if any are faking, it has several lol comedic moments but then some surprisingly shocking and thought-provoking, covering some very deep topics, this is a extraordinarily literate film (written and directed by William Peter Blatty of The Exorcist fame) with a stellar cast and extraordinary direction, I was so impressed that I looked to see if was nominated for any awards and it did win a Golden Globe for Blatty (best screenplay) and the film was nominated for best picture drama and Scott Wilson a very well deserved nomination for best supporting actor, not a surprise the Oscars didn't offer it a single nomination, the production is minimal (this is not film boasting a massive budget but does not suffer in spite of that), has a minimal effective score, great cast of what appears to be mostly character actors, I was able to watch it for free on Tubi, I'm giving it a 9/10 but I am sure this is a film that demands more than a single viewing, I'd like to buy the blu ray and the original novel by Blatty. One of the great barroom fights in cinematic history.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jan 26, 2020 8:13:22 GMT
Builds up interestingly despite the weirdness and the bar scene is really intense.
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