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Aug 1, 2016 · POINT BLANK: Dissecting A Forgotten Classic. August 1, 2016. Alex Lines. Alex is a 28 year-old West Australian who has a…. As soon as Justus D. Barnes fired point-blank at the audience in Edwin S. Porter’s influential The Great Train Robbery, the idea of violence to control an audience was introduced. The ricochet of that powerful shot has ...
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Point Blank is a 1967 American crime film directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin, co-starring Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn and Carroll O'Connor, and adapted from the 1963 crime noir pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark. [3] Boorman directed the film at Marvin's request and Marvin played a central role in ...
Budget. $12 million [1] Point Blank is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by Joe Lynch and written by Adam G. Simon. The film is a remake of the 2010 French film of the same name, originally called À bout portant. It stars Frank Grillo, Anthony Mackie, Marcia Gay Harden, Teyonah Parris, Boris McGiver, and Markice Moore .
Dec 8, 2016 · For that reason, I believe John Boorman’s 1967 film Point Blank ranks as the best neo-nor ever made. An adaptation of The Hunter —the 1st Parker novel from Donald E. Westlake (under the pen name Richard Stark), which currently has been adapted for film three times and once as a graphic novel—the film stars veteran tough-guy actor Lee ...
Sep 10, 2023 · Lee Marvin and Sharon Acker filming a scene in “Point Blank” (1967). Photo taken at 1338 Miller Drive in West Hollywood. Marvin and Boorman were adamant about keeping the non-linear structure of the novel intact. They also wanted to make sure that the script, and later the editing, would reflect the spirit of Westlake’s novel.
A ruthless crook, Walker (Lee Marvin), is betrayed by his partner, Mal Reese (John Vernon), who leaves him for dead on Alcatraz Island. Having survived, Walker returns years later to get revenge ...
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Angie Dickinson and Lee Marvin in the shattered narrative (and mise-en-scene) of John Boorman's "Point Blank." The idea is, the Organization has taken Lee Marvin's $93,000 away from him, and he wants it back again. "I want my money back," he snarls about 14 times during "Point Blank." First he goes to the juice man, who doesn't have his money.
