cult film freak: john boorman

Written by James M. Tate / 9/21/2022 / No comments / action , bill mckinney , burt reynolds , cult , john boorman , ned beatty , ronny cox , rural , seventies , suspense , thriller

BURT REYNOLDS & JON VOIGHT VENTURE THROUGH 'DELIVERANCE'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqaQhQE-Y3gh8Wzx-77045UDvzqPnqme0bw1hEISMywJUHl98qbZmTEqmThABnG30q8fZf0SZxUBE_f5dSPmQOdNPkveAy_hepPbc-tF9AS1Ai2MfuksgW4uKTn1I5h36-i00Hmo-jxqYkS3DG9EC6yjZCcR-Cj3OOch3yLJMiTfZYEf9zH1cMLnH8w/s1839/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1839" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqaQhQE-Y3gh8Wzx-77045UDvzqPnqme0bw1hEISMywJUHl98qbZmTEqmThABnG30q8fZf0SZxUBE_f5dSPmQOdNPkveAy_hepPbc-tF9AS1Ai2MfuksgW4uKTn1I5h36-i00Hmo-jxqYkS3DG9EC6yjZCcR-Cj3OOch3yLJMiTfZYEf9zH1cMLnH8w/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burt Reynolds in DELIVERANCE Year: 1972 Rating: ****1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>Going backwards, many fans of Burt Reynolds happened upon DELIVERANCE later on, and the biggest difference between that and even his better-than-car-chase movies is the ensemble of four characters who get almost equal story-time and importance to the plot...A would-be vacationing adventure of businessmen taking to the white water rapids, led by a confident and gusty survivalist-type Reynolds as Lewis, good friend of polar opposite Jon Voight, the actual main character, who, as Ed, can hardly sling a bow-and-arrow while Burt leads one of the all-time great bow-and-arrow rescues...

action, bill mckinney, burt reynolds, cult, john boorman, ned beatty, ronny cox, rural, seventies, suspense, thriller

BURT REYNOLDS & JON VOIGHT VENTURE THROUGH 'DELIVERANCE'

Burt Reynolds in DELIVERANCE Year: 1972 Rating: ****1/2 Going backwards, many fans of Burt Reynolds happened upon DELIVERANCE later on, and ...

Written by James M. Tate / 10/31/2020 / No comments / action , adventure , charlotte rampling , fantasy , future , john alderton , john boorman , memorial , sara kestelman , science-fiction , sean connery , tribute

SEAN CONNERY IN JOHN BOORMAN'S EXPERIMENTAL 'ZARDOZ'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmxhloCYF9hH1QoeGTuT9xwL32GaAgkQ3Xe2efzLjTmfUME4fqVfBxLr3LV8s1hdDf55mxDNlt126RLbmD-M8msshl4CL1C66avHDrUSxjBjMtAFWiQQJFKsnULg_ZSiMR7NpZfXVlO6n/s1088/zardoz-pic-7.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1088" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmxhloCYF9hH1QoeGTuT9xwL32GaAgkQ3Xe2efzLjTmfUME4fqVfBxLr3LV8s1hdDf55mxDNlt126RLbmD-M8msshl4CL1C66avHDrUSxjBjMtAFWiQQJFKsnULg_ZSiMR7NpZfXVlO6n/w400-h283/zardoz-pic-7.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sean Connery as Zed in ZARDOZ Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 </td></tr></tbody></table>After scoring big with DELIVERANCE, adventurous and intrepid director John Boorman wound up with the bizarre futuristic fable ZARDOZ, a picture that could never be made today...About a raping and pillaging (and raping) barbarian, part of a raping and pillaging barbarian race, violently riding horseback along the beachy outskirts of a world run within a hidden wilderness Utopia of sexless intellectuals, that never (really) age... And the coolest sequence has Sean Connery's resilient muscular/shirtless title character discovering his way there, stowed inside a giant floating god-head statue; and then becoming an experimental neanderthal that these flaky neo-hippies can study — in particular the gorgeous and stubborn Charlotte Rampling and scene-stealing arthouse beauty Sara Kestelman, both shrewder than passive male counterpart John Alderton, who all share scenes with Connery's Zed when he isn't alone, investigating what makes this strange land tick, dating back to the 20th Century — with a twist literally built into the title: A cerebral STAR TREK meets TWILIGHT ZONE that needs far more pockets of action throughout endless philosophizing so heavy-handed, it's nearly impossible for an audience to fully grasp... at least the first time around.

action, adventure, charlotte rampling, fantasy, future, john alderton, john boorman, memorial, sara kestelman, science-fiction, sean connery, tribute

SEAN CONNERY IN JOHN BOORMAN'S EXPERIMENTAL 'ZARDOZ'

Sean Connery as Zed in ZARDOZ Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 After scoring big with DELIVERANCE, adventurous and intrepid director John Boorman w...

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