A perfect post here, considering I just published this little tribute to ROLLING THUNDER director John Flynn on the CULT LABS BLOG
The Sergeant (1968) Rod Steiger
The Jerusalem File (1972) Daria Halprin, Bruce Davison
The Outfit (1973) Timothy Carey, Robert Duvall
Rolling Thunder (1977) Linda Haynes, William Devane
Defiance (1980) Art Carney, Jan-Michael Vincent
Touched (1983) Kathleen Beller
Best Seller (1987) James Woods, Brian Dennehy
Lock Up (1989) Sylvester Stallone
Out for Justice (1991) Steven Seagal
Brainscan (1994) Edward Furlong
Protection (2001) Vlasta Vrana, Stephen Baldwin
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CHECK OUT THIS EXCELLENT ROLLING THUNDER REVIEW.
Rolling Thunder is out now in the UK on Doubleplay DVD and Blu-ray. Debut Hi-Def Release!
Murder, revenge, grit, a man with a hook for a hand and a screenplay written by Paul Schrader (the man responsible for the Taxi Driver script); why have I never seen this movie before now? Originally released in 1977, it focuses on the return of two US soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War and were held captive for eight years in a POW camp. This film not only provides a strong revenge story but also political commentary and a dramatic depiction of human despair.
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ELI ROTH TALKS ROLLING THUNDER
On UK Doubleplay: 30.01.2012
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One of the greatest god damn movies ever made. Rolling Thunder
CHECK OUT THE UK TRAILER FOR THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF ROLLING THUNDER
Then…
Head over to the official ROLLING THUNDER FORUM to discuss this Grindhouse classic in detail.
Out to own on Double Play: January 30th, 2012
A revered revenge classic co-written by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) and starring William Devane in a stoic performance as Major Charles Rane, a man who has been pushed beyond his limits during an eight year incarceration in the Hanoi Hilton. He returns to his Texas hometown with his friend Sergeant Vohden (Tommy Lee Jones), just a vague shadow of the man he used to be. Finding himself a local celebrity and awarded with a briefcase of silver dollars- one for every day he was a POW, he tries to adapt to civilian life with his wife (Linda Haynes), who is now engaged to another man, and his son, who doesn’t remember him.
But any chance at healing is destroyed when a gang of thugs show up at his house to steal the silver. Tragedy thus descends on Major Rane a second time, stealing whatever shred of humanity was in him, and sending him on a one-way mission: vengeance at any cost.