Point Blank

"There are two kinds of people in his up-tight world: his victims and his women. And sometimes you can't tell them apart."

1967 1h 32m EN

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After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

“There are two kinds of people in his up-tight world: his victims and his women. And sometimes you can't tell them apart.”

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Cast

Lee Marvin
Walker
Angie Dickinson
Chris
John Vernon
Mal Reese
Keenan Wynn
Yost
Carroll O'Connor
Brewster
Lloyd Bochner
Frederick Carter
Michael Strong
Stegman
Sharon Acker
Lynne

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Boorman
Writers: Alexander Jacobs, Rafe Newhouse, David Newhouse
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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59 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Boorman, shot by Philip H. Lathrop. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Johnny Mandel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Henry Berman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson and John Vernon carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There are two kinds of people in his up-tight world: his victims and his women. And sometimes you can't tell them apart.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0062138 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

John Boorman directs. Philip H. Lathrop behind the camera. Johnny Mandel scores. Henry Berman cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
259 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by John Boorman, shot by Philip H. Lathrop. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Johnny Mandel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Henry Berman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson and John Vernon carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "There are two kinds of people in his up-tight world: his victims and his women. And sometimes you can't tell them apart.".
8IMDB entry: tt0062138 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "based on novel or book", "overdose", "alcatraz prison", "revenge".

The technical file

Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop
Original score: Johnny Mandel
Editing: Henry Berman
Costume design: Margo Weintz
Makeup / hair: Sydney Guilaroff
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,500,000
Box office: $3,200,000
Return: 128% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Point Blank (1967)

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John Chard2015-08-22
★ 9/10
You're a very bad man, Walker, a very destructive man! Point Blank is directed by John Boorman and collectively adapted to screenplay by Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse and Rafe Newhouse from the novel The Hunter written by Richard Stark. It stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, Lloyd Bochner and Michael Strong. Music is by Johnny Mandel and the Panavision cinematography (in Metrocolor) is by Philip H. Lathrop. Betrayed by wife and friend during a robbery, Walker (Marvin) is left dying on a stone cold cell floor at closed down Alcatraz... Pure neo-noir, a film that could be argued was ahead of its time, given that it wouldn't find a fan base until many years later. Yet it deserves to be bracketed as a benchmark for the second phase of noir, a shining light of the neo world, experimenting with techniques whilst beating a true film noir heart. The story is deliciously biting, pumped full of betrayals and double crosses, fatales and revenge, death and destruction. It even has a trick in the tale, ambiguity. It all plays out in a boldly coloured Los Angeles, the photography sparkles as Mandel lays an elegiacal and haunting musical score over the various stages of the drama. The talented Boorman has a field day with the elements of time, shunting various strands of the story around with sequences that at first glance seem out of place, but actually are perfect in context to what is narratively happening, the director gleefully toying with audience expectations. While suffice to say angles are tilted and close ups broadened to further style the pic. Then there is Walker, a single minded phantom type character, played with grace and menace by Marvin - who better to trawl the Los Angeles underworld with than Marv? This guy only wants what he is owed from the robbery, nothing more, nothing less, but if the meagre reward is not forthcoming, people are going to pay with something more precious than cash. His mission is both heroic and tragic, with Boorman asking the viewers to improvise their thought process about what it all inevitably means. Funding the fuel around Marvin are good players providing slink, sleaze and suspicion. Deliberate pacing isn't for everyone, neither is stylised violence and stylish directorial trickery, but for those who dine at said tables, Point Blank, and Walker the man, is for you. 9/10

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