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Gene Hackman | ... | ||
Al Pacino | ... | ||
Dorothy Tristan | ... |
Coley
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Ann Wedgeworth | ... |
Frenchy
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Richard Lynch | ... |
Riley
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Eileen Brennan | ... |
Darlene
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Penelope Allen | ... |
Annie
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Richard Hackman | ... |
Mickey
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Al Cingolani | ... |
Skipper
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Rutanya Alda | ... |
Woman in camper
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Max is an ex-con who's been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who's returning home to the midwest to see the child born while he was at sea. They form an unlikely pair as the brawling Max learns a little how Lionel copes with the world: Lionel believes that the scarecrow doesn't scare birds, but instead amuses them - birds find scare-crows funny. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
2 pawns who are making up for their past are living the present like they may have no future. Hackman and Pacino are amazing. Some of the 1 shot scenes last for 2-3 minutes. The magic created on screen by these two actors are mind blowing. The opening and closing scenes are so "different" it can be classed as poetic in a way. This is not your regular Hollywood movie, although it has 2 of the greatest actors in American movie history. Check this film out! 1973 never looked so real.