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1980 (West Germany) morePlot:
"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
Seldom Seen: Peter Watkins’ Privilege - DVD Review(From Twitch. 1 August 2008, 6:53 AM, PDT)
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the more things change, the more they stay the same... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Patrick Boland | ... | First Tribunal Defendant | |
| Kent Foreman | ... | Defendant in the tribunal | |
| Carmen Argenziano | ... | Jay Kaufman, Tribunal Defendant | |
| Luke Johnson | ... | Defendant in the tribunal | |
| Katherine Quittner | ... | Nancy Smith | |
| Scott Turner | ... | James Arthur Kohler, Tribunal Defendant | |
| Stan Armsted | ... | Charles Robbins | |
| Mary Ellen Kleinhall | ... | Allison Mitchner | |
| Mark Keats | ... | William C. Hoeger, Tribunal Chairman | |
| Gladys Golden | ... | Mary Jurgens, Tribunal Member | |
| Sanford Golden | ... | Sen. Harris | |
| George Gregory | ... | Mr. Keagan | |
| Norman Sinclair | ... | Alfred J. Sully - Tribunal Member | |
| Sigmund Rich | ... | Prof. Hazlett | |
| Paul Rosenstein | ... | Paul Reynolds - Tribunal Member |
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Whole movie was filmed using Eclair 16 mm camera. Theather cut and the version for released DVD is been blown up to 35 mm film. moreGoofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In her tribunal closing statement, Alison Mitchner makes reference to the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, and uses the phrase "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". This phrase is in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution. moreQuotes:
Charles Robbins: Would you like for me to define what a politician is? A politician is nothing but a debater. All that you do is debate issues, you fat pig, you meathead. That's all that you are, because you are lying, sucker, you're lying to the camera, you're lying to your mama, you're lying to everybody, but every time I hear you open up your mouth, all I hear is oink, you pig. That's all I hear, oink. 'Cause you ain't got no humanity in you, 'cause you're a pig, you lying punk. moreFAQ
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To think this film was made the year I was born. To think people are still having their constitutional rights taken away, now in the name of "homeland security". To think this movie was intentionally banned from the American public. PUNISHMENT PARK addresses the political divide in the United States better than any movie I've ever seen. Had it been more widely seen, would it have changed anything? A movie like this is so polarizing, it has the potential to cause riots. It shakes you up and forces you to take sides. It makes you face the issue: are you for the people's right of dissent in a time of war, or for the constitution being compromised in the name of "national security"? The protagonists are forced by the government to race to the American flag in a game that undermines the very ideals the flag stands for. The acting is totally convincing. So much so, I can't see any acting going on here at all. If this is a scripted documentary, it's more convincing than any reality show on television today. PUNISHMENT PARK is possibly the most important film ever made. It really makes you think.