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Overview

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Director:
Jerry Schatzberg
Writer:
Garry Michael White (writer)
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Release Date:
31 August 1973 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The road leads itself to somewhere.
Plot:
Max is an ex-con who's been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who's... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins more
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(2 articles)
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Cast

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Gene Hackman ... Max Millan

Al Pacino ... Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi

Dorothy Tristan ... Coley
Ann Wedgeworth ... Frenchy
Richard Lynch ... Jack Riley
Eileen Brennan ... Darlene
Penelope Allen ... Annie Gleason
Richard Hackman ... Mickey Grenwood
Al Cingolani ... Skipper

Rutanya Alda ... Woman in Camper
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Charles Noel ... Doctor (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jerry Schatzberg 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Garry Michael White  writer

Produced by
Robert M. Sherman .... producer
 
Original Music by
Fred Myrow 
 
Cinematography by
Vilmos Zsigmond 
 
Film Editing by
Evan A. Lottman  (as Evan Lottman)
 
Production Design by
Albert Brenner  (as Al Brenner)
 
Costume Design by
Jo Ynocencio 
 
Makeup Department
Frank Griffin .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Bonniwell .... second assistant director
Paul J. Crossey .... dga trainee
Tom Shaw .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Edward Beyer .... sound editor
Victor Goode .... sound
Arthur Piantadosi .... sound re-recording mixer
Robert M. Reitano .... sound editor
Barry Thomas .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Candy Flanagin .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
James O. Blair .... gaffer
Jim Buchanan .... best boy
Tom May .... key grip
Sven Walnum .... camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Kate Hirson .... assistant editor
Michael Jacobi .... assistant editor
Craig McKay .... associate editor
 
Music Department
Dan Wallin .... score mixer
 
Other crew
Anthony Goldschmidt .... title designer
Betty A. Griffin .... script supervisor
 

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Runtime:
112 min | Australia:108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | UK:18 (video) | UK:X (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Canon City, Colorado, USA more
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Before shooting, Gene Hackman and Al Pacino both dressed as hobos and hitchhiked through California to get into their characters. more
Quotes:
Lion: [First lines] Hi,how you doin' more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Wanderlust (2006) (TV) more

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13 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Superior Road Movie, 6 May 2002
Author: Tom Wilson from England

This is a forgotten classic from the 1970s and a film which few will find on the list of great films made by Al Pacino and Gene Hackman, although it is close to both actors' best work. As with most road films there is very little plot but what plot there is concerns two drifters (Pacino and Hackman), who meet while trying to hitchhike and, after quickly bonding, decide to become partners in a car wash.

They are both very different characters with Hackman dominating as Max, an irritable tough guy, and Pacino, for once underplaying, in the lesser role of Lionel. Although Hackman can play hard-nut characters in his sleep, the role of Max offers him more range than he often gets. This comes mainly through the quirky aspects of his character, such as his obsession with having to wear several layers of clothing, and also in the more tender and comical scenes.

Despite a running time of nearly two hours the film never drags, unlike many road movies, and this is largely due to the performances, especially that of Hackman. There is also another excellent sinister turn from Richard Lynch, a token 1970s villain, who befriends Lionel (Pacino) after he and Max (Hackman) have been sent to prison.

If there is one aspect which lets the film down it's the ending. "Scarecrow" is one of those films in which very little happens and thus it is tagged with an unnecessarily dramatic ending, which is pure Hollywood schmaltz. It would have benefited far more if the film-makers had simply ended the film where it began, rather than struggling with the choice of an overly happy or sad conclusion (I won't tell you which).

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