Patty Hearst (1988)

Director:

Paul Schrader

Writers (WGA):

Patricia Hearst (book) and
Alvin Moscow (book) ...

Release Date:

23 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

Heiress... kidnap victim... turned urban terrorist... bank robber

Plot:

The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent...

Plot Keywords:

Abductor | 1970s | Patty Hearst | Student Radical | Heiress

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Natasha Richardson	...	Patricia Hearst
William Forsythe	...	Teko
Ving Rhames	...	Cinque
Frances Fisher	...	Yolanda
Jodi Long	...	Wendy Yoshimura
Olivia Barash	...	Fahizah
Dana Delany	...	Gelina
Marek Johnson	...	Zoya
Kitty Swink	...	Gabi
Peter Kowanko	...	Cujo (as Pete Kowanko)
Tom O'Rourke	...	Jim Browning
Scott Kraft	...	Steven Weed
Jeff Imada	...	Neighbor
Ermal Williamson	...	Randolph A. Hearst
Elaine Revard	...	Catherine Hearst

Also Known As:

Patty

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

Zenith Entertainment

Goofs:

Anachronisms: An AMC Pacer is shown twice as Patty and the SLA carry out the Hibernia Bank heist. The event took place in April 1974, but the Pacer was not introduced until 1975.

Quotes:

Teko: [after a mock gunfight] You're dead.
Patricia Hearst: [whining] I'm always dead!

Movie Connections:

References Plane Crazy (1928)

Soundtrack:

Way Back Home

She walked out with empty arms, machine gun in her hand

Based on a novel be Patty herself, this film is very suspect on the actual truth, but Director Paul Schrader does a pretty good job at making the film of Hearst's kidnapping by and subsequently joining with the moronic Symbionese Liberation Army compelling throughout the duration of the film. Opting for a seemingly objective approach despite the source material. Nothing new revolving the case will be gleamed for watching this though, and one will take from it the exact same view as what one goes into it with. Personally, I don't or can't sympathize with spoiled rich girl turned violent revolutionary turned praised celebrity Hearst, but I know that there are many that do. Natasha Richardson as Patty gives a serviceable, if nothing special, job. And Ving Rhames gives a good job himself as the cliché spewing leader of the pitifully sad SLA. This movie is also widely known to be the last of Paul Schrader's films to be any good at all, so there's always that.

My Grade: B-

Eye Candy: Natasha Richardson gets topless