USA,
1984, 92 min
Directed by:
Alex CoxScreenplay:
Alex CoxCinematography:
Robby MüllerComposer:
Steven HufsteterCast:
Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Dick Rude, Sy Richardson, Susan Barnes, Miguel Sandoval, Vonetta McGee, Angelique Pettyjohn (more)VOD (3)
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A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton as a weathered repo man in a desolate Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez as the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in repossessing a mysterious - and otherworldly - Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Featuring the ultimate early eighties L.A. punk soundtrack, this grungily hilarious odyssey is also a politically trenchant take on President Reagan’s domestic and foreign policies. (Criterion)
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