The Night of the Hunter

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The Night of the Hunter

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So dramatic, primal, and unforgettable are its images--the preacher's shadow looming over the children in their bedroom, the magical boat ride down a river whose banks teem with fantastic wildlife, those tattoos of LOVE and HATE on the unholy man's knuckles, the golden locks of a drowned woman waving in the current along with the indigenous plant life in her watery grave--that they're still haunting audiences (and filmmakers) today. It is, to say the least, a masterpiece--and not just because it was the only movie directed by flamboyant actor Charles Laughton or the only produced solo screenplay by the legendary critic James Agee (who also cowrote The African Queen). In the entire history of American movies, The Night of the Hunter stands out as the rarest and most exotic of specimens. --Jim Emerson Like a nightmarish premonition of stalker movies to come, Night of the Hunter tells the suspenseful tale of a demented preacher (Robert Mitchum, in a performance that prefigures his memorable villain in Cape Fear), who torments a boy and his little sister--even marries their mixed-up mother (Shelley Winters)--because he's certain the kids know where their late bank-robber father hid a stash of stolen money. The truth is, nobody has ever made anything approaching its phantasmagoric, overheated style in which German expressionism, religious hysteria, fairy-tale fantasy (of the Grimm-est variety), and stalker movie are brought together in a furious boil.

Product Info

Actor
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Billy Chapin, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves
Aspect Ratio
1.33:1
Audience Rating
NR (Not Rated)
Binding
DVD
Catalog Number List
CatalogNumberListElement: 907994
Director
Charles Laughton
EAN
9780792843368
EAN List
Format
Black & White
ISBN
0792843363
Label
MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer
MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Discs
1
Product Group
DVD
Product Type Name
ABIS_DVD
Publisher
MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code
1
Release Date
2000-01-25
Running Time
93
SKU
0276-110803-2840
Studio
MGM (Video & DVD)
Title
The Night of the Hunter
UPC
027616799425
UPC List
UPCListElement: 027616799425
ASIN
B000035P5R
Sales Rank
18486

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