| | Scarecrow DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Recommended Movies, Essential Cinema Videos, On-The-Road, Character Study, Poverty, Lowlife | | Starring | Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Eileen Brennan, Richard Lynch, Ann Wedgeworth, Rutanya Alda, Dorothy Tristan, Penelope Allen | | Director | Jerry Schatzberg | | Director of Photography | Vilmos Zsigmond | | Editor | Craig McKay | | Music | Fred Myrow | | Producer | Robert M. Sherman | | Production Designer | Albert Brenner |
An ex-con and an ex-sailor learn about each other and themselves as they save to buy a car wash. Gene Hackman and Al PAcino star. Former photographer Jerry Schatzberg follows up his explosive directorial debut THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK with SCARECROW, which captured the Grand Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Opening on a desolate highway, two drifters stumble into each other, and decide to hitchhike together across the country. Max (Gene Hackman), just released from prison, wants more than anything to own a car wash in Pittsburgh, staying out of trouble and living his life as an honest man. Lion (Al Pacino), who has returned from working at sea, dreams of reuniting with the wife and daughter he left behind years ago in Detroit. Embarking on their strange, confused journey, the dusty pair encounters a cast of peculiar characters as they struggle to reach their destinations (including a stop-off at Hackman's sister's house in Colorado). In the end, after beginning to accept the truth--that their dreams are not going to come to fruition--they find friendship, trust, and love, giving their lives justification.
Superbly acted by Pacino and Hackman--and grittily photographed by Vilmos Zsigmond--Schatzberg's film contains a brilliant blend of comedy, drama, and tragedy, resulting in a truly unforgettable viewing experience (a la MIDNIGHT COWBOY), making SCARECROW a stellar example of the highly personal character-driven films that made 1970s Hollywood such a brilliant, distinct period. Winner of the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
First feature film for screenwriter Garry Michael White. Scarecrow Reviews: "...[A] mood piece about two hobos working their way cross-country..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "[A] great forgotten '70s film....This is a wonderful actors' movie."
-- Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly "This is one of the great buddy movies, with brilliant performances by Al Pacino and Gene Hackman..."-- James Bell, Sight and Sound
This is the only Penelope Allen video. Scarecrow | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1973 | | All Time Sales Rank |  13930  | | CD Universe Part number | 6861588 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 26, 2006 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 112 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen |
Scarecrow Movie Review  A classic movie that gets no attention today
The 70's had the powerhouse character driven movies. Todays producers are unwilling to make a movie like Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces and Scarecrow. From the opening scene the quality of this movie is evident. The romantic sentiment of traveling the blue highways and the rails add a beautiful backdrop within the movie. Hackman and Pacino both have amazing performances. This movie won the pal d'or at cannes. Yet a letterbox edition on VHS or DVD is still unavailable. This is the definately the only disappointing thing about this movie. The VHS edition isn't sized for television. Instead the extreme left and right of the picture was simply removed to fit television's dimensions. In one scene Hackman's character Max is flirting with a girlfriend in a backyard. In the left hand background Pacino is doing something comical yet he is completely out of the frame of tv screen. Its frustrating. You won't regret watching the VHS version however if a letterbox vhs version,or better yet a DVD version are ever released I'm first in line.
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Pacino and Hackman Scare Up Laughs and Tears
This is one of the best written, directed and acted films Pacino plays Lion, a scared young man who has been running from his past and is unaware of the evils of the world. Gene Hackman plays an ex-con, Max who lived a rough life and cares for no-one but himself. When Lion offers his last match to Max on a desolate hiway one day, Max makes it his duty to take lion under his wing and teach him the ways of the real world. They become partners and hope to open a carwash in Pittsburgh but first they must make across the country. You will laugh, sympathize and ultimatly cry.
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Scarecrow DVD A pair of drifters hook up and learn much about each other and themselves when they scheme to save their pennies to buy a car wash.
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