Blood Red

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Time Out says

This liberal quasi-Western is like the Jesse James story updated by the right-on, socially-minded Sundance Institute. Eric Roberts plays the no-good son of a 19th century immigrant Sicilian wine-grower whose livelihood is threatened by the railroad which a ruthless Irish carpetbagger (Hopper) plans to drive through the vineyards. After his father is killed, Roberts takes the law into his own hands, becoming an outlaw and rallying the hitherto pacifist Sicilians to the cause. What started as a sincere social drama suddenly explodes into a fully-fledged Western, with plenty of fisticuffs and gunplay. Julia Roberts stands around in the background looking pretty, with only a dozen or so lines.

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Release details

UK release:

1988

Duration:

91 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

Peter Masterson

Cast:

Burt Young, Carlin Glynn, Lara Harris, Elias Koteas, Marc Lawrence, Frank Campanella, Aldo Ray, Susan Anspach, Dennis Hopper, Giancarlo Giannini, Eric Roberts, Julia Roberts

Producer:

Judd Bernard, Patricia Casey

Screenwriter:

Ron Cutler

Cinematography:

Toyomichi Kurita

Editor:

Randy Thornton

Art Director:

Bruno Rubeo

Music:

Carmine Coppola

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  • What the fuck was that? I just watched this movie. When the costumes and the production values are better than the acting you're in trouble. Absolutely terrible. What was this director doing? I feel sorry for Eric and everybody in front of the camera. No direction. Everybody was allowed to make fools of themselves by indicting and over-acting. Unless this was meant to be a spoof, it was truly an embarrassment for everyone involved. Someone tell me I'm wrong. Maybe it was because the writing sucked?

    Daniel Tue Jul 3 2012
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