31° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
NEW HOLLYWOOD

NIGHT MOVES

NIGHT MOVES
by Arthur Penn
Country: USA
Year: 1975
Duration: 100'


Harry Moseby, a Los Angeles detective, is investigating the disappearance of a sixteen-year-old girl, the daughter of a Hollywood producer. As the case turns murky, Moseby discovers that his wife is cheating on him. The crisis of a man who has lost his bearings, in his life and in his surrounding reality. One of the most disenchanted and melancholy examples of the post-Watergate chaos. Gene Hackman – solitary, defeated and confused – in one of the season’s most lucid film noirs.

Biography

film director

Arthur Penn

Arthur Penn (Pittsburg, PA, USA, 1922 - New York City, USA, 2010) was one of New Hollywood’s favorite directors. His movies have always carefully described and criticized American society. His most successful films include the drama The Miracle Worker (1962), which received two Oscars; the schizophrenic Mickey One (1965), influenced by Europe’s nouvelle vague; the gangster movie Bonnie & Clyde (1967), which also won two Oscars; the crepuscular western Little Big Man (1970); the disenchanted noir Night Moves (1975); another western, only more crude and desperate, The Missouri Breaks (1976); and the mournful drama Four Friends (1981).

FILMOGRAFIA

Billy the Kid (Furia selvaggia, 1958), The Miracle Worker (Anna dei miracoli, 1962), Mickey One (id., 1965), The Chase (La caccia, 1966), Bonnie & Clyde (Gangster Story, 1967), Alice’s Restaurant (id., 1969), Little Big Man (Il piccolo grande uomo, 1970), Visions of Eight (Ciò che l’occhio non vede, ep. The Hightest, 1973), Night Moves (Bersaglio di notte, 1975), The Missouri Breaks (Missouri, 1976), Four Friends (Gli amici di Georgia, 1981), Target (Target - Scuola omicidi, 1985), Dead of Winter (Omicidio allo specchio, 1987), Penn & Teller Get Killed (Con la morte non si scherza, 1989), Lumière et compagnie (ep., 1995).

Cast

& Credits

REGIA
Arthur Penn
SCENEGGIATURA
Alan Sharp
FOTOGRAFIA
Bruce Surtees
MONTAGGIO
Dede Allen, Stephen A. Rotter
MUSICA
Michael Small
SCENOGRAFIA
George Jenkins
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Gene Hackman (Harry Moseby), Jennifer Warren (Paula), Susan Clark (Ellen Moseby), Edward Binns (Joey Ziegler), Harris Yulin (Marty Heller), Kenneth Mars (Nick)
PRODUTTORE
Robert M. Sherman
PRODUZIONE
Warner Bros.
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