Night Moves
by Arthur Penn
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Actor: Ed Binns, Gene Hackman, Harris Yulin, Jennifer Warren, Susan ClarkDirector: Arthur Penn
Cinematographer: Bruce Surtees
Editor: Dede Allen
Editor: Stephen A. Rotter
Producer: Gene Lasko
Producer: Robert M. Sherman
Writer: Alan Sharp
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 100 minutes
Release Date: 1992-04-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: Slow Boat to China
Summary: 3 Stars
I had noticed "Night Moves" inclusion in the "New York Times Best 1000 Movies". I like a good detective movie and I was looking forward to seeing it which I did last night. I was disappointed in the movie. In all fairness, my disappointment was borne in high expectations. However, I found the plot unnecessarily complicated (many will probably like this aspect). The characters were too much. Our hero, for example, is a former All-Pro football player. Except for some access issues that could have easily been re-scripted to create the same scenarios, there was no need to create such an esoteric facet. We are treated to analysis of the private detective's incomplete relationship with his father which also took us aimlessly down a dead end. I could go on and on but the ending really caught me off guard. It wasn't until today I realized how impressive the conclusion was. The closing scene is of a small boat at sea. A person struggles to get the engine started. With great difficulty, this person is finally able to get the motor up to speed but was unable to steer the boat or see in what direction it was headed. I understood that the director was confessing his inadequacies. For such a marvelously symbolic statement, I gratefully offer him my absolution.
Summary of Night Moves
This vastly underrated Arthur Penn film from the mid-1970s ranks as one of the era's nastiest and most fascinating pieces of business, a detective story that shuttles back and forth between Hollywood and the Florida Keys, with a plot nearly as complex as Chinatown. Gene Hackman stars as a tired, aging private eye who, as a favor to a friend, agrees to track down a runaway teen. But the case turns out to be something much larger: a smuggling ring of Mayan antiquities. The human impulses get darker and darker and Hackman's character gets pulled in deeper and deeper, even as his own life is falling apart. Ultimately, in one of his best and most unsung performances, Hackman winds up hurting the people he is trying to help. A great cast includes Susan Clark, Jennifer Warren, a young James Woods, and a very young Melanie Griffith. --Marshall FineAction & Adventure VHS Video
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