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The Klansman
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.
Release : | 1974 |
Rating : | 5.2 |
Studio : | Paramount, Atlanta Productions, |
Crew : | Production Design, Set Decoration, |
Cast : | Richard Burton Lee Marvin Cameron Mitchell Lola Falana Linda Evans |
Genre : | Drama Thriller Crime |
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Absolutely Fantastic
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Linda Evans is raped. By a black man. Then Lola Falana is raped. By a white. Two great actors, Lee Marvin and Richard Burton, will die fighting against the stupid bad people who are hiding under white sheets. That's it. Hard to follow, very boring, and definitely not to review. Terence Young would have done well to make another Bond instead of this. Without Lee Marvin it would be impossible to watch.
Despite the obvious political incorrectness, the movie bombs in many other ways. Parts of the script appear to have been written at various times, with absolutely no sense of scenes relating to each other. While Lee Marvin has played the gruff sheriff role enough times to walk through his lines, Richard Burton stumbles and bumbles between Southern and British accents throughout. O.J. Simpson hides in trees and snipes at anything in a white robe and hood. Linda Evans, Lola Falana, and Cameron Mitchell, round out the embarrassed looking cast. What you are left with are racial stereotypes on parade, in a truly forgettable film. - MERK
What was director Young (Dr. No) thinking of taking on this project?! This is every bit as bad as I've heard. To begin with, there's the script, certainly among the worst ever written. Then there's the acting, very stereotypical of its day, except with the stars, Marvin and Burton, who clearly have no idea what they are doing here and don't really care. Then there's the anachronisms - the script belongs to the '60s, it's 5 years out of date. Then of course the morality - while the Klan is rightly to be condemned, can a black murderer be justified? Can he just be asked to leave the county as the sheriff does here? Ridiculous. And then there's the "action" climax - confusing and improbable.Was Young high when he did this? I can't think of any other excuse.Bad when not just awful.
The Klansman is a great movie with a good cast including Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell, O.J. Simpson, Lola Falana, David Huddleston, Luciana Paluzzi, Linda Evans, Ed Call John Alderson, John Pearce, David Ladd, Vic Perrin, Spence Wil-Dee! The acting by all of these actors are very good. There are many great scenes in the film and all of the scenes are filmed really well! Some of the scenes I like are when the KKK make their appearances and those are really excellent scenes! When the KKK are battling is something else and it was filmed remarkably well! The action is awesome! The music is very good. Really this is a fantastic film and in My opinion the actors and actresses have some of their greatest performances in this film! If you like any of the actors and actresses I mentioned above and if you like the movie To Kill a Mockingbird (that stars Gregory Peck) then I strongly recommend The Klansman!