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Official selection of the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
The war in Vietnam is escalating. There is massive public protest in the United States and elsewhere. President Nixon declares a state of national emergency and the federal authorities are given the power to detain persons judged to be "a risk to internal security." In a desert zone in southwest California, a civilian tribunal passes sentence on groups of dissidents and gives them the option of participating in law enforcement training exercises in the Bear Mountain National Punishment Park. In an atmosphere of aggression and intimidation and in soaring temperatures, the prisoners have to fight for their lives as they are hunted down by the forces of law and order.
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Cast & Crew
- Paul Alelyanes
- Carmen Argenziano - Jay Kaufman
- Stan Armsted - Charles Robbins
- Harold Beaulieu - Desert Militant
- Jim Bohan
- Kent Foreman
- Fredrick Franklyn
- Gladys Golden
- Luke Johnson
- Mark Keats
- Mary Ellen Kleinhall
- Katherine Quittner
- Paul Rosenstein
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This is a very revealing and timely movie and thanks for making it available.Well made and produced throughout.
The greatest of all political filmmakers Watkins "Punishment Park" is less of a fantasy than it might seem to the uninformed. The land set aside for the inarceration of the Japanese during WWII emains ingovernment control and the possibility that history might repeat itelf with other groups --especially political ones like "Occupy" remains. Moreover as this government tortures people overseas there's no reason why it won't do so here if the circumstances arise. Fascist blockbustrers like "The Hunger Games" make the viewing of "Punishment Park" today a;ll the more potent. It's been 41 years but it's as if it were yesterday.
Official selection of the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
The war in Vietnam is escalating. There is massive public protest in the United States and elsewhere. President Nixon declares a state of national emergency and the federal authorities are given the power to detain persons judged to be "a risk to internal security." In a desert zone in southwest California, a civilian tribunal passes sentence on groups of dissidents and gives them the option of participating in law enforcement training exercises in the Bear Mountain National Punishment Park. In an atmosphere of aggression and intimidation and in soaring temperatures, the prisoners have to fight for their lives as they are hunted down by the forces of law and order.
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Wow! A trip back in time, a political manifesto, and most of all a truly gripping and original film!
The greatest of all political filmmakers Watkins "Punishment Park" is less of a fantasy than it might seem to the uninformed. The land set aside for the inarceration of the Japanese during WWII emains ingovernment control and the possibility that history might repeat itelf with other groups --especially political ones like "Occupy" remains. Moreover as this government tortures people overseas there's no reason why it won't do so here if the circumstances arise. Fascist blockbustrers like "The Hunger Games" make the viewing of "Punishment Park" today a;ll the more potent. It's been 41 years but it's as if it were yesterday.