Point Blank (1967 film)
1967 American crime film directed by John Boorman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Point Blank is a 1967 American crime film directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin, co-starring Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn and Carroll O'Connor, and adapted from the 1963 crime noir pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark.[3] Boorman directed the film at Marvin's request and Marvin played a central role in the film's development. The film grossed over $9 million in theatrical rentals in 1967 and has since gone on to become a cult classic, eliciting praise from such critics as film historian David Thomson.
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Directed by | John Boorman |
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Based on | The Hunter 1963 novel by Richard Stark |
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Starring | Lee Marvin |
Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
Edited by | Henry Berman |
Music by | Johnny Mandel |
Production company | Judd Bernard-Irwin Winkler Production |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million[1] |
Box office | $9 million (rentals)[2] |
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In 2016, Point Blank was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry.[4]