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- Strongest when showcasing the colorful, bygone urban landscapes of a now mostly forgotten version of Los Angeles, Cisco Pike at times resembles the easygoing California hangout films of its time, but thanks to strong supporting performances by Gene Hackman and Harry Dean Stanton, writer/director Bill Norton is able to craft his own darkly comical tale of sex, drugs, and rock & roll that never ends up feeling overly familiar or stale.
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Cisco Pike is a 1972 American drama film that was written and directed by Bill L. Norton, and released by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Kris Kristofferson as a musician who, having fallen on hard times, turns to the selling of marijuana and is blackmailed by a police officer (Gene Hackman).
Jun 21, 2022 · Culture Film Features. LA, drugs and rock’n’roll: Why Kris Kristofferson’s forgotten Cisco Pike has become a cult film. A flop when it was released 50 years ago, ‘Cisco Pike’ wasn’t just...
The movie has been written off in some quarters as another youth-drug-music trip, which is too bad. It has also suffered at the box office because it stars Gene Hackman as a narcotics detective, and people feel they’ve already seen the definitive Hackman narc in “ The French Connection .”
May 28, 2006 · The forgotten film 'Cisco Pike' preserved '70s-era L.A. in the equivalent of amber. Now that it's out on DVD, sean howe says it's time to take a closer look to see how much has changed.
Jun 9, 2020 · Cisco Pike is out now on Blu-Ray in the UK, released by Indicator. The picture quality is excellent, with a nice natural grain and incredible detail. One shot near the end is strangely soft, but I believe it’s a stylistic technique where the filmmaker has cropped in on the image.
Though there's no mistaking Cisco Pike for anything other than a product of its time, the film often manages to overcome its '70s excess and generally comes off as an effective character study.
A blackmailing police officer (Gene Hackman) forces an ex-convict rock star (Kris Kristofferson) to sell 100 kilos of marijuana. In Theaters Prime Video.
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