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The Indian Runner
1991
Inspired by the song "Highway Patrolman" by rock legend Bruce Springsteen, this is a provocative story about two brothers in 1968. One is a cop with a family, the other lives his life breaking the laws. A story that enriches the senses and touches the heart. Read more
| Starring | David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Charles Bronson, Dennis Hopper |
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| Director | Sean Penn |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Indian Runner
Inspired by the song "Highway Patrolman" by rock legend Bruce Springsteen, this is a provocative story about two brothers in 1968. One is a cop with a family, the other lives his life breaking the laws. A story that enriches the senses and touches the heart.
| Starring | David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Charles Bronson, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Arquette, Jordan Rhodes |
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| Director | Sean Penn |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 25 Mar 2002 Production year: 1991 |
| Format | DVD |
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Sean Penn was once better known as the paparazzi-baiting husband of Madonna, but he took everyone by surprise with this, his writing and directorial debut. It's a remarkably assured, mature drama, inspired by the Bruce Springsteen song Highway Patrolman, and follows the troubled relationship between David Morse and his disturbed younger brother (an electrifying Viggo Mortensen). The story is slight, but Penn's passionate commitment to his tragic characters shines through and his direction is pleasingly unflashy, aside from sudden jolts of violence. Penn is rewarded with accomplished performances from Mortensen and Morse, while also noteworthy in a stellar supporting cast are Dennis Hopper, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette and Charles Bronson.
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"...Semi-improvised, soul-searching conversations, punctuated with atmospheric footage....Moments of haunting intimacy..."
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Sean Penn, what are you on about????
Ok...so Sean Penn is supposed to be this amazing talent - right??? Ummm, didn't really see it in this movie.
Having said that - there are a few 'good' things about it....Penn directs with a very heavy hand and some of the errie landscapes and freaky music work well in creating this harsh and isolated tale of two brothers finding out they have nothing but blood in common. Mortensen is an inspired choice - even though it's hard to understand what comes out of his mouth sometimes - his Frankie is truely unlikeable (even though Mortensen is extremely easy on the eye, especially naked) and it's really hard to warm to him when his mostly drunk and abusive to those around him.
There are a more than a few things 'wrong' with the movie - the pace is as arduous as the wordy script. This makes it really hard going for the audience. It's also aged and even some of the camera work looks dated. The inclusion of Hopper does nothing really but add another layer of confussion to an already overflowing quota.
See it if you really have a Mortensen addiction - or if you are a deep and thoughtful person who likes there dramas full of unpleasant and confussed people. -
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Sean Penn, what are you on about????
Ok...so Sean Penn is supposed to be this amazing talent - right??? Ummm, didn't really see it in this movie.
Having said that - there are a few 'good' things about it....Penn directs with a very heavy hand and some of the errie landscapes and freaky music work well in creating this harsh and isolated tale of two brothers finding out they have nothing but blood in common. Mortensen is an inspired choice - even though it's hard to understand what comes out of his mouth sometimes - his Frankie is truely unlikeable (even though Mortensen is extremely easy on the eye, especially naked) and it's really hard to warm to him when his mostly drunk and abusive to those around him.
There are a more than a few things 'wrong' with the movie - the pace is as arduous as the wordy script. This makes it really hard going for the audience. It's also aged and even some of the camera work looks dated. The inclusion of Hopper does nothing really but add another layer of confussion to an already overflowing quota.
See it if you really have a Mortensen addiction - or if you are a deep and thoughtful person who likes there dramas full of unpleasant and confussed people. -
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The Indian Runner
Inspired by the song "Highway Patrolman" by rock legend Bruce Springsteen, this is a provocative story about two brothers in 1968. One is a cop with a family, the other lives his life breaking the laws. A story that enriches the senses and touches the heart....
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