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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Peter Bogdanovich |
| Stars: |
Boris Karloff |
| Actors: |
Gary Kent |
| Genre: |
Horror/Suspense |
| Subgenre: |
Social Issues |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Checkpoint Security Tag |
| UPC: |
097360682441 |
| Release Date: |
1968 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 30min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Checkpoint Security Tag
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (August 12, 2003)
UPC: 097360682427 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 30min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Polly Platt |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/01/2004, p.132, Jamie Graham): "Consummately crafted, TARGETS is an oft-overlooked genre classic." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
The message of Peter Bogdanovich's suspenseful directorial debut still rings true for post-1970s America, regardless of the decade. Tim O'Kelly plays Bobby Thompson, a seemingly mild-mannered husband and son. But Bobby has a penchant for collecting firearms and thinking murderous thoughts, which translate into action when he becomes a deadly sniper, picking off drivers on the L.A. freeway from high above an oil tank. Meanwhile, Byron Orlok (Boris Karloff), an aging horror film star, plans his retirement, feeling the atrocities wrought by daily human global existence have numbed the public to the movie monsters he plays. As fate and movies will have it, Thompson and Orlok's worlds collide at the Reseda Drive-In, where Orlok is making his final public appearance. Writer-director Bogdanovich, helming his debut feature, also appears as young Hollywood screenwriter and director Sammy Michaels. A powerful and chilling study of unexplained, unexpected violence, the film relays a message that continues to be co... |
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