Sugarland Express is a American Film carried out by Steven Spielberg in 1974, with Goldie Hawn and William Atherton, inter alia…
Synopsis
Lou Jean Poplin, a a little lost Woman, decides to undertake the rebuilding of its family, of which all the members are dispersed (her husband Clovis Poplin is in Prison, and his/her son is in family of reception). She thus forces Clovis to escape from the Prison, then, the practically successful escape, the couple from there will find their son. But in way, they take a police as an hostage, and are found then continued by an improbable deployment of troops of the order and Journaliste S, through all the Texas.The couple in escape quickly becomes true a media Phénomène, but in spite of their popularity, Lou and Clovis will see their mad dash stopped by marksmen, which will kill Mr Poplin. Lou will thus have lost her husband, nevertheless after having purged a 15 month sorrow of prison, she manages to obtain the guard of her son.
Data sheet
- Title: Sugarland Express train
- original Title: The Sugarland Express train
- Realization: Steven Spielberg
- Scenario: Steven Spielberg, Hall Barwood and Matthew Robbins
- Production: David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck
- Photography: Vilmos Zsigmond
- Music: John Williams and Toots Thielemans (Soloist with the harmonica)
- Assembly: Edward Mr. Abroms and Verna Fields
- Decorations: Joseph Alves Jr.
- Format: Color - 2,35:1 - Dolby SRD/SDR - 35mm
- Boxoffice: The United States: 7.500.000 $
- Lasted: 108 minutes
- Coming out date:
- the United States: March 31st 1974
- France: April 5th 1974
Distribution
- Goldie Hawn : Lou Jean Poplin
- William Atherton: Clovis Michael Poplin
- Ben Johnson: Harlin captain To tan
- Louise Latham: Mrs. Looby
- Michael Sacks: Maxwell Slide
- Gregory Walcott: Police officer Mashburn
- Steve Kanaly: Jessup
- Louise Latham: Mrs Looby
- Harrison Zanuck: Baby Langston
- A.L. Camp: Mr. Noker
- Jessie Lee Fulton: Mrs Noker
Around film
- This film is the first of Spielberg carried out for the cinema (" Duel " being a telefilm). Unfortunately, it did not have a great success near the public (12,8 million dollars of receipts in the world for a budget of 3 million). It should be said that Universal cut several scenes, not wanting to make this first setting in scene an important film, considering the subject too difficult. However, the realizer shows talent in this rythmée work, which is being a strange mixture of moments intimists and animated scenes.
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the car of patrol mitraillée in film became at the end of turning… the car of Steven Spielberg! Indeed, it kept it during two years, and this without blocking the holes of balls!
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the film is founded on a rather similar event, which occurred in 1969 in the area from Sugarland, in Texas. Robert and Ila Fae Dent kidnapped a police officer and stole his car. They went then to Port Arthur, where the mother of Ila Fae lived. But very quickly, 150 police cars went immediately on the spot, while the media seized the business. The agent of the FBI Bob Wiatt, confronted with the couple, was forced to kill Robert of a ball in full nape of the neck (this one directed a weapon on the agent) and to stop Ila Fae, not without using of violence.
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the original title of film, at the time of the writing of the scenario, was Freehand .
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Projected in competition with the Cannes festival, the film gained the Price of the Scenario, and profited from one nomination to the Gold Palm. No other film of Steven Spielberg was presented to Cannes.
See too
Bond external
- Sugarland express train on Allociné
- Analysis of Sugarland Express train
- File on the film
- Sugarland express train on IMDB
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