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Scarecrow (1973)

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Movie Info

An ex-con learns the value of friendship in Jerry Schatzberg's picaresque road movie. Trying to hitch a ride on a desolate California road, fresh-out-of-prison Max (Gene Hackman) meets ex-sailor Lion (Al Pacino). They are both headed east, as Max dreams of opening a deluxe car wash in Pittsburgh and Lion believes that the wife and child he left behind will still welcome him home. The two decide to journey together, forging an increasingly deep yet uncertain friendship, as Lion teaches Max how

R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Jerry Schatzberg

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1973 Wide

On DVD: Jul 12, 2005

Cast

Gene Hackman
Max
Al Pacino
Lion
Dorothy Tristan
Coley
Ann Wedgeworth
Frenchy
Richard Lynch
Riley
Eileen Brennan
Darlene
Rutanya Alda
Woman in Camper
Penelope Allen
Annie
Al Cingolani
Skipper
Richard Hackman
Mickey

Critic Reviews for Scarecrow

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Periodically interesting but ultimately unsatisfying.

August 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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I assume that Schatzberg and White wanted somehow to ennoble Max and Lionel, but they sentimentalize them.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

There are fine moments, as there would have to be with Hackman and Pacino.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Embora siga claramente o padr�o estabelecido por obras como Easy Rider e Perdidos na Noite, isto n�o impede o filme de se estabelecer como um tocante estudo de personagens - especialmente gra�as � din�mica brilhante entre Hackman e Pacino.

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Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

The film is a moving tale of unlikely friendship and includes one of the most emotionally pungent phone calls in modern cinema.

July 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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Jim Schembri

Sydney Morning Herald

Schatzberg throws away the more interesting implications in order to make emotional hay.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

A compassionate buddy film about two lost, forgotten souls who still dream of a better life. A great, unsung film that all Hackman and Pacino fans must seek out.

October 9, 2005 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Suffused with sentimentality, humor and melancholy, it's also one of the most gorgeous movies of the decade this side of Terrence Malick...

August 12, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Brent Simon

Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

A lively picaresque tale of two down-and-out buddies struggling to survive.

July 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

It never really finds its groove.

July 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Memorable performances by Hackman and Pacino overcome a sometimes shaky script to create a touching story of a convincingly messy friendship.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Scarecrow, is a great road movie, it's very sentimental, but this don't changes the wonderful screenplay, written by Michael White, and the direction of Schatzberg. Hackman and Pacino, show a impressive dynamics due that surely go move who is watching. A surprising motion picture whose show that, the better way to

May 26, 2011