Cutter's Way (1981)
Average Rating: 7.9/10
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Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 0
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After emigrating to the United States in 1969, Czech-born director Ivan Passer finally broke through to American audiences with his fourth film, a unique blend of mystery and social commentary. Cutter's Way is set in Santa Barbara, CA, a community of wealth and power. Its main characters, however, are among the town's have-nots: Richard Bone Jeff Bridges, a beach-boy gigolo starting to go to seed; Bone's best friend Alex Cutter (John Heard), a Vietnam veteran maimed in body and spirit; and Mo
Mar 20, 1981 Wide
Jul 10, 2001
United Artists Classics
Cast
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Jeff Bridges
Richard Bone -
John Heard
Alex Cutter -
Lisa Eichhorn
Maureen "Mo" Cutter -
Anne Dusenberry
Valerie Duran -
Stephen Elliott
J.J. Cord -
Arthur Rosenberg
George Swanson -
Nina Van Pallandt
Woman in Hotel -
Patricia Donahue
Mrs. Cord -
Geraldine Baron
Susie Swanson -
Caesar Cordova
Garbage Truck Driver -
George Dickerson
Mortician -
Billy Drago
Garbage Man -
Julia Duffy
Young Girl -
Tony Epper
Guard #2 -
Jay Fletcher
Security Guard -
Rod Gist
Black #2 -
Chris Howell
Guard #4 -
Leonard Lightfoot
Black -
Frank McCarthy
Toyota Man -
Jack Murdock
Concession Owner -
Essex Smith
Black #1 -
Ted White
Guard #1 -
Ron Burke
Guard #6 -
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Chris Noth
Guard at estate gate (u...
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All Critics (21) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (0) | DVD (3)
The result is nothing less than a modern masterpiece, and a film ripe for rediscovery.
Top CriticAlmost as impressive as Polanski's Chinatown and an extraordinary change of gear from one of the fine Czech New Wave's most notable alumni.
[Heard] is one of America's great lost actors.
The film moves with an easy uncoerced swing: moment by moment, scene by scene, we are unsure what to think or where we are going. It is a fascinating, organically grown drama.
An underrated classic.
Passer continued his wayward career without ever producing anything quite like Cutter again. It's a one-off, a largely overlooked shining gem. Do yourself a favour.
Cutter and Bone are seriously unlikeable characters, yet Czech émigré director Ivan Passer and writer Jeffrey Alan Fiskin make us see light in these hearts of darkness.
Exceptional script, direction and performances make this elliptical neo-noir a forgotten classic.
Like the '70s output of Pakula and Lumet, Ivan Passer's tense thriller stands as a classy monument to the paranoia of post-Watergate America.
The three leads are on outstanding form, while Jack Nitzsche's score shimmers with foreboding.
Paranoid crime thriller.
This anatomy of intimate male camaraderie in the post-Vietnam War era could have been more resonant if the tale didn't include a routine murder mystery, which diffuses the otherwise beautifully acted (particularly Jeff Bridges) and shot saga.
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