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The Mean Season (1985)

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 7
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Release Date: Feb 15, 1985 Wide

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Canadian actor/director Philip Borsos made a couple of interesting films before an untimely death in his early forties, including The Grey Fox (1982) and this crime thriller starring Kurt Russell as police beat reporter Malcolm Anderson. Happily abandoning the Miami Daily for which he's labored for years, he takes a job on a small town paper hoping to take life in the slow lane for a time. Of course, he's soon caught up in a career-making story, after a serial killer (Richard Jordan) likes his

R, 1 hr. 46 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Phillip Borsos

In Theaters: Feb 15, 1985 Wide

On DVD: May 22, 2001

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Cast

Kurt Russell
Malcolm Anderson
Mariel Hemingway
Christine Connelly
Richard Jordan
Alan Delour
Richard Masur
Bill Nolan
Joe Pantoliano
Andy Porter
Richard Bradford
Phil Wilson
Andy Garcia
Ray Martinez
Rose Portillo
Kathy Vasquez
Fritz Bronner
Peter Peterson Reporter
Fred Buch
John Burrows Detective ...
Cynthia Caquelin
Ruth Lowenstein Attorne...
Nancy Duerr
TV Newswoman
Dan Fitzgerald
Carl Mason Editor-in-Ch...
Tamara Jones
Sarah Hooks
Tim Minton
Reporter
Fred Ornstein
Warren Phillips Attorne...
Lee Sandman
Harold Jacoby Miami Jou...
Robert Small
Bill Crawford
William Smith
Albert O'Shaughnessy
Richard Liberty
Mr. Hooks
Robert Apte
Swat Commander
Rodney Barretto
Swat Commander
Jill Beach
Channel 7 TV Anchorwoma...
Ann Browning
Victim in Matheson Hamm...
Jennifer Browning
Victim's Infant
Michael Clay
Ray Sloane Reporter
Mike de Rienzo
Everett Durfee Reporter
Mark Fields
Reporter
Marshall B. Gage
SWAT Commander
Bob Gwalty
Psychiatrist
Connie Hicks
Channel 10 TV Reporter
Peter Lundquist
Channel 7 TV Reporter
Bruce McLaughlin
Leonard Pridmore Medica...
Joan Murphy
Mrs. Hooks
Paul Nagel
Jogger
Christine Page
Elementary School Teach...
George Rudolph
WGBS Radio Newsman
Bill Rutherford
TV Reporter
Joshua Segal
Schoolboy
Mary Lou Simo
Reporter
Lillian Zuckerman
Mrs. Stein
Morris Zuckerman
Mr. Stein
John Palmer
Himself

Critic Reviews for The Mean Season

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A gripping thriller that also challenges us to contemplate the ethical responsibilities of journalists.

August 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Unsatisfying mix of "Red Dragon" and "Absence of Malice"

September 11, 2003 Comment

Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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Serial Killers before serial killers was cool. Russell is very good, Hemingway is too, but their chemistry could be better. The villian is excellent

October 22, 2006

Scott R

The Mean Season is a gripping crime thriller that deserves more than what it has minimally achieved. The tension between scenes are really agitating thanks to a chilling performance by Richard Jordan.For my full review of The Mean Season (1985), check it out on this IMDB link:

January 8, 2012

Nick Salvemini

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1. Alan Delour: [on the phone with Anderson] Ever try to describe a-a smell?
2. Malcolm Anderson: [pauses]...Why?
3. Alan Delour: Ummm......You're going to smell something that's going to test your writing abilities. It has a sweetness to it, and uh,..at the same time it reaches into your body and twists your insides. But the odd thing is that once you smell it, you know exactly what it is, without having to look. 651, Nautilus,...got that?
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