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Punishment Park
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7.3In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
Released: 1971-10-0188 minDir: Peter WatkinsDrama, ThrillerBudget: $95,000
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Cast
- Patrick Boland as Tribunal Defendant
- Carmen Argenziano as Jay Kaufman (Tribunal Defendant)
- Kent Foreman as Lee Robert Brown (Tribunal Defendant)
- Luke Johnson as William Luke Valerio (Tribunal Defendant)
- Katherine Quittner as Nancy Jane Smith (Tribunal Defendant)
- Scott Turner as James Arthur Kohler (Tribunal Defendant)
Themes
- police brutality
- hippie
- dystopia
- soldier
- struggle for survival
- desert
- fake documentary
- military
- found footage
- mock trial
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Peter Watkins
- Screenwriter
- Peter Watkins
- Cast member
- George Gregory
- Composer
- Paul Motian
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 785889
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 6 more facts
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 92%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 95000
- publication date
- 1972-07-15
- title
- Punishment Park
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