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Zabriskie Point
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7.0Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.
Cast
- Mark Frechette as Mark
- Daria Halprin as Daria
- Paul Fix as Cafe Owner
- G.D. Spradlin as Lee's Associate
- Bill Garaway as Morty
- Kathleen Cleaver as Kathleen
Themes
- california
- police brutality
- free love
- students' movement
- 1970s
- counter-culture
- desert
- student protest
- death valley
- pink floyd
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Screenplay by
- Michelangelo Antonioni Fred Gardner Sam Shepard Tonino Guerra Clare Peploe
- Story by
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Produced by
- Carlo Ponti Harrison Starr
- Starring
- Mark Frechette Daria Halprin Rod Taylor
- Cinematography
- Alfio Contini
- Edited by
- Franco Arcalli
- Music by
- John Fahey Pink Floyd Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead ( Robert Hunter , Jerry Garcia ) David Lindley The Rolling Stones ( Mick Jagger , Keith Richards ) Jesse Colin Young others (see below )
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release dates
- February 5, 1970 ( 1970-02-05 ) (Coronet Theatre) February 9, 1970 ( 1970-02-09 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 112 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $1.072 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Screenwriter
- Clare Peploe
- Cast member
- Harrison Ford
- Composer
- Jerry Garcia
- Producer
- Carlo Ponti
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Alfio Contini
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 512095
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Zabriskie Point.jpg
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- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- film editor
- Franco Arcalli
- title
- Zabriskie Point
- production designer
- Dean Tavoularis
- distributed by
- Netflix
- soundtrack release
- Zabriskie Point
- Commons category
- Zabriskie Point (film)
- set in environment
- aircraft
- review score
- 64%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
Zabriskie Point (/zəˈbrɪski/) is a 1970 American drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, and Rod Taylor. It was widely noted at the time for its setting in the counterculture of the United States. Some of the movie's scenes were filmed on location at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. The movie was an overwhelming commercial failure and was panned by most critics upon release.
It is listed in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time and has been described as "the worst film ever made by a director of genius". However, its critical standing has increased in the decades since. It has to some extent achieved cult status and is noted for its cinematography, a soundtrack featuring Pink Floyd and other popular 1960s rock acts, and direction.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zabriskie Point” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.