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Electra Glide

Titolo originale: Electra Glide in Blue
  • 1973
  • VM14
  • 1h 54min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,0/10
6890
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Robert Blake in Electra Glide (1973)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA motorcycle cop with a Harley-Davidson ties hippies to a murder in the Arizona desert.A motorcycle cop with a Harley-Davidson ties hippies to a murder in the Arizona desert.A motorcycle cop with a Harley-Davidson ties hippies to a murder in the Arizona desert.

  • Regia
    • James William Guercio
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Robert Boris
    • Rupert Hitzig
  • Star
    • Robert Blake
    • Billy Green Bush
    • Mitchell Ryan
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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    6890
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • James William Guercio
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Robert Boris
      • Rupert Hitzig
    • Star
      • Robert Blake
      • Billy Green Bush
      • Mitchell Ryan
    • 87Recensioni degli utenti
    • 87Recensioni della critica
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    Robert Blake
    Robert Blake
    • John Wintergreen
    Billy Green Bush
    Billy Green Bush
    • Zipper
    • (as Billy 'Green' Bush)
    Mitchell Ryan
    Mitchell Ryan
    • Harve Poole
    Jeannine Riley
    Jeannine Riley
    • Jolene
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    • Willie
    • (as Elisha Cook)
    Royal Dano
    Royal Dano
    • Coroner
    Hawk Wolinski
    Hawk Wolinski
    • VW Bus Driver
    • (as David J. Wolinski)
    Peter Cetera
    Peter Cetera
    • Bob Zemko
    Terry Kath
    • Killer
    Lee Loughnane
    Lee Loughnane
    • Pig Man
    Walter Parazaider
    Walter Parazaider
    • Loose Lips
    Joe Samsil
    • Sgt. Ryker
    Jason Clark
    • L.A. Detective
    Michael Butler
    Michael Butler
    • Truck Driver
    Susan Forristal
    • Ice Cream Girl
    Lucy Angle Guercio
    • Ice Cream Girl
    Melissa Greene
    • Zemko's Girlfriend
    • (as Melissa Green)
    Jim Gilmore
    • Detective
    • Regia
      • James William Guercio
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Robert Boris
      • Rupert Hitzig
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    paulmoran99

    A great Road Movie, with themes of honesty, integrity and duty.

    EGinB should be seen as an anthem to early 70's America, and the ringing messages of all road movies at the time.The film is unique as a tour de force from a director who knew precisely what he was doing.From the opening scene, with it's brilliant use of close-ups, to the final incredible draw-back, EGinB relentlessly drives home the message of post-Vietnam America, with themes of honesty,realization,ruthlessness and duty.As in other Road Movies, the Road is the conduit along which America travels for hope and redemption.The implication is that it is only in the expanse and purity of the Big Country that these ideals can be attained.

    Blake seizes his opportunity to wrest his character, Wintergreen, out of the Vietnam War and into a troubled American Society; not without a little resentment along the way. His remark to the truckdriver he books, displays his feelings; " I'll give you,what they gave me (in Vietnam)...nothing". His ideals of right and honesty give way eventually to acceptance of the system, with all it's failings.

    The photography is beautiful and skillful, lending a curious winsome nostalgia to the Great American Outback.Wintergreen's gleaming bike,( the Electra Glide of the title), deserves a credit of it's own. EGinB has an ending that audiences have argued about for 30 years. I think it is an original devize by the director, that emphasises the plight of nations and individuals, who trade honesty and integrity for mundanity and compromise.Additionally, what you are really watching during the long 7 1/2 minutes drawback, is a pictorial unfolding of the American flag.This echos the ' God bless America ' lyrics of the Big Elk soundtrack.Watch it, and listen to the music of Big Elk as it unfolds.It somehow encapsulates the film and it's themes, and is mesmeric for that. See it, but realize what you are watching; it's worth the research; and you'll never see a Volkswagan Camper in the same light again!
    8Lechuguilla

    Electrifying Ending

    With those evocative images and that emotionally charged music, the final fifteen minutes are electrifying. It's all about America, and a terrible ten years of assassinations, Viet Nam, and countless other cultural strife. The film's ending is saying ... enough is enough. Let the healing begin. And as American culture bled in the late 1960s and early 1970s, so too did the emotional lives of individuals, like the hodgepodge of aggrieved characters that come and go in this story.

    Seeing some of these people and listening to their individual stories of pain and suffering is John Wintergreen (Robert Blake), a by-the-book Arizona motorcycle cop, short on stature but tall on dreams. Sometimes with his partner Zipper (Billy Green Bush), "Big John" encounters these tormented souls, on the road mostly. That's his job. The film's story is an ode to the courage and nobility of ordinary Americans pained by reality with only their dreams to comfort them.

    The film's disjointed plot begins with a killing. And this incident keeps the plot moving. But "Electra Glide In Blue" is mostly a character study, not a crime film. Color cinematography is quite good. Interior shots have lots of close-ups, even extreme close-ups. There's a lot of diffuse lighting. Exteriors are shot like a modern-day Western. Indeed, the look and feel of the film is similar in some ways to the old John Ford Westerns, like "The Searchers".

    The plot is the main weakness of the film. Some parts are overplayed, like the chase scenes. There's a lack of continuity both in storyline and in visual elements. It's as if many scenes were shot impromptu, on the rush. And some of the acting is way over the top. However, Robert Blake does a fine job as America's everyday cop with his sense of principles.

    This film reminds me in some ways of "Zabriskie Point" (1970), a counter culture film which has a powerful ending that helps to make up for earlier plot problems.

    Based on a real-life event, "Electra Glide In Blue" gets off to a slow start. Even midway through, one wonders whether this film is going anywhere or has any point to it. It is, and it does. You just have to wait for that powerful ending and its cinematic message of a tormented America, from the point of view of one lonely cop, just doing his job.
    copper1963

    John Wintergreen needs a pack of lifesavers and a Stetson.

    Pigs! Killers! Fascists! Anti-cop? Not a chance. The locals took one peek at the script and threw the entire film crew out of their precinct, and escorted them to the edge of town and beyond. Wow! Sharp bikes. And movie title. Robert Blake is dead on right as the highway cop. He makes up for in height by what he delivers in toughness and compassion. Miss Jeannie Riley plays the love interest of both Blake and his superior. She has a lengthy bar room scene bordering on religious fervor and regret. Nifty character turns by veterans Elisha Cook Jr. and Royal Dano. The action sequences are staged and edited with flair. The great cameraman, Conrad T. Hall, experimented with the interiors, flooding the camera lens with smoke, diffused light and warped, fun house-type angles. Memorable moments one and two: Blake has two great dress-up scenes. The first involves his uniform and motorcycle. The second concerns his new threads when he makes detective. An old do-wop group, The Marcels, invades the soundtrack with the flip side of "Blue Moon." However, the best musical cue occurs at the end of the film. The closing song, "Tell me," written by the producer/director/composer, James W. Guercio, of this film, is a masterpiece of the rock genre. Worthy of an Oscar or Grammy, the song begins with a nod to Blood, Sweat and Tears, travels to Chicago and, later, dismounts in Spectorville. A road and a movie well traveled. And taken
    frazer churchill

    This is real Cinema

    An incredible piece of film making, this beautifully shot movie really is about as poetic as it's possible for cinema to be and still have a coherent, gripping narrative. It feels like a western with its dramatic monument valley backdrop and masculine themes, but plays more like a European movie, with it's dark characterisations and existential mood . The soundtrack is fantastic and the feeling the movie imparts is unique. I always recommend this film to people because so few have ever seen it. I think it's a tragedy that James Guercio didn't make more movies because this was his first (and only) film and it's up there with the best of Peckinpah/Leone/Boorman/Seigal (whose work is similar). I'll never forget this film and the ending will live with me forever. If you like movies you need to see this film, This is real Cinema.
    7Hey_Sweden

    A fine example of '70s cinema.

    Robert Blake has one of the best roles of his career as John Wintergreen, a dedicated motorcycle cop who yearns for more in life. What he'd really like is to be a detective - to wear a suit, a Stetson, and "get paid to think". He gets his chance when he discovers what first appears to be a suicide, but which John determines had to have been a murder. When John shows that he's got what it takes for the detective business, a charismatic hotshot named Harve Poole (Mitch Ryan) takes him under his wing, hiring John as a driver. What happens is that John becomes quite disillusioned watching Harve at work. John strives to be a good, kind, honest man, and doesn't like Harves' approach to law enforcement. A revelation regarding his colleague and good friend "Zipper" (Billy Green Bush) only adds to his dismay.

    "Electra Glide in Blue" marked the filmmaking debut for James William Guercio, a veteran of the music industry who, with the help of ace cinematographer Conrad Hall, brings a lot of visual poetry which is not the action-packed murder mystery that some viewers might expect, or hope, it to be. That aspect of this film is never heavily stressed, as the movie clearly functions much more as a series of character vignettes. It's got a very deliberate pace to it, as it gives a number of its major players opportunities to tear into some meaty roles. Blake and Bush have fine chemistry and are quite engaging; you believe them as buddies. Ryan commands the screen whenever he's around; he's an excellent character actor (whom you may know best as the villain in "Lethal Weapon") who gives his role some real nuance. Royal Dano is a little under utilized as a grumpy coroner with whom John butts heads, but Jeannine Riley is wonderful as the barmaid Jolene, and Elisha Cook Jr. is as delightful as ever in the role of sad old sack Willie. Considering Guercios' background, it's not a surprise that some of the supporting players come from the music business - screenwriter Hawk Wolinski as the van driving hippie, and Peter Cetera and Terry Kath from the band Chicago; Cetera, amusingly, plays a scruffy biker. Keep a sharp eye out for Nick Nolte, uncredited as an extra in the commune scene.

    The film turns out to be a moving meditation on personal ideals and loneliness, and leads to a shattering conclusion. This conclusion is much in line with films of this time period, and takes its time to play out. It's the kind of thing you don't easily forget.

    It's not hard to see why this would have a following. It's interesting and it's entertaining, and well worth a look.

    Seven out of 10.

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      First-time director James William Guercio wanted Conrad L. Hall to photograph this film, but Hall's salary was more than was budgeted for a cinematographer. Guercio reduced his own salary to $1.00 so he could secure Hall as the cinematographer.
    • Blooper
      In the final driving scenes, the van and the bike, supposedly driving along a long straight road, drive by the same distant butte at least three times.
    • Citazioni

      Harve Poole: Incompetence is the worst form of corruption.

    • Versioni alternative
      John Wintergreen is called John Winterberg in the German version.
    • Connessioni
      Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)
    • Colonne sonore
      Most of All
      Performed by The Marcels

      Written by Alan Freed, Harvey Fuqua

      Arc Music BMI

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    • Data di uscita
      • 13 aprile 1974 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Monument Valley, Arizona, Stati Uniti
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      • Guercio-Hitzig
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    • Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
      • 1.600.000 USD
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      • 2.39 : 1

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