Le cri du sorcier

Original title: The Shout

1978
12
1h 26m

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6.5/10

5.7K

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A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

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A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

5.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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This movie was notable for its time, for its use of an electronic and avant-garde music score, which, when heard in theaters in Dolby Stereo, was aurally separating and distorting. Reportedly, forty different music tracks were used for the sound.

Quotes
Charles Crossley: Get out of here Anthony, or I'll shout your bloody ears off.

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Featured in L'Irlandais (2011)

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A brilliant puzzle of a movie. Original and haunting.

'The Shout' is one of the most underrated thrillers of the 70s, and should be spoken of in the same breath as the much more celebrated 'Don't Look Now' and 'The Wicker Man'. All three put complex and original adult approaches to the supernatural thriller genre. Alan Bates ('Whistle Down The Wind') really shines in this movie as the mysterious and charismatic stranger cum shaman Crossley, who turns a comfortably bohemian middle class marriage upside down. The couple are played by John Hurt ('The Elephant Man') and Susannah York ('Superman'), and they are both first rate, as is Tim Curry ('Rocky Horror') in a smaller but important supporting role. But as good as they all are this is Bates' movie all the way in an unforgettable performance. A haunting, dreamlike puzzle of a movie that improves with multiple viewings. Highly recommended!