Bewegliche Ziele

Originaltitel: Targets

1968
12
1 Std. 30 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

12.501

IHRE BEWERTUNG

An elderly horror film star, while making a personal appearance at a drive-in theatre, confronts a psychotic Vietnam War veteran who has turned into a mass-murdering sniper.

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1 Video

99+ Fotos

Crime Drama Thriller

Ein älterer Horrorfilmstar konfrontiert während eines persönlichen Auftritts in einem Autokino einen psychotischen Vietnamkriegsveteranen, der sich in einen massenmordenden Scharfschützen ve... Alles lesenEin älterer Horrorfilmstar konfrontiert während eines persönlichen Auftritts in einem Autokino einen psychotischen Vietnamkriegsveteranen, der sich in einen massenmordenden Scharfschützen verwandelt hat.Ein älterer Horrorfilmstar konfrontiert während eines persönlichen Auftritts in einem Autokino einen psychotischen Vietnamkriegsveteranen, der sich in einen massenmordenden Scharfschützen verwandelt hat.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

12.501

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 wins total

Wissenswertes
Roger Corman told director Peter Bogdanovich that he could make any film that he wanted to, on two conditions: he had to use stock footage from the film The Terror - Schloß des Schreckens (1963), and he had to hire Boris Karloff for two days (Karloff was under contract to Corman and owed him those two days). Karloff was so impressed with the film's script, however, that he refused any pay for any shooting time over his contracted two days. He worked for a total of five days on it.

Patzer
Bobby's check to the gun shop is dated late July, but when Orlok picks up a newspaper story about the supermarket massacre several days later, the paper carries a March date.

Zitate
Byron Orlok: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I'd like to leave you with a little story to think about as you drive home - through the darkness. Once upon a time, many years ago - there should be a pin spot on my face as I'm talking - once upon a time, many, many years ago, a rich merchant in Baghdad sent his servant to the marketplace to buy provisions. And after a while, the servant came back, white-faced and trembling, and said, "Master, when I was in the marketplace, I was jostled by a woman in the crowd, and I turned to look, and I saw that it was Death that jostled me. And she looked at me and made a threatening gesture. Oh, Master, please, lend me your horse, that I may ride away from this city and escape my fate. I will ride to Samara, and Death will not find me there." So the merchant loaned him the horse, and the servant mounted it and dug his spurs into its flank, and as fast as the horse could gallop, he rode towards Samara. Then the merchant went to the marketplace, and he saw Death standing in the crowd, and he said to her, "Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?" And Death said, "I made no threatening gesture. That was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him here in Baghdad, for I have an appointment with him tonight in Samara."

Crazy Credits
The film's original theatrical prints began with a written title card that read, "Why gun control? Why did a lunatic sniper kill or maim 11 innocent victims in Texas on June 3, 1966? Why were over 7,000 Americans slain or wounded by gunfire in 1967? Why in 1968 after assassinations and thousands of more murders has our country no effective gun control law? This motion picture tells a story that sheds a little light on a very dark and a very deep topic." This title card was added by Paramount Pictures only as a result of the then-recent assassinations of both Doctor Martin Luther King and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, but it was not approved by the film's director, Peter Bogdanovich at all and, as a result of this, it was removed from all later releases of the film, including those for home video.

Alternative Versionen
The film was cut for a "GP" rating only once, mainly for a 1971 re-release of it in order to capitalize on the success of Peter Bogdanovich's then-recent hit film, Die letzte Vorstellung (1971). Later releases of it on home video were all uncut.

Verbindungen
Featured in 100 Jahre Horror- und Gruselfilme: Boris Karloff (1996)

Soundtracks
Green Rocky Road
(uncredited)
Written and performed by The Daily Flash (Don MacAllister, Steve Lalor, Jon Keliehor and Doug Hastings)

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8/10

A disturbing film...

and for the right reasons as it contrasts a Monster from the pages of real life, a quite seemingly normal fellow who unexpectedly goes off the deep end and winds up on a killing spree, with an old Horror film icon named Byron Orlock, clearly based on the man who plays him Boris Karloff himself. Karloff gives one of the finest performances of his career here and thereby raises this film's overall quality. Along with a brisk pace and some scenes that disturb and haunt the viewer long after viewing, TARGETS is a masterpiece of terror.