L'épouvantail

Titre original : Scarecrow

1973
13
1h 52min

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Al Pacino and Gene Hackman in L'épouvantail (1973)

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Road Trip Drama

Max, ancien escroc à la dérive ayant un penchant pour la bagarre, est amusé par Lion, ex-marin sans abri, et les deux s'associent alors qu'ils se dirigent ensemble vers l'est.Max, ancien escroc à la dérive ayant un penchant pour la bagarre, est amusé par Lion, ex-marin sans abri, et les deux s'associent alors qu'ils se dirigent ensemble vers l'est.Max, ancien escroc à la dérive ayant un penchant pour la bagarre, est amusé par Lion, ex-marin sans abri, et les deux s'associent alors qu'ils se dirigent ensemble vers l'est.

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20 k

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Récompenses
- 4 victoires au total

Annie
(as Penny Allen)

Richard Hackman

Mickey

Al Cingolani

Skipper

Rutanya Alda

Woman in camper

Mary Ann Brownlee

Hooker
(non crédité)

Nicholas Carbone

Child
(non crédité)

Frank Chartier

Bartender
(non crédité)

James G. Cureman

Hippie
(non crédité)

Armen Darakdjian

Lion's Son
(non crédité)

June Denning

Myra
(non crédité)

June Dixon

Waitress
(non crédité)

Richard Jamison

Young Man
(non crédité)

Réalisation
- Jerry Schatzberg
Scénario
- Garry Michael White
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Anecdotes
Gene Hackman has stated that his performance in L'épouvantail (1973) is his personal favorite.

Citations
Lion: Hey Max, you heard the story of the scarecrow?
Max Millan: No.
Lion: You think crows are scared of a scarecrow?
Max Millan: Yeah, I think they're scared. Yeah why?
Lion: No, crows are not scared, believe me.
Max Millan: The god damn crows are scared.
Lion: No, crows are laughin'.
Max Millan: Nah, that's bullshit...
Lion: That's right, the crows are laughin'. Look, the farmer puts out a scarecrow, right, with a funny hat on it, got a funny face. The crows fly by, they see that, it strikes 'em funny, makes 'em laugh.
Max Millan: The god damn crows are laughin'?
Lion: That's right, they're laughin' their asses off. And then they say, "Well, that ol' farmer Jo down there, he's a pretty good guy. He made us laugh, so he won't bother him any more."
Max Millan: The god damn crows are laughin'...
Lion: Ohh, they laughin', woooo!
Max Millan: I gotta tell ya somethin', that's the most hare-brained idea I've ever heard.
Lion: It's true, they're laughin' their asses off.
Max Millan: The crows are laughin'... I guess the fish are reciting poetry...
Lion: I guess so.
Max Millan: Uh huh... and the uh, pigs are playin' banjo? And the dogs would be, let's see, uh... playin' hockey. And the uh... the uh...
Lion: Crows are laughin'.
Max Millan: Crows are laughin', right. Ya know, in the joint I've heard some tales, oh boy, golly I've heard some tall tales. But at least those guys had the decency to admit that it was bullshit, you know what I mean? They actually took pride, pride in that it was bullshit. But the crows are laughin' huh? I mean you're not playin' with a full deck man, you got one foot in the grave beyond.

Connexions
Featured in Une décennie sous influence (2003)

Bandes originales
Love Forever
(uncredited)
Written by Marijohn Wilkin and Clarence Selman
Performed by Bobby Bare

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Two strangers meet on a lonely road and form a tentative, but lasting friendship.

Max and Lionel, two ordinary guys, meet by chance on a lonely country road while hitchhiking and strike up a friendship. Max (Gene Hackman) is a hot-tempered ex-con who dreams of owning his own business, a car wash. Lionel (Al Pacino) is a seaman who abandoned his pregnant girlfriend some years prior but who, despite this character flaw, is so mild-mannered and sweet you really just want to give him a big hug.

Hackman is great as the hard-edged Max, yet despite his gruff exterior you know there is a man of deep feeling and caring underneath. Pacino never fails to disappoint in whatever he does and he doesn't in this tour-de-force performance. Famous for playing loud, larger than life character's with extreme zeal -- Colonel Frank Slade from SCENT OF A WOMAN and Tony Montana from SCARFACE for instance -- here his performance is like a whisper -- quietly calm yet powerfully effective.

A nice surprise in the cast is Richard Lynch (in his screen debut) as Riley, the man who befriends Lionel while he and Max are briefly incarcerated for a bar fight. Lynch is only in the movie for approximately 20 minutes, but what a 20 minutes! His ability to convey the sleazy yet somehow likable Riley let's the audience know that this is a talent to watch for in the coming years. With such great method acting from all three actors, it's no wonder this movie won the prestigious Golden Palm Award at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival!