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Boxcar Bertha[Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle Dolby] - DVD

SKU: 4490697 | Release Date: 3/19/2002

Rating: R for Not For Children, Adult Language, Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content

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Rating: R for Not For Children, Adult Language, Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1972
Length: 88 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: Action & Adventure
Studio: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

Produced by Roger Corman and directed by Martin Scorsese, Boxcar Bertha is a Bonnie and Clyde-like yarn set during the Depression. The title character, played by Barbara Hershey, links up with union organizer David Carradine (Hershey's real-life lover at the time) after the death of her father. Running afoul of anti-union forces, Bertha and Carradine are forced into a life of crime. Whereas Bonnie and Clyde robbed banks, Boxcar Bertha's specialty is trains. A story of this nature can only end in tragedy, and wait until you see Carradine's symbolic demise! For the record, there really was a Boxcar Bertha Thompson, and it is her autobiography, Sister of the Road, that serves as the basis for Joyce and John Corrington's screenplay. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Version Details

Sound

Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel/monaural

Languages/Sound

Eng/Fre

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng/Fre/Spa

Additional Features

Original theatrical trailer

Series

Avant-Garde Cinema

Chapters

Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Daddy/Main Title [6:18]
2. The Union Man [5:44]
3. The Gambling Man [8:41]
4. Busting the Union [5:58]
5. Chain Gang [10:50]
6. Great Train Robbery [3:24]
7. Union Dues [6:14]
8. Holdup & Down [5:18]
9. "I Ain't a Quitter" [4:22]
10. A Formal Fundraiser [4:38]
11. Bill Gets Collected [6:38]
12. "A Place to Stay" [6:31]
13. Blues Club [2:44]
14. Reunion [4:38]
15. "Don't Take Him" [5:31]
16. End Credits [:31]

Cast

Victor Argo - McIver Brother
Ann Morell - Tillie
Harry Northrup - Harvey Hall
David R. Osterhout - Mclver Brother
Joe Reynolds - Joe Dreft
Gayne Rescher - Brothel Client [uncredited]
Barry Primus - Rake Brown
Michael Powell - "Chicken" Holleman
Emeric Pressburger - Grahame Pratt
Martin Scorsese - Brothel Client
Bernie Casey - Von Morton
John Carradine - H. Buckram Sartoris
Marianne Dole - Mrs. Mailer
Barbara Hershey - Bertha
David Carradine - Bill Shelley
"Chicken" Holleman - Michael Powell
Grahame Pratt - Emeric Pressburger

Crew

Composer (Music Score): Gib Guilbeau
Costume Designer: Bob Modes
Composer (Music Score): Thad Maxwell
Production Designer: David C. Nichols
Editor: Barbara Pokras
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cinematographer: John Stephens
First Assistant Director: Paul Rapp
Sound/Sound Designer: Ryder Sound Services Inc. ,Don F. Johnson
Screenwriter: John William Corrington ,Joyce Hooper Corrington
Producer: Julie Corman ,Roger Corman
Editor: Buzz Feitshans
Book Author: Boxcar Bertha Thompson
Cinematographer: John M. Stephens ,John Stevens
Producer: Henry Neill
Production Designer: David Nichols

Boxcar Bertha: AMG Review
Lucia Bozzola , AMG

Hooking up with legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman as an avenue into the movie business, Martin Scorsese directed his second feature, and earned his Director's Guild card, with Boxcar Bertha (1972). One of a slew of late-'60s-early-'70s Bonnie and Clyde (1967) rip-offs, complete with a car chase and bloody climax, Boxcar Bertha manages to be a bit better than the usual exploitation movie while following the Corman edict to include nudity and violence at regular intervals without that much regard for story coherence. Though the central players were still finding their way as actors, Boxcar Bertha contains flashes of Scorsese's burgeoning directorial talent, from the jump-cut final shootout and expressive dolly shots, to the disturbing close-ups that signal a crucifixion. Though Boxcar Bertha did not exactly advance Scorsese's career at the box office, it did provoke John Cassavetes to admonish the young filmmaker to make movies that meant something; Scorsese responded by making his superb, highly personal Little Italy chronicle Mean Streets (1973). ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

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