An ex-con learns the value of friendship in Jerry Schatzberg’s picaresque road movie: Trying to hitch a ride on a desolate California road, ex-con Max meets ex-sailor Lion.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg Rated: R Runtime: 112 minutes
Cast: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Ann Wedgeworth, Richard Lynch
An ex-con learns the value of friendship in Jerry Schatzberg’s picaresque road movie: Trying to hitch a ride on a desolate California road, ex-con Max (Hackman) meets ex-sailor Lion (Pacino). They are both headed east, as Max dreams of opening a deluxe car wash in Pittsburgh and Lion believes that the wife and child he left behind will still welcome him home. The two decide to journey together, forging an increasingly deep yet uncertain friendship. When the pair hits Detroit, Max must decide if he should forge on alone or sacrifice his carefully guarded savings to help his friend.
Pacino’s first film after his triumph in “The Godfather” (1972), and Hackman’s follow-up to “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972) and his Oscar for “The French Connection” (1971), “Scarecrow” won the 1973 Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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