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Winter Kills

1979, Movie, R, 97 mins

Winter Kills: Review

WINTER KILLS
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Bridges stars as Nick Kegan, the youngest son of a Kennedyesque family presided over by an eccentric tycoon (Huston). Not wanting to follow in the footsteps of his older brother, who became president and was then assassinated, Nick has drifted through life trying to avoid the influence of his father. But when a dying man claims to have been the "second rifle" at the president's assassination 19 years before, the revelation sets into motion a bizarre series of events which sees Nick dig deeper and deeper into the past to find out who is truly responsible for his brother's assassination. Director William Richert has turned Richard Condon's novel about the insanity of the American power structure into a wickedly funny black comedy spiced up by some deliciously off-the-wall performances. The fact that Richert got the project off the ground at all is a miracle. To be taken seriously by the studio, this first-time director went out and got written commitments from such acting notables as Huston, Bridges, Perkins, and Elizabeth Taylor. Filling out his cast with Mifune, Malone, Hayden, Wallach, and Richard Boone, he began production and acquired Alfred Hitchcock's favorite production designer, Robert Boyle (who also makes a humorous cameo as a hotel desk clerk) to execute the lush, detailed look of the film. About a week before the $6.5 million production was completed, the studio inexplicably pulled the financial plug. Richert finished the project on his own and struck complicated financial deals with Avco Embassy in an effort to complete and distribute it. Though it garnered little attention in theaters, it has become a cult favorite on video. leave a comment
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