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(Nightwing)

1979, regia di Arthur Hiller

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Polyc International BV - Distribuzione: Ceiad Balmas, Columbia Pictures, Image Entertainment, RCA/Columbia - Soggetto: dall'omonimo romanzo di Martin Cruz Smith - Sceneggiatura: Steve Shagan, Bud Shrake - Fotografia: Charles Rosher jr. - Montaggio: John C. Howard - Scenografia: James Dowell Vance - Musiche: Henry Mancini - Effetti speciali: Carlo Rambaldi - Formato: Metrocolor - Durata: 105'.

Cast: Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold, Stephen Macht, Strother Martin, George Clutesi, Ben Piazza, Donald Hotton, Charles Hallahan, Judith Novgrod, Alice Hirson, Pat Corley, Charlie L. Bird, Danny Zapien, Peter Prouse, José Toledo, Richard Romancito, Flavio Martinez.

Trama e commenti: cinematografo.it - kataweb.it - film.spettacolo.virgilio.it - Dizionario Farinotti: «Nuovo Messico. In una riserva indiana una serie di morti misteriose turba la pace dei cittadini e dello sceriffo. Tutti i cadaveri vengono trovati dissanguati e mordicchiati sul collo. La comunità sospetta dello stregone locale che va profetizzando la distruzione del popolo bianco e...».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - tvguide.com - amazon.com: «The meaning of the title of this 1979 film becomes clear when we learn that an Indian reservation in New Mexico has been invaded by vampire bats. This situation is complicated by the fact that, in the best tradition of rampant stereotypes, there is oil underneath the tribe's sacred burial grounds and a soulless oil company is out to get it no matter what. The oil is actually in a cave, which is how we work the bats into the story, because companies drilling for oil rarely hit bats. Standing in the way of progress, besides all those bat puppets, is Youngman Duran (Nick Mancuso), a reservation cop, who is basically the only person in the film with both brains and ethics. ... Based on the novel by Martin Cruz Smith, the script by Steve Shagan and Bud Shrake is fairly faithful to the original story and wants to evince political consciousness, but resorts to stand Hollywood conceptions about what life is like on the reservation, which is most painful when it portrays the debate between those who want to preserve tradition and those who want to build modern things like hospitals...».

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