7.0
Insomnia
2002
“A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.”
The Shout (1978)
June 16, 19781h 26mEN
6.0
126 votes
Overview
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Director
Jerzy SkolimowskiWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Stream
Free
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
The Rank OrganisationJeremy Thomas ProductionsNational Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)National Film Trustee CompanyRecorded Picture Company
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User Reviews
rogerco
6.0I remember seeing this when it first came out (1978) and thinking it a bit overblown. Just watched it again (2020) after it was featured in a list of films containing an English cricket match (a short list; The Go Between from the same period is another one, also with Alan Bates in a similar role) It now seems a bit better than I remembered despite some inconsistencies and plot holes. Alan Bates, for all his brooding lumbering around, never quite pulls off the surreal menace that the role of Crossley, the man with The Shout That Can Kill, demands. John Hurt as Anthony the philandering cu…
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