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The Hired Hand

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The Hired Hand
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1hr 30min
Genre:
Western
Release:
1971
Director:
Peter Fonda
Distributor:
Showtime Entertainment
Starring:
Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom  ...more
Synopsis: Meeting largely mixed reviews during its first run in 1971, counterculture icon Peter Fonda's directorial debut was restored and remastered for its 30-year anniversary. The film opens with three drifters greeting the morning by cavorting in a sun-dabbled mountain river. Harry Collings (Fonda) catches a fish and gives it to Arch Harris (Warren Oates) who grills it over a low fire, while Dan (Robert Pratt) -- the youngest of the three -- bathes in the swift moving current. Later, as they head into ... Full Synopsis
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Jonathan Crow, AMG Review
Following up on the spectacularly successful Easy Rider, Peter Fonda's languid Western is certainly a feast for the eyes. The film's opening, a lyrical five-minute montage of superimposition layered upon superimposition, a virtuosic display of optical printing prowess if there was one, is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. Much of the rest of the film, while never quite reaching the artistic heights of the opening, ... Full Review
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