94 mins |
Rated
R16 (Violence & offensive language)
Directed by Michael Winner
Starring Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, William Redfield, Steven Keats, Jeff Goldblum
Screening as part of Academy's BAD BOYS OF THE 70s Film Festival, April 26th - May 11th. With DEATH WISH the spotlight is on Charles Bronson.
In this explosive story of revenge and urban violence that sparked a whole film franchise, Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a bleeding-heart liberal who has a change of opinion after his wife and daughter are violently attacked by a gang of thugs in their apartment. His daughter is raped, and his wife is raped and murdered. Bronson then turns vigilante as he stalks the mean streets of New York on the prowl for muggers, hoodlums and the like.
DEATH WISH is a violent, controversial film that is frank and original in it's treatment of urban crime and the average citizen's helplessness in dealing with it. Herbie Hancock wrote the musical score. And watch for a young Jeff Goldblum in his film debut as one of the thugs.
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Screening as part of Academy's BAD BOYS OF THE 70s Film Festival, April 26th - May 11th. With DEATH WISH the spotlight is on Charles Bronson.
In this explosive story of revenge and urban violence that sparked a whole film franchise, Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a bleeding-heart liberal who has a change of opinion after his wife and daughter are violently attacked by a gang of thugs in their apartment. His daughter is raped, and his wife is raped and murdered. Bronson then turns vigilante as he stalks the mean streets of New York on the prowl for muggers, hoodlums and the like.
DEATH WISH is a violent, controversial film that is frank and original in it's treatment of urban crime and the average citizen's helplessness in dealing with it. Herbie Hancock wrote the musical score. And watch for a young Jeff Goldblum in his film debut as one of the thugs.