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Rolling Thunder

United States

1977

95 Min
Color
1.85:1
Spanish, English
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DIR John Flynn

PROD Lawrence Gordon

SCR Paul Schrader, Heywood Gould

CAST William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, James Best, Dabney Coleman, Luke Askew

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John Flynn

John Flynn (March 14, 1932 – April 4, 2007) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making efficient, no-nonsense crime-thrillers The Outfit and Rolling Thunder.

Flynn was raised in Hermosa Beach, California and served in the Coast Guard, It was during this stint that he studied journalism with Roots author Alex Haley. Flynn received a degree in journalism from UCLA.

He began his cinematic career as an apprentice to director Robert Wise on Odds Against Tomorrow and worked as the script supervisor on West Side Story. From there, Flynn worked as a second unit director on Kid Galahad and The Great Escape. He made his debut as a director with The Sergeant starring Rod Steiger.

Flynn’s substantial commercial success was with The Outfit starring Robert Duvall. The filmmaker achieved a dedicated cult following with the gritty revenge thriller, Rolling Thunder starring William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones.

In 1994, he directed the cult classic Brainscan… read more

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Stephen Campbell

27Feb12

Finally on DVD this revenge flick really delivers the goods

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Ryan Clark

22Feb12

A near perfect film. The only flaws I can think of are the hideous theme song ("San Antone, it's really good to see you"... YUCK!) and the relationship between Devane and Haynes isn't as fleshed out as one would like. But other than those minor complaints, this is yet another kick-ass movie from the great screenwriter Paul Schrader, who gave us such masterpieces as Taxi Driver, Obsession, and Hardcore. A must-see!

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ELGZ

12Dec11

There is no excuse for this film to not be on DVD,

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    Matt

    31Dec11

    It is!

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    ELGZ

    31Dec11

    It's some cheaply manufactured bare bones edition, it's not even on Netflix. This film deserves better.

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    David N

    31Dec11

    It's out in January in the UK in a DVD/Blu-ray dual edition, so if you've got a region-free player...

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pjjrfan

26Oct11

A movie that just appealed to me the performances are great in my opinion, and the way that Devane goes about to get even was riveting and Jones was awesome in his role. The bad guys were equally great.

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Daily Briefing. Straub-Huillet and More on DVD and Blu-ray

By David Hudson on February 4, 2012

Also: Elizabeth Taylor, accidental feminist? And John Malkovich revisits Les liaisons dangereuses.

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UK Blu-ray Review: ROLLING THUNDER

By Twitchfilm.com on January 22, 2012
Part hard-nosed revenge flick and part moody examination of a damaged psyche, John Flynn’s Rolling Thunder is one of the very best Vietnam ‘coming home’ movies. It’s also the sort of period piece that
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Seldom Seen review | ROLLING THUNDER

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Always quick to feed off real-life tragedy, the film world has only within the last few decades dared to critique with these early responses instead of simply spouting propaganda and waving flags. Wide
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Seldom Seen review | ROLLING THUNDER

By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Always quick to feed off real-life tragedy, the film world has only within the last few decades dared to critique with these early responses instead of simply spouting propaganda and waving flags. Wide
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KILL KILL KILL!

By Adempti​on on January 9, 2010

THE revenge flick. After a thorough torturing in Vietnam, POW Major Rane can’t seem to readjust to small-town American life. Fortunately, before ennui sets in, he is tortured and his estranged family…  read review

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