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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2015

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015

Walter Hill: The Early Years

In 1984, the festival screened Walter Hill's Streets of Fire, with the director in attendance. this year, they will show a chronological retrospective of his films up to that point.

Programme

7 films · 4 reviews

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48 Hrs

A cop and a criminal are forced to work together in the hunt for a killer.

(Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Walter Hill; Writer: Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry Gross, Steven E de Souza; Stars: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham, Brion James, Kerry Sherman, Jonathan Banks, James Keane, Tara King, Greta Blackburn, Margot Rose, Denise Crosby)

The Driver

Review preview for The Driver

The elements involved in creating this movie were well thought out and planned perfectly (just like the driver’s getaways).

John Gallagher · 3 out of 5
A detective hunts a getaway driver through the streets of San Fransisco.

(Country: US; Year: 1978; Director: Walter Hill; Writer: Walter Hill; Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani)

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Hard Times

A drifter discovers he has a talent for bare-knuckle fighting during the Great Depression.

(Country: US; Year: 1975; Director: Walter Hill; Writer: Walter Hill, Bryan Gindoff, Bruce Henstell, Bryan Gindoff, Bruce Henstell; Stars: Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, Margaret Blye, Michael McGuire, Felice Orlandi, Edward Walsh, Bruce Glover, Robert Tessier, Nick Dimitri, Frank McRae, Maurice Kowalewski, Naomi Stevens, Lyla Hay Owen)

The Long Riders

Review preview for The Long Riders

"We played a rough game, and we lost"

Robert Munro · 4 out of 5
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

(Country: US; Year: 1980; Director: Walter Hill; Writer: Bill Bryden, Steven Smith, Stacy Keach, James Keach, Walter Hill; Stars: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Kevin Brophy, Harry Carey Jr., Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest, Shelby Leverington, Felice Orlandi, Pamela Reed, James Remar)

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Southern Comfort

Review preview for Southern Comfort

The oppressive atmosphere of the swamp and the tension between the frustrated alpha males are so thick right up to the final frame you could cut the air with one of their knives, while the trauma of the experience lingers long after the credits roll.

David Graham · 4.5 out of 5
National Guardsmen on an remote exercise run into trouble on the bayou.

(Country: US; Year: 1981; Director: Walter Hill; Writer: Walter Hill, Michael Kane, David Giler; Stars: Keith Carradine, Peter Coyote, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, TK Carter, Franklyn Seales)

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Streets Of Fire

A man goes after a gang after they kidnap his ex-girlfriend.

(Country: US; Year: 1984; Director: Walter Hill; Writer: Walter Hill, Larry Gross; Stars: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Richard Lawson, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton, Lee Ving, Stoney Jackson, Grand L. Bush, Robert Townsend, Mykelti Williamson, Elizabeth Daily)

The Warriors: Director's Cut (The Warriors)

Review preview for The Warriors: Director's Cut

Now is the time to rediscover The Warriors and be reintroduced to a cult classic.

Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
Walter Hill returns 26 years later to his cult New York gang rumble and cuts it the way he always wanted.

(Country: US; Year: 1979; Director: Walter Hill; Writer: David Shaber, Walter Hill, based on the novel by Sol Yurick; Stars: Michael Beck, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, David Harris, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler, Terry Michos, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Roger Hill, Lynne Thigpen, Mercedes Ruehl, Thomas Waites, Sonny Landham, Marcelino Sanchez)

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