Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Escritores:

Ben L. Reitman (book)
Joyce Hooper Corrington (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 junio 1972 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.

Plot:

During the depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.

Plot Keywords:

1930s | Train Robbery | Nudity | Crucifixion | Violence

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The worlds of Corman and Scorsese collide, and the results? Pretty damn good!

Reparto

Barbara Hershey	...	'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson
David Carradine	...	'Big' Bill Shelly
Barry Primus	...	Rake Brown
Bernie Casey	...	Von Morton
John Carradine	...	H. Buckram Sartoris
Victor Argo	...	McIver #1
David Osterhout	...	McIver #2 (as David R. Osterhout)
Grahame Pratt	...	Emeric Pressburger
'Chicken' Holleman	...	M. Powell
Harry Northup	...	Deputy Sheriff Harvey Hall (as Harry Northrup)
Ann Morell	...	Tillie Parr
Marianne Dole	...	Mrs. Mailler
Joe Reynolds	...	Joe Cox

También conocida como:

El tren de Bertha (Spain) [es]

Duración:

92 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Australia:R | UK:X | South Korea:18 | West Germany:18 (cut) | UK:18 (video rating) | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 (re-release) | Sweden:15 | USA:R | France:-16 | Norway:18 | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Camden, Arkansas, USA

Compañía:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivialidades:

After he finished this film, Martin Scorsese screened the film for John Cassavetes. Cassavetes, after seeing this film, hugged Scorsese and said, "Martin, you just spent a year of your life making shit!" He urged him to make a personal film, and the result was Mean Streets (1973).

Errores:

Anacronismos: The boxcars rolling behind the characters in the 1930s, have dates stenciled on them indicating that they have been tested and repaired in the 1970s.

Citas:

'Big' Bill Shelly: Hey, Bertha!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Making 'Taxi Driver' (1999) (V)

The worlds of Corman and Scorsese collide, and the results? Pretty damn good!

Roger Corman's indirect influence on the 70s movie renaissance is often overlooked. Many of that decade's key players served their apprenticeships on Corman's quickies. Directors like Coppola, Bogdanovich, Bartel and Demme, and actors like Nicholson, Hopper, Fonda, Dern, Stanton, and even De Niro.

Add Martin Scorsese to that list. 'Boxcar Bertha', his movie directly before the breakthrough 'Mean Streets', may not display his talent in full, but it is a surprisingly well shot and acted, and is an above average b-grade movie with a lot of entertainment value.

Like similar Corman productions from this period ('Bloody Mama', 'Dillinger', 'Big Bad Mama') it is a Depression era look at flamboyant criminals. An exploitation movie for sure, but exploitation with style and class. Barbara Hershey (who would reunite with Scorsese in seriously underrated 'The Last Temptation Of Christ') plays the title role, but the real star of the movie is her then real life partner David Carradine ('Kung Fu', 'Death Race 2000'), who gives a strong, charismatic performance. The supporting cast includes blaxploitation legend Bernie Casey ('Cleopatra Jones',etc.), Carradine's veteran character actor father John, and Scorsese/Ferrara regular Victor Argo ('Taxi Driver', 'King Of New York').

'Boxcar Bertha' is by no means one of Scorsese's greatest achievements, but it is nothing to be embarrassed about either. Check it out sometime. It's much better than you would think.