The sugarland express [videorecording] / a Universal Picture ; a Zanuck/Brown production ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown ; screenplay by Hal Barwood & Matthew Robbins ; directed by Steven Spielberg.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 25581 | UniversalLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish, French Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2004]Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 141701430X
- 9781417014309
- Cinematography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, Edward M. Abroms, Veran Fields ; music, John Williams ; story by Steven Spielberg and Hal Barwood & Matthew Robbins.
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Main Library | DVD | ACTION Sugarlan | Available | 33111008297661 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on an actual incident, Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature follows the adventures of a Texas outlaw couple striving to keep their family together by any means necessary. Determined not to lose her child to the authorities, Lou Jean Poplin (Goldie Hawn) gets her obedient convict husband Clovis (William Atherton) to break out of jail and help her kidnap their baby from its foster parents. With hostage Officer Slide (Michael Sacks) in tow, the fugitives head across the plains to Sugarland, Texas, pursued by a flotilla of cop cars. Even though Slide becomes the couple's friend, the Law is bent on capturing its criminal quarry. Even though it was greeted with strong reviews, and Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Spielberg won the screenplay prize at the Cannes Film Festival, The Sugarland Express flopped. The young audience that had embraced the challenging tonal shifts of Bonnie and Clyde and Easy Rider in the late 1960s was no longer so reliably drawn to narrative uncertainties in 1974. The massive success of Spielberg's next picture, the popcorn thriller Jaws (1975), would confirm his suspicion that downbeat films were no longer the way to popular approval. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
Includes trailer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
Cinematography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, Edward M. Abroms, Veran Fields ; music, John Williams ; story by Steven Spielberg and Hal Barwood & Matthew Robbins.
Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton.
Based on the true story of Lou Jean Poplin, who kidnapped a Texas State Trooper and led the police on a wild chase across the state in an effort to save her son from adoption.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
English dialogue with optional Spanish or French subtitles and English captions for the hearing impaired.