Film
Maidstone
1971 · 1h 46m · Drama
A Mystery by Norman Mailer
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- 4.7
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Overview
Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and attacking his hangers-on and enemies. This gonzo narrative, “an inkblot test of Mailer’s own subconscious” (Time), becomes something like a documentary on its own making when costar Rip Torn breaks the fourth wall in one of cinema’s most alarming on-screen outbursts.
Where to watch
Criterion Channel
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Cast
Norman Mailer
Norman T. Kingsley
Rip Torn
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Paul Austin
Joy Bang
Joy Broom
Ann Barry
Beverly Bentley
Chula Mae Kingsley
Eddie Bonette
Steve Borton
Robert Byrne
Jean Campbell
Jeanne Cardigan
Paul Carroll
Lang Clay
Harold Conrad
Lee Cook
Lazarus
Billy Copely
Terrayne Crawford
Crew
- Norman MailerWriter · Director · Producer · Editor
- Buzz FarberProducer
- D. A. PennebakerDirector of Photography
- Carol StevensOriginal Music Composer
- Lana JokelEditor
- Jan WeltEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 9, 1971
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
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