The Shout (1978) - DaaVeeDee

The Shout (1978) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$26.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
83 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jerzy Skolimowski
Michael Austin

Written By:
Jerzy Skolimowski
Robert Graves

Actors:
Alan Bates ..... Crossley
Susannah York ..... Rachel Fielding
John Hurt ..... Anthony Fielding
Robert Stephens ..... Medical Man
Tim Curry ..... Robert Graves
Julian Hough ..... Vicar
Carol Drinkwater ..... Wife
John Rees ..... Inspector
Jim Broadbent ..... Fielder in cowpat
Susan Wooldridge ..... Harriet
Nick Stringer ..... Cobbler
Colin Higgins
Peter Benson

Synopsis:

An asylum director begins telling a visitor to a cricket game the story of one of his 'better' patients, Crossley (Alan Bates) who is able to compete. Some time previously, Crossley accosted Anthony (John Hurt), a composer, just after church and was for some reason invited to dinner. Once at the composer's home, he tells the story of his unusual upbringing among Australian Aborigines, and of the awful and strange gifts this has left him with. Among them is the ability to bring about another's death by using a certain kind of shout. The next morning, he begins to weave an erotic spell on the composer's wife Rachel (Susannah York), and then proves his killing ability on a sheep in a field. His influence increasingly disrupts their peaceful lives, until in a confrontation, the composer finds a way to best Crossley - but which results in his being placed in a mental institution.

Bored while officiating a cricket match at a psychiatric hospital, Crossley tells Graves (a visitor) the tale of a mysterious stranger (also named Crossley) who invades the lives and home of a local musician and his wife. The stranger claims knowledge of real magic, which he uses to displace his host and dominate his wife. The musician must find a way to combat Crossley and his seemingly implacable powers. Graves doubts Crossley's claim that the story is true, and begins to believe that Crossley is actually one of the patients.

A traveler by the name of Crossley, forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

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