Punishment Park
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: Specially-filmed 28 minute introduction by Peter Watkins; feature-length audio commentary by Dr. Joseph A. Gomez; "The forgotten faces" (1961), an 18 minute amateur film recreating the 1956 Hungarian revolution; 24 page booklet with chapter on 'Punishment park' from Joseph Gomez's 1979 book "Peter Watkins" plus full cast and credits; text essay by media critic Scott macDonald on audience responses to 'Punishment park'; Peter Watkins filmography; original 1971 press kit.
Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson, Katherine Quittner, Scott Turner, Stan Armsted.
In a desert zone in California, a civilian tribunal sentences groups of dissidents and gives them the option of participating in law enforcement exercises in the Bear Montain National Punishment Park. Now these prisoners have to fight for their lives.
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
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SERIES
Cinema of Peter Watkins.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English dialogue, English or French subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[New York] : New Yorker Video, 2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 1 booklet (24 p.)
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
156730396X
9781567303964
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Watkins, Peter, 1935-
Boland, Patrick.
Foreman, Kent.
Argenziano, Carmen, 1943-
Johnson, Luke.
Quittner, Katherine.
Turner, Scott.
Armsted, Stan.
New Yorker Video (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Counterculture -- Drama.
Outdoor games -- Drama.
Military ethics -- Drama.
Documentary-style films.
Feature films.
Military -- Feature.