Directed by:
James IvoryScreenplay:
Michael O’DonoghueCinematography:
Walter LassallyComposer:
Joe RaposoCast:
Thayer David, Susan Blakely, Salome Jens, Ultra Violet, Martin Kove, Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes, Lewis J. Stadlen, Neil Fitzgerald, Christopher PennockPlots(1)
A masked, naked, clay-covered band of jungle primitives are disturbed in the middle of a human sacrifice by the sudden intrusion of a croquet ball. Led by their high priestess, they trek through the forest in search of its origins and arrive at an immense, deserted manor house. They occupy the mansion, which begins to have a civilizing effect on the savages; individual personalities emerge, and with them, pasts, futures, family connections, ambitions, and other trappings of society. Over the course of a weekend get-together, the savages soon become grand socialites, in fine clothes, who give elaborate dinner parties, where the talk is of world politics, art, and the fascinations of anthropology. But then their civilization begins to fall apart; the savages' manners and morals deteriorate and they even lose the habit of speech. By Monday dawn they have shed their clothes and we last see them retreating into the forest and their Stone Age lives. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Thayer David
USA
Best movies:
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Susan Blakely
West Germany
Best movies:
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Salome Jens
USA
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Me, Natalie (1969)
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Ultra Violet
France
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
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Martin Kove
USA
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Sam Waterston
USA
Best movies:
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The Killing Fields (1984)
Kathleen Widdoes
USA
Best movies:
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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
Without a Trace (1983)
Lewis J. Stadlen
USA
Best movies:
Serpico (1973)
The Verdict (1982)
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Neil Fitzgerald
Ireland
Best movies:
Holiday (1938)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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Christopher Pennock
USA
Best movies:
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Night of Dark Shadows (1971)