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Hard times is a stripped back and spare american depression chronicle, a controlled and almost zen tale of the desperate and lonely in 1930s louisiana compared with the bawdier, effervescing and irreverent depictions of the south during the depression of bonnie and clyde arthur penn, 1967 or scorseses boxcar bertha 1972. Charles bronson stars as chaney, a depressionera bareknuckles fighter who teams up with a slick promoter named speed james. While the rocky horror picture show has accumulated revenue across many years, technically it is still in its first release because it has. Directed by 1 writing credits 5 cast 35 produced by 3 music by. It is by far the shortest of dickens novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it. The greatest list of 100 completely random movie titles. Theme tune from charles bronson film hard timesthe street fighter duration. Released in the fall of 1975, and appearing this month as a limited edition bluray from twilight time, hard times was the first film directed by walter hill, who was then making a name for. Hard times is one of the best films starring charles bronson, and even with the fact that he has made several classics before this, hard times is one of of his most defining works in terms of. There is no evidence in hard times that hill was a novice behind the camera. Ives 1976 is also the name of an 1897 robert louis stevenson short story named st. Hard times canadian tv series, a 1975 canadian documentary series.

The fights are allout and bareknuckle, held in warehouses and open by invitation to men with cash to wager. Hard times is a 1975 film starring charles bronson as chaney, a drifter who travels to louisiana during the. This is a 1994 bbc adaptation of a charles dickens novel hard times. Being the adventures of a french prisoner in england. Hill made his directing debut in 1975 with the charles bronson actioner hard times, but it was the driver that introduced his hard, stylish. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. Hard times is set during the great depression and centers its themes heavily on the working class struggle. Opening title sequence with 1930s rail yard scenes featuring charles bronson, from walter hills feature debut hard times, 1975, costarring james coburn view the tcmdb entry for hard times 1975. In it, bronson plays a drifter in the great depression, named chaney. Cheney rides into town at the beginning of the film on a train pulled by a. Hard times dvd, 1999, closed caption multiple languages. The adventures of a drifter turned illegal prizefighter during the depression era in new orleans. Hard times is a 1975 crime neo noir sport film marking the directorial debut of walter hill.

It stars charles bronson as chaney, a drifter freighthopping through louisiana during the great depression, who competes in illegal bareknuckled boxing matches after forming a partnership with the garrulous hustler speed, played by james coburn. Rent hard times 1975 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Charles bronson, james coburn, jill ireland, strother. Charles bronson and jill ireland in hard times 1975 strother martin in hard times. Many of his later films were actionthrillers, including love and bullets 1979, the evil that men do 1984, and murphys law 1986. Entered the industry in 1967 as an assistant director on the thomas crown affair, and in 1972 adapted jim thompsons novel the getaway for sam peckinpah. Find out about all the goofs from hard times 1975 on imdb. It stars charles bronson as chaney, a drifter freighthopping through. The film can be considered both a melodrama and an action style fight film. American director, writer and producer who specialises in action and westerns. Charles bronson packs a punch in walter hills hard times.

Hard times 1975 tt0073092 in the depression, chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with speed, a promoter of noholdsbarred street boxing bouts. Some movies can be viewed and enjoyed several times. Directed with great precision and sobriety, hard times itself seems the taciturn opposite of so much of the unruly, loquacious american cinema of the 1970s. Over bronsons long career of playing strong silent types, i think one of his best turns was in walter hills hard times. Hard times is a powerful, brutal film containing a definitive charles bronson performance. A streetfighter looking for a better way of life takes a chance. Gordon also agreed that should hill decide to write the script he would also allow him to direct the movie. Hard times, an american drama starring charles bronson.

He is briefly reinvigorated by an affair with the lovely lucy jill ireland, mrs. The year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with steven spielberg s thriller jaws topping the box office. Hard times 1975 movie charles bronson, james coburn, jill. When chaneys car arrives at pettibons bar at night, it is completely dark out. Speed james coburn is the twobit promoter who books chaney in the tank towns of the south and midwest. Rent hard times 1975 starring charles bronson and james coburn on dvd and bluray. Staring jill ireland, charles bronson, strother martin and james coburn. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. The book surveys english society and satirises the social and economic conditions of the era. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Breakout 1975 in between death wish the most influential starring vehicle of bronsons career, and hard times, the most accomplished performance in his career, came this movie, an exploitation picture based on a real event but sold as a fictional story something that never happens these days. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. Hard times on dvd 043396030633 from sony pictures home entertainment.

Arthur penns night moves is about an oldfashioned private eye who says and does all the expected things while surrounded by a plot he completely fails to understand. Topics discussed in the interview with lawrence gordon include, the origins of hard times, columbia pictures and how they got involved in distributing the film, walter hill and why he decided to hire a firsttime director, charles bronson, james coburn, strother martin, jill ireland, cinematographer philip h. He plays chaney, a man of few words and no past, who rides the rails to new orleans for the winter and tries to win some money by fist fighting. Hard times for these times commonly known as hard times is the tenth novel by charles dickens, first published in 1854. Hard times1975 charles bronson vs robert tessier youtube. Hard times 1975 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Hard times 1975 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. With charles bronson, james coburn, jill ireland, strother martin. Lathop, and roger spottiswoode expertly edits the many fight scenes, but what really. Hard times 1975 charles brosnon james coburn how much.

The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in north america are as follows. While the films story which i will not summarize here because i think you already know it is faithful to that of the original book, the entire film has only about 100 minutes. The twilight time bluray of hard times is a real beauty, with a clean and colorful hd transfer of the film at its original 2. Also known as the streetfighter, hard times stars charles bronson as chaney, an aging bareknuckle boxer, trying to scratch out a living in the middle of the depression. What you will buy from us has a true historical value.

I first watched this film in 1978 when i was 12 years of age and now im 52 and i completely forgot of its existence until recently looking up charles bronson movies. Hard times, a silent british film directed by thomas bentley based on dickens novel. I may have been blase about only game, but thats because i hadnt sat down to watch hard times. Following differences during the writing of the drowning pool 1975, newmans revival of private eye lew harper, gordon invited hill to columbia in order to write his next film, hard times 1975. Steven seagal fight scenes 19881995 above the law the glimmer man duration. Bronson plays an itinerant bareknuckle street fighter in the 1930s who makes his living beating the brains out of those foolish enough to think they can take the graying tough guy. Unique there is only one copy of each, each photo is completely unique, these are not reprints.

To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. Amazon originally included this movie with my prime membership for free. At the beginning of the film, he blows into new orleans on a freight train. C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. Hard times is a 1975 charles bronson period piece that was released at the height of his box office drawing power. In the depression, chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with speed, a promoter of noholdsbarred street boxing bouts.