Patty Hearst (film)

Infobox Film
name = Patty Hearst


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caption = Film poster
director = Paul Schrader
producer = Marvin Worth
writer = Patricia Hearst,
Alvin Moscow,
Nicholas Kazan
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starring = Natasha Richardson,
William Forsythe,
Ving Rhames,
Frances Fisher,
Jodi Long,
Olivia Barash,
Dana Delany
music = Scott Johnson
cinematography = Bojan Bazelli
editing = Michael R. Miller
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released = September 23, 1988
runtime = 108 min
country = United States
language = English
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imdb_id = 0095836

"Patty Hearst" is a 1988 biographical film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Natasha Richardson as Patricia Campbell Hearst and Ving Rhames as SLA leader Cinque. It is based on Hearst's 1982 autobiography "Every Secret Thing" (co-written with Alvin Moscow), which was later rereleased as "Patty Hearst - Her Own Story".

Production

Schrader has said that he made "Patty Hearst" on a low budget and for a small salary to recover from the commercial and artistic failure of "Light of Day". The film has a very distinctive visual style, not least because it is made almost entirely from Patty Hearst's point of view and therefore the first part is set largely in a dark closet with occasional blinding shafts of light when the kidnappers open the door.

The ending, like those of Schrader's "American Gigolo" and "Light Sleeper", echoes that of Robert Bresson's "Pickpocket", showing the central character physically imprisoned but beginning to think hopefully about a new phase in her life.

External links

*imdb title|id=0095836|title=Patty Hearst