- The Shout
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name = The Shout
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director =Jerzy Skolimowski
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writer =Jerzy Skolimowski Michael Austin
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starring =Alan Bates
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released = June 1978 (UK)
runtime = 86 mins
country =UK
language = English
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imdb_id = 0078259"The Shout" is a 1978 film by
Jerzy Skolimowski based on a short story byRobert Graves . It starsAlan Bates as a mysterious traveling musician inDevon who invades the lives of a young couple, played bySusannah York , andJohn Hurt . He has learned from an Aboriginalshaman how to produce a "terror shout" that can kill anyone who hears it unprotected. The North Devon coastline, specificallySaunton Sands andBraunton Burrows , was used for the bulk of the location shooting.Cast
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Alan Bates as Crossley
*Susannah York as Rachel Fielding
*John Hurt as Anthony Fielding
*Robert Stephens as Medical Man
*Tim Curry as Robert Graves
*Julian Hough as Vicar
*Carol Drinkwater as Wife
*John Rees as Inspector
*Jim Broadbent as Fielder in cowpatMusic is by Tony Banks and
Mike Rutherford of rock bandGenesis . The central theme "From the Undertow" is recorded on Tony Banks' albumA Curious Feeling .Awards
The film was nominated for the
Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at theCannes Film Festival in 1978 and received the Grand Prize of the Jury, in a tie with "Bye Bye Monkey ".ee also
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title=Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
years=1977
tied with "Bye Bye Monkey "
before="Cría Cuervos " tied with
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