Movie Description The message of Peter Bogdanovich's suspenseful directorial debut still rings true for post-1970s America, regardless of the decade. Tim O'Kelly plays Bobby Thompson, a seemingly mild-mannered husband and son. But Bobby has a penchant for collecting firearms and thinking murderous thoughts, which translate into action when he becomes a deadly sniper, picking off drivers on the L.A. freeway from high above an oil tank. Meanwhile, Byron Orlok (Boris Karloff), an aging horror film star, plans his retirement, feeling the atrocities wrought by daily human global existence have numbed the public to the movie monsters he plays. As fate and movies will have it, Thompson and Orlok's worlds collide at the Reseda Drive-In, where Orlok is making his final public appearance. Writer-director Bogdanovich, helming his debut feature, also appears as young Hollywood screenwriter and director Sammy Michaels. A powerful and chilling study of unexplained, unexpected violence, the film relays a message that continues to be contemporary to the American psycho-social landscape.
| Credits | | Writer: | Peter Bogdanovich | | Producer: | Peter Bogdanovich | | Cast: | Frank Marshall, Gary Kent, Randy Quaid, Stafford Morgan, Tanya Morgan |
| Details | | Edition: | Checkpoint Security Tag |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case - Checkpoint Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Peter Bogdanovich - Producer/Director Introduction by Peter Bogdanovich, Filmed in and around Los Angeles, California.
TARGETS marked Peter Bogdanovich's directorial debut.
Randy Quaid made his film debut in an uncredited appearance.
Editorial Reviews "...[A] gem, a tense sniper melodrama..." USA Today - Mike Clark (08/15/2003)
"Consummately crafted, TARGETS is an oft-overlooked genre classic." Total Film - Jamie Graham (04/01/2004)
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