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The Sugarland Express

( Catalog Number 12006 )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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The Sugarland Express
1974 - 109 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Shot in 1974, THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS was made by Steven Spielberg just one year before he rose to international fame with JAWS. Following in the footsteps of Terrence Malick's 1973 tale of lovers on the run, BADLANDS, Spielberg's film centers on the exploits of Lou Jean (Goldie Hawn) and Clovis Poplin (William Atherton). After Clovis escapes from prison, the two head off in pursuit of their child, whom they have been forced to give up to an adoption agency. Mayhem breaks out at they take a state trooper hostage along the way, with Spielberg neatly guiding the movie to a turbulent, yet satisfying conclusion. Only 28 years old at the time of shooting, Spielberg had directed plenty of TV movies prior to THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS, but this was the feature film that kick-started his glittering career.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Based on an actual incident, Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature follows the adventures of a Texas outlaw couple striving to keep their family together by any means necessary. Determined not to lose her child to the authorities, Lou Jean Poplin (Goldie Hawn) gets her obedient convict husband Clovis (William Atherton) to break out of jail and help her kidnap their baby from its foster parents. With hostage Officer Slide (Michael Sacks) in tow, the fugitives head across the plains to Sugarland, Texas, pursued by a flotilla of cop cars. Even though Slide becomes the couple's friend, the Law is bent on capturing its criminal quarry. Even though it was greeted with strong reviews, and Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Spielberg won the screenplay prize at the Cannes Film Festival, The Sugarland Express flopped. The young audience that had embraced the challenging tonal shifts of Bonnie and Clyde and Easy Rider in the late 1960s was no longer so reliably drawn to narrative uncertainties in 1974. The massive success of Spielberg's next picture, the popcorn thriller Jaws (1975), would confirm his suspicion that downbeat films were no longer the way to popular approval. ---Lucia Bozzola

More influential than even the director's fans are willing to give it credit, Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature exhibits many of the traits that would later become his signatures: a majestic sense of scope; a fleet-footed sense of technique with even the most mundane action sequences; a childlike, nave sense of wonder; and, yes, an occasionally cloying sentimentality. The Sugarland Express merges the men-in-cars dynamics of Spielberg's breakthrough TV movie Duel with a ripped-from-the-headlines tale of two holy fools (played impressively but with just a little too much gusto by Goldie Hawn and William Atherton) who will stop at nothing to get their child back. Although the story verges on the melodramatic, what saves the film is Spielberg's sense of space, place, and mood. He's so completely tuned in with his characters' hopes and fears that he's able to convey their every feeling through the visuals, which ---as shot by master cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond ---are a mix of documentary-style observational shots, sweeping vistas, and absurdist car chases. With the notable exception of the film's de rigueur, early-'70s unhappy ending, many of Sugarland's story arcs, character quirks, and even camera placements can be traced through every subsequent Spielberg feature, from something as epic as Raiders of the Lost Ark to ---most obviously ---his 2002 fraud-on-the-run hit Catch Me if You Can. ---Michael Hastings

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Cast for The Sugarland Express

Goldie Hawn - Lou Jean Poplin
Ben Johnson - Capt. Tanner
Michael Sacks - Officer Slide
William Atherton - Clovis Poplin
Gregory Walcott - Officer Mashburn
Harrison Zanuck - Baby Langston
Gene Rader - Gas Jockey
Merrill Connally - Looby
Louise Latham - Mrs. Looby
Guich Koock - Hot Jock No. 2
A.L. Camp - Mr. Nocker
William Scott - Station Man
Bill Thurman - Hunter
Dean Smith - Russ Berry
Robert Golden
Big John Hamilton - Big John
James Harrell - Mark Fenno
Ted Grossman - Dietz
Steve Kanaly - Jessup
Buster Denials - Drunk
Jessie Lee Fulton - Mrs. Nocker
Gordon Hurst - Eddie Becker
Kenneth Hudgins - Standby

Crew for The Sugarland Express

Steven Spielberg - Director
David Brown - Producer
Richard D. Zanuck - Producer
Hal Barwood - Screenwriter
Matthew Robbins - Screenwriter
Vilmos Zsigmond - Cinematographer
John Williams - Composer (Music Score)
Edward M. Abrams - Editor
Edward M. Abroms - Editor
Verna Fields - Editor
Joe Alves - Production Designer
Joseph Alves, Jr. - Art Director
Frank Brendel - Special Effects
James Fargo - First Assistant Director
Carey Loftin - Stunts
John R. Carter - Sound/Sound Designer
Robert L. Hoyt - Sound/Sound Designer

Awards for The Sugarland Express

Best Screenplay (win) Matthew Robbins 1974 Cannes Film Festival
Best Screenplay (win) Hal Barwood 1974 Cannes Film Festival
Competing Film Steven Spielberg 1974 Cannes Film Festival

Feature Details

Title: The Sugarland Express
Feature Release Date: 1974
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Color: Color
Runtime: 109 Minutes
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: 12006
UPC: 025192120060
ISBN: 1-55880-521-4
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video

Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 12006-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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The Sugarland Express

( Catalog Number 12006 )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

One of the Best Versions on LaserDisc
Theatrical Trailer

The Sugarland Express
1974 - 109 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Shot in 1974, THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS was made by Steven Spielberg just one year before he rose to international fame with JAWS. Following in the footsteps of Terrence Malick's 1973 tale of lovers on the run, BADLANDS, Spielberg's film centers on the exploits of Lou Jean (Goldie Hawn) and Clovis Poplin (William Atherton). After Clovis escapes from prison, the two head off in pursuit of their child, whom they have been forced to give up to an adoption agency. Mayhem breaks out at they take a state trooper hostage along the way, with Spielberg neatly guiding the movie to a turbulent, yet satisfying conclusion. Only 28 years old at the time of shooting, Spielberg had directed plenty of TV movies prior to THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS, but this was the feature film that kick-started his glittering career.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Based on an actual incident, Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature follows the adventures of a Texas outlaw couple striving to keep their family together by any means necessary. Determined not to lose her child to the authorities, Lou Jean Poplin (Goldie Hawn) gets her obedient convict husband Clovis (William Atherton) to break out of jail and help her kidnap their baby from its foster parents. With hostage Officer Slide (Michael Sacks) in tow, the fugitives head across the plains to Sugarland, Texas, pursued by a flotilla of cop cars. Even though Slide becomes the couple's friend, the Law is bent on capturing its criminal quarry. Even though it was greeted with strong reviews, and Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Spielberg won the screenplay prize at the Cannes Film Festival, The Sugarland Express flopped. The young audience that had embraced the challenging tonal shifts of Bonnie and Clyde and Easy Rider in the late 1960s was no longer so reliably drawn to narrative uncertainties in 1974. The massive success of Spielberg's next picture, the popcorn thriller Jaws (1975), would confirm his suspicion that downbeat films were no longer the way to popular approval. ---Lucia Bozzola

More influential than even the director's fans are willing to give it credit, Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature exhibits many of the traits that would later become his signatures: a majestic sense of scope; a fleet-footed sense of technique with even the most mundane action sequences; a childlike, nave sense of wonder; and, yes, an occasionally cloying sentimentality. The Sugarland Express merges the men-in-cars dynamics of Spielberg's breakthrough TV movie Duel with a ripped-from-the-headlines tale of two holy fools (played impressively but with just a little too much gusto by Goldie Hawn and William Atherton) who will stop at nothing to get their child back. Although the story verges on the melodramatic, what saves the film is Spielberg's sense of space, place, and mood. He's so completely tuned in with his characters' hopes and fears that he's able to convey their every feeling through the visuals, which ---as shot by master cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond ---are a mix of documentary-style observational shots, sweeping vistas, and absurdist car chases. With the notable exception of the film's de rigueur, early-'70s unhappy ending, many of Sugarland's story arcs, character quirks, and even camera placements can be traced through every subsequent Spielberg feature, from something as epic as Raiders of the Lost Ark to ---most obviously ---his 2002 fraud-on-the-run hit Catch Me if You Can. ---Michael Hastings

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Cast for The Sugarland Express

Goldie Hawn - Lou Jean Poplin
Ben Johnson - Capt. Tanner
Michael Sacks - Officer Slide
William Atherton - Clovis Poplin
Gregory Walcott - Officer Mashburn
Harrison Zanuck - Baby Langston
Gene Rader - Gas Jockey
Merrill Connally - Looby
Louise Latham - Mrs. Looby
Guich Koock - Hot Jock No. 2
A.L. Camp - Mr. Nocker
William Scott - Station Man
Bill Thurman - Hunter
Dean Smith - Russ Berry
Robert Golden
Big John Hamilton - Big John
James Harrell - Mark Fenno
Ted Grossman - Dietz
Steve Kanaly - Jessup
Buster Denials - Drunk
Jessie Lee Fulton - Mrs. Nocker
Gordon Hurst - Eddie Becker
Kenneth Hudgins - Standby

Crew for The Sugarland Express

Steven Spielberg - Director
David Brown - Producer
Richard D. Zanuck - Producer
Hal Barwood - Screenwriter
Matthew Robbins - Screenwriter
Vilmos Zsigmond - Cinematographer
John Williams - Composer (Music Score)
Edward M. Abrams - Editor
Edward M. Abroms - Editor
Verna Fields - Editor
Joe Alves - Production Designer
Joseph Alves, Jr. - Art Director
Frank Brendel - Special Effects
James Fargo - First Assistant Director
Carey Loftin - Stunts
John R. Carter - Sound/Sound Designer
Robert L. Hoyt - Sound/Sound Designer

Awards for The Sugarland Express

Best Screenplay (win) Matthew Robbins 1974 Cannes Film Festival
Best Screenplay (win) Hal Barwood 1974 Cannes Film Festival
Competing Film Steven Spielberg 1974 Cannes Film Festival

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