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Widescreen Editions Thunderbolt and Lightfoot WS Rare LaserDisc Eastwood

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Eccentric Character Study+Road Movie of Misfit Quartet

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot WS Rare LaserDisc Eastwood

Eccentric Character Study+Road Movie of Misfit Quartet

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Jeff Bridges and Clint Eastwood in...

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

( Catalog Number ML102232 )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Original Theatrical Trailer

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 - 114 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Michael Cimino's first picture follows in the tradition of such films as BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, telling the tale of two outlaws, their friendship, and a robbery that goes awry. The story begins with Eastwood's character, an ex-con and present-day cowtown preacher who is hiding away from his old partners from a previous caper whose loot was hidden and has since disappeared. Eastwood's partners believe he has conned them out of their share, so Eastwood finds himself reluctantly teaming up with Jeff Bridges's character, a young drifter who can help him escape. The escape fails, Eastwood convinces his pursuers of his innocence, and the five men find themselves contemplating a repeat caper performance, masterminded by Bridges. Detached from the world and yet desperate for friendship, the characters of THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT are a clear precursor to Cimino's seminal film, THE DEER HUNTER.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
As much an eccentric character study as a road movie, Michael Cimino's directorial debut follows the adventures of a quartet of misfits in their life of crime. Retired thief Thunderbolt (Clint Eastwood) and sweet drifter Lightfoot (Jeff Bridges) meet cute when Thunderbolt jumps into Lightfoot's stolen car to escape a gunman. The pair embarks on an oddball journey to get Thunderbolt's loot from an old robbery before his former associates, the sadistic Red (George Kennedy) and cretinous Goody (Geoffrey Lewis), get to it first, but all four are too late; the one-room schoolhouse hiding place has apparently vanished. So instead, the four play house and work legit jobs while they plot to rob the same place Thunderbolt and Red hit before. Although the plan goes awry, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot discover that they may still have succeeded-or so they think. As the easy-going mediator between the two, Eastwood's Thunderbolt was a move away from his tough cop-westerner image; his audience accepted this then-atypical performance enough to turn Thunderbolt and Lightfoot into a moderate hit. Bridges received his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, but Cimino turned down a subsequent deal with Eastwood, moving instead to his artistic peak with The Deer Hunter (1978) and career nadir with Heaven's Gate (1980). --- Lucia Bozzola

An uneasy but ultimately quite rewarding mixture of dramatic and comedic elements, Michael Cimino's first film as a writer/director tempers its symbolic pretensions (it's the sort of film where the ordering of "American Fries" takes on a certain resonance) with a pleasing lightness. Borrowing heavily from other late-'60s/early-'70s songs of the open road (and explicitly referencing Easy Rider and Midnight Cowboy), its pairing of Eastwood's burned out veteran of the Korean War with Bridges' easygoing, hippie-inspired drifter might seem far more heavy handed had other actors played the parts. "Sometimes when there's nothing to do, it's best just to keep movin'," Eastwood says at one point, and it's a tribute to his gravity that the words don't sound tired. It's an interesting twist on his persona that the film forces his character to be uneasy with --- and then extremely fond of --- Bridges' countercultural free spirit. But while Thunderbolt and Lightfoot can only be counted a modest success as another early '70s portrait of a vanishing America, helped considerably by Frank Stanley's striking cinematography and the film's Montana locations, it works even better as an oddball comedy. A scene of George Kennedy and Geoffrey Lewis uncomfortably sharing an unaccommodating ice cream serves as a highlight, and Cimino packs the film with such gags --- in fact, in retrospect, it seems an alternate career path as a comedy director might have served him better. Viewers who enjoy combing films for gay subtext will find plenty to work with here as well. --- Keith Phipps

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Cast for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Clint Eastwood - John "Thunderbolt" Doherty
Jeff Bridges - Lightfoot
George Kennedy - Red Leary
Geoffrey Lewis - Goody
Catherine Bach - Melody
Gary Busey - Curly
Mark Montgomery - Teenager
Stuart Nisbet - Couple at Gas Station
Bill McKinney - Crazy Driver
Claudia Lennear - Secretary
Dub Taylor - Station Attendant
Titos Vandis - Counterman
Leslie Oliver - Teenager
Vic Tayback - Mario
Luanne Roberts - Suburban Housewife
Gregory Walcott - Used Car Salesman
Jack Dodson - Vault Manager
Gene Elman - Tourist
Alvin Childress - Janitor
Virginia Baker
Karen Lamm - Girl on Motorcycle
Erica Hagen - Waitress
Roy Jenson - Dunlop
Cliff Emmich - Fat Man
Burton Gilliam - Welder
June Fairchild - Gloria

Crew for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Michael Cimino - Director / Screenwriter
Robert Daley - Producer
Frank Stanley - Cinematographer
Dee Barton - Composer (Music Score)
Ferris Webster - Editor
Tambi Larsen - Art Director
James I. Berkey - Set Designer
Sass Bedig - Special Effects
Charles Okun - First Assistant Director
Buddy Van Horn - Stunts
Paul Williams - Stunts
Bert Hallberg - Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Portman - Sound/Sound Designer

Awards for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Best Supporting Actor (nom) Jeff Bridges 1974 Academy

Feature Details

Title: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Feature Release Date: 1974
Genre: Action
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 114 Minutes
Chapters: 30
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 16 Oct 1991
Catalog Number: ML102232
UPC: 027616223265
ISBN: 0-7928-0827-4
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: MGM/UA Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ML102232
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with a split

Jeff Bridges and Clint Eastwood in...

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

( Catalog Number ML102232 )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Original Theatrical Trailer

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 - 114 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Michael Cimino's first picture follows in the tradition of such films as BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, telling the tale of two outlaws, their friendship, and a robbery that goes awry. The story begins with Eastwood's character, an ex-con and present-day cowtown preacher who is hiding away from his old partners from a previous caper whose loot was hidden and has since disappeared. Eastwood's partners believe he has conned them out of their share, so Eastwood finds himself reluctantly teaming up with Jeff Bridges's character, a young drifter who can help him escape. The escape fails, Eastwood convinces his pursuers of his innocence, and the five men find themselves contemplating a repeat caper performance, masterminded by Bridges. Detached from the world and yet desperate for friendship, the characters of THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT are a clear precursor to Cimino's seminal film, THE DEER HUNTER.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
As much an eccentric character study as a road movie, Michael Cimino's directorial debut follows the adventures of a quartet of misfits in their life of crime. Retired thief Thunderbolt (Clint Eastwood) and sweet drifter Lightfoot (Jeff Bridges) meet cute when Thunderbolt jumps into Lightfoot's stolen car to escape a gunman. The pair embarks on an oddball journey to get Thunderbolt's loot from an old robbery before his former associates, the sadistic Red (George Kennedy) and cretinous Goody (Geoffrey Lewis), get to it first, but all four are too late; the one-room schoolhouse hiding place has apparently vanished. So instead, the four play house and work legit jobs while they plot to rob the same place Thunderbolt and Red hit before. Although the plan goes awry, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot discover that they may still have succeeded-or so they think. As the easy-going mediator between the two, Eastwood's Thunderbolt was a move away from his tough cop-westerner image; his audience accepted this then-atypical performance enough to turn Thunderbolt and Lightfoot into a moderate hit. Bridges received his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, but Cimino turned down a subsequent deal with Eastwood, moving instead to his artistic peak with The Deer Hunter (1978) and career nadir with Heaven's Gate (1980). --- Lucia Bozzola

An uneasy but ultimately quite rewarding mixture of dramatic and comedic elements, Michael Cimino's first film as a writer/director tempers its symbolic pretensions (it's the sort of film where the ordering of "American Fries" takes on a certain resonance) with a pleasing lightness. Borrowing heavily from other late-'60s/early-'70s songs of the open road (and explicitly referencing Easy Rider and Midnight Cowboy), its pairing of Eastwood's burned out veteran of the Korean War with Bridges' easygoing, hippie-inspired drifter might seem far more heavy handed had other actors played the parts. "Sometimes when there's nothing to do, it's best just to keep movin'," Eastwood says at one point, and it's a tribute to his gravity that the words don't sound tired. It's an interesting twist on his persona that the film forces his character to be uneasy with --- and then extremely fond of --- Bridges' countercultural free spirit. But while Thunderbolt and Lightfoot can only be counted a modest success as another early '70s portrait of a vanishing America, helped considerably by Frank Stanley's striking cinematography and the film's Montana locations, it works even better as an oddball comedy. A scene of George Kennedy and Geoffrey Lewis uncomfortably sharing an unaccommodating ice cream serves as a highlight, and Cimino packs the film with such gags --- in fact, in retrospect, it seems an alternate career path as a comedy director might have served him better. Viewers who enjoy combing films for gay subtext will find plenty to work with here as well. --- Keith Phipps

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Cast for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Clint Eastwood - John "Thunderbolt" Doherty
Jeff Bridges - Lightfoot
George Kennedy - Red Leary
Geoffrey Lewis - Goody
Catherine Bach - Melody
Gary Busey - Curly
Mark Montgomery - Teenager
Stuart Nisbet - Couple at Gas Station
Bill McKinney - Crazy Driver
Claudia Lennear - Secretary
Dub Taylor - Station Attendant
Titos Vandis - Counterman
Leslie Oliver - Teenager
Vic Tayback - Mario
Luanne Roberts - Suburban Housewife
Gregory Walcott - Used Car Salesman
Jack Dodson - Vault Manager
Gene Elman - Tourist
Alvin Childress - Janitor
Virginia Baker
Karen Lamm - Girl on Motorcycle
Erica Hagen - Waitress
Roy Jenson - Dunlop
Cliff Emmich - Fat Man
Burton Gilliam - Welder
June Fairchild - Gloria

Crew for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Michael Cimino - Director / Screenwriter
Robert Daley - Producer
Frank Stanley - Cinematographer
Dee Barton - Composer (Music Score)
Ferris Webster - Editor
Tambi Larsen - Art Director
James I. Berkey - Set Designer
Sass Bedig - Special Effects
Charles Okun - First Assistant Director
Buddy Van Horn - Stunts
Paul Williams - Stunts
Bert Hallberg - Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Portman - Sound/Sound Designer

Awards for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Best Supporting Actor (nom) Jeff Bridges 1974 Academy

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