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The Strange One

Closed Capationed Starring: Ben Gazzara Director: Jack Garfein
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DVD Features:

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Released: June 16, 2009
  • Originally Released: 1957
  • Label: Sony Pictures
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Audio:
    • Dubbed, Subtitles - French
    • Mono - English
    • Subtitles - English
  • Additional Release Material:
    • Ben Gazzara Remembers The Strange One

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring Ben Gazzara
Performer: Pat Hingle, James Olson, George Peppard, Arthur Storch, Paul Richards, Larry Gates, Clifton James, Geoffrey Horne & Julie Wilson
Directed by Jack Garfein
Edited by Sidney Katz
Screenwriting by Calder Willingham
Composition by Kenyon Hopkins
Story by Calder Willingham
Produced by Sam Spiegel
Director of Photography: Burnett Guffey

Entertainment Reviews:

New York Times - 07/02/2009
"THE STRANGE ONE is an allegorical indictment of fascism..."

Product Description:

Marking the beginnings of the raw intensity he's explored throughout his provocative film career, veteran actor Ben Gazzara makes his movie debut in this 1957 drama as the menacingly effeminate misanthrope Jocko de Paris. THE STRANGE ONE, a dark and deviant depiction of human behavior that's especially startling for its time, follows military-school student de Paris's prolonged and eccentrically sadistic bullying of his fellow cadets in the aftermath of an incident in which he got the son of an executive officer expelled for drunkenness. The troubled de Paris uses any and all forms of humiliation and mental terrorization to silence his peers until he eventually finds his power challenged by a group of underclassmen. Based on a play by Calder Willingham, this film version of A STRANGE ONE was forced by the strict MPAA rules of the 1950s to tone down its homosexual themes, though certain suggestions remain palpable.

Product Description:

Legendary actor Ben Gazzara made his feature film debut in The Strange One, recreating his Broadway role in Calder Willingham's gripping "End as a Man." Gazzara stars as Cadet Sgt. Jocko DeParis, a sadomasochistic bully in a Southern military academy who uses his magnetism and the school's own military code to manipulate his fellow cadets and officers. When he engineers the expulsion of a hated rival, his reign of terror begins to unravel. The film features a solid cast drawn from The Actor's Studio in New York, including Pat Hingle, Mark Richman, George Peppard (also in his film debut) and Larry Gates, and is directed by Jack Garfein and scripted by Willingham, based on his novel. Censored in its original theatrical release for its homosexual undertones, The Strange One is presented restored and uncut for the first time on DVD.

Plot Keywords:

Gay / Lesbian | Military | Rivalry | Theatrical Release
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  • Sales Rank: 4,037
  • UPC: 043396305007
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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