You can rate this video on IMDB imdb.to/3vFq8Jl and Letterboxed bit.ly/43M0n6J 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - Lee Marvin is wounded in WW2 01:07 - Director of Point Blank John Boorman 01:42 - DW Griffith’s influence on John Boorman 02:30 - How Point Blank got made into a film 03:28 - Why Lee Marvin took the role of Walker 04:28 - How John Boorman connected with Lee Marvin 05:22 - Lee Marvin had absolute control of Point Blank 05:43 - John Boorman brings on a writing partner 06:30 - Boorman’s vision for Point Blank 07:47 - The Production Code tries to rewrite Point Blank 10:30 - Angie Dickinson gets the co-starring role 10:58 - Angie Dickinson was not upset with Lee Marvin 12:01 - Vivien Leigh beats the crud out of Marvin 12:21 - Keenan Wynn is cast as Yost 12:51 - Carroll O’Connor is cast 13:19 - Lloyd Bochner is casted 13:58 - John Vernon and Sharon Acker are added to the cast 14:46 - James Sikking is added 15:09 - The color of Point Blank 17:04 - The cinematography of Point Blank 17:25 - Cinematographer Philip H. Lathrop 18:21 - The orginal film location for Point Blank 18:52 - Movie making on Alcatraz Island 19:53 - Lee Marvin gets drunk with Ella Fitzgerald 20:13 - Sharon Acker gets shot and goes to the hospital 20:32 - Lee Marvin, does his own stunts 20:51 - Walker is coming to get you 21:49 - Lee Marvin does more than act in Point Blank 24:02 - Homosexual overtones in Point Blank 25:21 - How The Beatles and Drew Barrymore are connected to Point Blank 26:43 - Point Blank does a Hollywood first 28:04 - Tragic ending a year later for Brewster’s plane 28:39 - Dad joke 29:04 - Was Walker alive or dead? 32:25 - Editing Point Blank 33:01 - A joke for the video editors 33:42 - The music of Point Blank 34:48 - Point Blank premieres 35:01 - Point Blank fashion shoot 35:26 - Box office for Point Blank 36:22 - Point Blank movie survey 36:59 - What the movie critics thought of Point Blank 38:58 - What we think of Point Blank today 39:11 - Martin Scorsese on Point Blank 39:48 - Christopher Nolan on Point Blank 40:29 - Reservoir Dogs, Point Blank and Tarantino 41:04 - Hell in the Pacific 41:42 - Winkler and Chartoff sucess 42:24 - Point Blank summary and outro

John Boorman is a certifiable genius. For Lee Marvin to support him and protect him and let him make his own movie generates huge respect. Lee Marvin is a Marine and an American hero.

Lee Marvin stomping through LAX is a top 10 power cinema scene!

@TheJoshuamooney

2 ай бұрын

Indelible.

…how could anyone not love lee Marvin ?

@wadestevens5659

3 ай бұрын

Michelle Triconis could probably give you a list.

@user-dk3up2nl1m

2 ай бұрын

He was a tough guy!

@rodgerpiercearchitect

2 ай бұрын

@@user-dk3up2nl1m tough enough

@dukecraig2402

2 ай бұрын

​@@wadestevens5659 So why would anyone care what some two bit gold digging failed actress ever thought about anything? She's was so irrelevant that you couldn't even spell her name right, it was Triola not Triconis. See? That shows just how important she wasn't.

@debrabader806

2 ай бұрын

Lee Marvin being injured in the war and taken out, took a great toll on him. He acts like a tough guy, but deep down inside he was more of a tortured soul. I always liked him, and found him to be quite funny sometimes. Debra Bader. ❤

This movie( Point Blank) is such a hidden gem.

@davidhull1481

2 ай бұрын

Not hidden, not at all. Ignored, yes, but if it was hidden I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to watch it repeatedly.

For me Lee Marvin is the definitive Parker. Love this movie.

Point Blank and Prime Cut are two of the best crime films ever made...forward thinking and visually stunning....and they both star Lee Marvin

@jamessimon9164

Ай бұрын

prime cut awesome nobody i know as ever heard of it

Can't understand why this movie was overlooked at time of release,it is an excellent film with a fine cast,have seen it and can watch it again and again Auckland New Zealand 2024

@davidanderson6100

2 ай бұрын

You need to check out Marvin's Prime Cut with Gene Hackman from the early 70s, pretty gritty and intense.

@davidhull1481

2 ай бұрын

It didn’t fit with the times. That’s why a lot of movies were not the big hits that you might have expected. Hence it was not promoted, and it was sent out to fewer cinemas. That’s the path for many “cult” films.

@stevemcnary7963

2 ай бұрын

Same with another 1968 film Once Upon A Time In The West (@ least in the US).

Great documentary! Lee Marvin was a legend, they just don’t make actors like this anymore. The film is like the American ‘Get Carter’ (1971).

Beyond Lee Marvin, the ace character actors in this film is unsurpassed. They went on to other great/greater roles, but to have them all in one film is pure gold.

Just picked two more Parker novels from the library yesterday. Can’t get enough of this character

@raymondnewton2388

3 ай бұрын

Read them all. More than once.

@RabbiSteve

2 ай бұрын

Same here. And listening to them over and over on audiobook also. Love them.

Essential 60's cinema - everything came together perfectly to make this thriller a remarkable project in a pivotal year, when American film was experiencing a renaissance in attitude and cynicism. A worthy choice for a film documentary - glad to see you acknowledge Johnny Mandel's atonal score, so interesting coming from one of Hollywood's most memorable song writers. Thumbs up from me.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Love the score. 🍻

To me Point Blank is a perfect combination of power and art that catapulted it to unique status,even after all the decades that have past. Marvin is the power and Boorman ( + team) the art. I mean Marvins perfomance is just jawdropping and its set in scene in a genre defying but absolute convincing way by Boorman. This movie isnt artsy it is art: brutal,honest and reduced to the essence but subtle composed in every detail.

This doc gives me a new appreciation of the movie..and what a actor lee Marvin was

This is an exhilarating and erudite examination of one of the greatest movies; the insightful commentary and illustrative clips capture all of its profound achievement.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Love it if you'd become a subscriber.

Okay, now we need a doc on Hell in the Pacific, Mifune and Marvin as opposing soldiers on an island during WWII also directed by Boorman

@natezadoc

Ай бұрын

one of the craziest endings ever lol

'You died on Alcatraz alright.' Directed by Lee Marvin.

I've followed John Boorman's work for a long time I have the books and have the DVDs seen the movies in the cinema and what can you cay about a genius. He is!

"YOU'RE A VERY DANGEROUS MAN, WALKER!" A wonderful movie, the birth of cinematic ultraviolence and accelerating the end of the Hays Code.

@juniorjames7076

2 ай бұрын

Carol O'Connor is so uncanny and unhinged here!!! His best work before moving to television in my opinion.

This is fantastic, thank you; the one thing missing is how the John Landis film _Into The Night_ also ends in the hallways of LAX.

The walking away from the money is the most memorable part of the film, for me. It was a Pepsi Twist and made me re-think everything I had seen in the film.

Alan, this is top shelf. Impeccable production values. It blows away most of the cinema docs you see on Netflix and Prime.

Hope this beautiful masterpiece gets a good restoration it deserved .

Lee Marvin was a gentleman. An alcoholic but regardless a true gentleman. He liked game fishing and one year ended up in Cooktown, Queensland Australia. He stayed at Seaview motel/caravan Park near the dock and when not fishing spent most of his time drinking. When the cleaning lady came to his room in the morning he apologized to her for the empty bottles on the floor, treated her like a lady and thanked her for her service. That lady was my mother who's 80 years old now and he made such an impression on her she never forgot him. In contrast we had a mob overhere called the leylands who made documentaries about the Aussie outback. Lovely people on TV , total arseholes in person. Treated service staff like shit. They were below them apparently. So hats off for Lee a proper gent.

I've always felt that, along with "The Graduate", "Bonnie and Clyde", and "In The Heat of the Night", "Point Blank" and "Cool Hand Luke" should have been the two other films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar of 1967, instead of "Dr. Doolittle" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". --And "Bonnie and Clyde" should have won.

I saw "Point Blank" first-run when I was about 14, as I loved Lee Marvin's action films. I recall being quite shocked by its violent nature, but, not surprisingly, I really didn't understand it. By the same token, it was unforgettable.

I will watch this doc soon. Thank you. When I first saw Point Blank early ‘90s, it blew me away. So sixties crime thriller but SO progressive filmmaking! I’d been a Marvin fan for years-knew his classic Playboy interview well. But man, here’s a film whose modernism wouldn’t be truly addressed until Tarantino. Its impact-and enduring watchability-is certified. “You’re a bad man, Walker. A BAD MAN!”

this is an excellent documentary - should be part of a future bluray or 4K release

@TheTapesArchive

2 ай бұрын

Right on! Have you seen my Tarantino one? kzread.info/dash/bejne/naaFlbufd7uacaw.htmlsi=kJlOKJl-pp4oeD2N

a real treat for a point blank fan. thank you!

*Fantastic deconstruction of an exquisitely constructed film. Who knew?! (Can't wait to rewatch it and savor the nuances you've unearthed.)*

Excellent review. Such a great film! Watched it at least a dozen times since first seeing it in film studies in the late ‘80s. One of my favs from the ‘60s.

Excellent analysis and behind the scenes stories, thank you. A long time since I've seen the film, must watch it again.

Fine coverage of a fine movie. Thanks!

Excellent work! Fantastic documentary on an all-time great film.

astounding information compiled here VERY NICE

Utterly compelling: subject, script, narration, tone, music... thank you very much, subscribed!

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Right on! Made my day knowing this video led to a new subscriber. Have you seen my other movie based video? Wondering what you thought of that. kzread.info/dash/bejne/naaFlbufd7uacaw.html

@dcanmore

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive yup, I watched it straight after, loved it, again impressive work, please do more on films. My favourite period is 1965-80 (so I kinda agree with QT lol). Cheers!

one of the greatest movies ever made.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! Any thoughts on the documnetary?

@RAtheRuggedManTV

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive Did you make it? I think it's outstanding.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

@@RAtheRuggedManTV I did! Thank you! I'm trying to decide if I should make more movie content or go back to music documentaries. So if you want more, please share it, like it, and sub to my channel. Thanks again!

@wet-read

2 ай бұрын

It's good, but I don't think it is one of the greatest ever made.

I remember Boorman saying he was influenced by " Last year At Marienbad " _ " playing with time "

Awesome documentary. I’ve seen the clip of Lee Marvin strutting through that airport in passing (which makes him look pretty badass in the truest sense by the way). But now this doc makes me actually wanna watch it. I didn’t know it was Boorman who directed this movie either. I thought it was Peckinpah.

Love this film, perfect casting especially Lee.

What a great watch Alan!!! I just love the stuff you put out! Cheers mate

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Right on! Appreciate it!

Brilliant - thanks !

dope thanks for posting this terifirc revealing engaging doc

Only about 15 minutes in, but great stuff!

Thank you , i enjoyed that .

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Please sub if you want to see more of them.

Really good...thxs

Subscribed! No bs intro or filler or verbal noodling or repetition. Great vid!

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

I really appreciate it. Trying to decide wether there are people who'd like this type of video. Or to go back to making music documentaries.

I went back to see it another two time. Edinburgh Scotland. Great film.

When Lee did a guest role on Combat the regulars knew his history and Lee showed them how to move in combat and also weapons handling. Like being a student of Achilles.

Excellent. More on movies please.

Delighted to see this. I have always thought this was a great, unjustly uncelebrated movie.

Love this film...good doc.

I enjoy your documentary; a extraordinary job. Excelent information, an a edition of old school. Thanks!

@TheTapesArchive

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I adore this film, but knew nothing of its production or initial reception, so this really deepned my appreciation of what went into it. Darwyn Cooke's graphic novel adaptations of the Parker stories are well worth a look

I must see this flick ! I am in my late 70's ...

One of my top five movies. It is simply mesmerizing.

That was a really long hallway!

Wow, what a great documentary to randomly find. Truly excellent 👍 Subbed.

@TheTapesArchive

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Trying to build up my movie related docs. I have one other you might like kzread.info/dash/bejne/naaFlbufd7uacaw.html

Fantastic documentary. Better than the audio commentary on the film that I have. SPOILER ALERT: for me the one telling moment in the film is when Mal Reese shoot Walter, and shows remorse on his face. So when he is just a sleezy villain during the rest of the film, it is really not the true character, but what the dying Walker sees. This film has ages well when you read what one of the reviews, I believe it has aged far bertter than has Dirty Dozen, though it is a good film also.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thank you for being a subscriber. It helps to know people want movie content. I'm torn if to do another music doc or movie doc. It's funny you mention Dirty Dozen, that was literally going to be my next video. Then I rewatched it and felt it wasn't as good as I remember. 🍻

@elnick1000

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive I accually only watched the film recently, having only before seen snipets. I was just amazed at the information you had on the film POINT BLANK, Maybe I can suggest sojme films that you might make such documentaries on.

One of my favorite films -- the critics back then got it all wrong.

Thanks

Excellent.

Great documentary! Thanks much!

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Please share it!

@99percentirish64

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive Thanks! Ok!

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

@@99percentirish64 Just relized your name. I'm 99% Irish too. ☘🇮🇪

@99percentirish64

3 ай бұрын

@TheTapesArchive Yes sir! Cool! It's mainly on my dad's side. I have only a wee bit of German and French, on my mom's side.

Holy ...Crap. Great doc. Thumbs up, already subscribed!

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Right on! Please share it. Doesn't seem to be getting traction.

@scottgregory6129

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive will do... although I must say that if I had 10k views after 3 days on any of my videos I would be over the moon!😉 Keep up the great work.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

@@scottgregory6129 Haha fair enough. I'm spolied by some of my other videos. 🍻

Fantastic movie

Another awesome video from the man himself! Excellent video, super entertaining and informative. What could possibly this world want?! :) We may be human, but we're still animals.....😉

@TheTapesArchive

Ай бұрын

Haha thanks man. I recognized you from SH forums. Nice Vai reference too. 🍻

Johnny Mandel won an Oscar for "The Shadow of Your Smile" which appeared in the movie, "Sandpiper" (not "Sandpaper") in 1966.

Top film. Lee Marvin was a brilliant film star.

Marvellous great documentary, wasn't one done by the BBC a couple of decades ago?

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I would love to see it if that exist. Never heard of it.

‘It wasn’t about the money….’ But one of my favorite bits is when the accountant asks Walker what he REALLY wants, and Walker says ’I want my fifty thousand dollars’. So many films are forgettable, but not Point Blank…

Fascinating documentary. But I'm glad that I knew 'Point Blank' well and loved it before seeing this. I suspect that a lot of the 'inside baseball' information about the production would only decrease the enjoyment of the movie among those that aren't already initiated.

Thanks for a this analysis. This film runs several times a year on TV in LA, and I'm drawn to it for reasons that I don't understand. I like the action scenes & atonal music; the plot seems random & disconnected, or illogical. If I see it as (just) a revenge character study, some of the improbable events fade out. But if it's all just happening in his head just before he dies (a trope that I truly dislike bc it dusrespects its audience) ... well, then *anything* is possible.

After seeing this thread i rewatched the movie and realised it is the same story as Payback (1999 Mel Gibson) movie which both are based upon The Hunter by Richard Stark. I own both on blu-ray btw.

This video is outstanding. It feels so good to learn all this stuff about one of my favorite movies, one of the best and most innovative movies. I wish I could understand a little more about Boorman's personality, he's so creative and smart, is an auteur in his craft, but I've never heard of him standing up to any of his critics, he just seems to go along with them. The dialogue in _Point Blank_ is perfect, it drives American English to its highest level IMO, with a few words here and there it cuts modern society open like a surgeon's scalpel, and there's not even the slightest Britishism to be found in it. Tarantino doesn't like it? I like Tarantino for what he is, but he ain't no intellectual, let's face it.

@TheTapesArchive

2 ай бұрын

Right on! Thanks for checking it out and commenting. I agree with your comments too. I love Tarantino but he's flawed like anyone else and I wouldn't call him an intellectual either. (and that can be good too.) I like both for different reasons. Please consider subscribing to the channel if you haven't already. That way, you get more videos like this one. 🍻

@numbersix8919

2 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive "Captain, I will consider it!" (Raised eyebrow.)

@numbersix8919

2 ай бұрын

​@@TheTapesArchive If you say that _Zardoz_ is one the Top 10 SF movies of all time, and bear the opprobrium you will surely get, I will become a lifetime subscriber. I'll make it easy for you and say the Top 25 instead.

Good documentary, cheers for posting it, shame about the insane amount of adverts.

@TheTapesArchive

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! I don't know how people watch YT without premium. I agree way too many commercials.

@09nob

2 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive You are wlcome, poverty and desperation, old boy😂😂

I think that critic is correct that people can come away from the film with different accounts of the plot. That is in fact one of the film's strengths.

see also, Don Siegel's "The Killers"! also top notch...

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

What a great flick.

@imilliemedina666

3 ай бұрын

I didn't care for it, compared to the original. It's a made for TV movie filmed on the same back lot using the same camera angles as a hundred others. And the plot is lifted direct from "Drive a Crooked Road", not the Hemingway story.

OMG!!!!! i watched this flick for the first time a few months ago, loved it, and immediately looked for any good documentaries. SO STOKED. Thanks!!!!! ABSOLUTELY would love more movie docs

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Right on! Let me know what you think of it. I want to do more movie docs but not sure many of my subs do.

This is fantastic! I don't see the link in the description for the alternate ending. I'd love to read it. 😀

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Sorry I spaced adding it. go here www.thetapesarchive.com/point-blank and scroll until you see interview with Alex Jacobs.

Well done, covered lots of ground. Better than most similar content I’ve seen on KZread. Obviously you did some research. I’ve been a Lee Marvin obsessive for decades, but you managed to dig up some behind-the-scenes photos and publicity material that I’ve never seen before. The Outfit is a fine movie, but it doesn’t really stand out like Point Blank, which is unique among other films of its era and continues to acquire a large number of new fans. I don’t put much stock in Tarantino‘s opinions about other movies, though he is a genius screenwriter and a very good filmmaker. For Lee Marvin references in films, also check out Martin Scorsese’s first feature film Who’s That Knocking, where Harvey Keitel’s character expresses his love for Lee Marvin to his new girlfriend. I think the scene in Reservoir Dogs is a throwback to that scene specifically.

@TheTapesArchive

2 ай бұрын

Right on! Good shout on "Who's that Knocking", wish I would have found that before I finished the video. 🍻

The more darkly comedic adaptation of this novel from 1998 "Payback" with Mel Gibson is also very good.

I believe this documentary has the most WW2 era photos of Lee Marvin that I've ever seen.

The revolver that Lee's character shoots into the mattress, looks like a SW .357 magnum, not the model 29, .44 (not 45 as quoted) magnum, as used by Harry Callahan.

I think it is not really a good story but the crazyness and conspiracy atmosphere is top notch.

0.24 DECIMATED means 1 in 10 A Roman punishment for Units failing in Battle. 1 in 10. That's all. Not huge casualties, just 10%.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

I'm a functioning idiot. :)

It seems like this movie could be somewhat of an inspiration for "The Sixth Sense" with Bruce Willis at least on some level.

34:01- It sure sounds like he’s saying Sandpaper is the movie that Mandel got an Oscar for. It’s Sandpiper. Maybe it’s the accent.

Sharon Acker was/is as goergeous as a Spring sunrise. saw her on 'GUNSMOKE' w/ Victor French, and she was also an actor who worked w/ the brilliant French like an equal. she had it all.

The uncertainty of what is happening, in the matter of time and of event, helps to make the movie as intriguing as it is. Always count on critics not to get it.

great documentary, but, didnt need the 'insert shots' from other movies.

@TheTapesArchive

2 ай бұрын

That's my style.

Great video. But one small correction: Dirty Harry used a Smith & Wesson Model 29, not a Colt.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Solid correction, thank you! I try my best to get the facts right but something always slips through.

@nomadmarauder-dw9re

2 ай бұрын

Brits and guns... whatchagonnado?

@user-dk3up2nl1m

2 ай бұрын

That was Revolver Ocelot who used the Colt!

@kevfullo

2 ай бұрын

​@@user-dk3up2nl1mSnnnnaaaaaake!

Johnny Mandel won his Best Song Oscar for "The Sandpiper", not "Sandpaper".

Very Very deep this book & fim is ...do you all know what what are you looking at????

The ending is offbeat / not spectacular but the whole thing was about honesty no matter what. It is about corporations that don't see the single person anymore and that is a very modern topic. And all of this among criminals. Walker made his point and the money wasn't his in the first place. So I'm okay with the ending. And it is so well shot and edited like a movie should be made, it is most other movies that look boring in comparison.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Any thoughts on the documenatary? Learn anything new?

@ 20:30 stunt double sez, "water too cold!" Lee "KingKong D^^^" Marvin sez, step aside, son. Let a Marine handle this. funny, funny, funny. Will be smiling all day with that one.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

Lee was def more manly than me. :)

@Redmenace96

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive Don't feel bad. He is more manly than 99.999 of the population. Ha,ha! 100% great vid. I sent a link to my nephew.

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

@@Redmenace96 Haha so true.

@MariaGazda

2 ай бұрын

I'm betting Mr. Marvin figured it would be a 'walk in the park' compared to the horror's he endured in ww2 in the Pacific "Theater"!!

just watch "Zardoz" to see Boorman at his best 😃

This is a very sound, well constructed and informative documentary. My deepest gratutude for sharing. The sole minus - nothing to do with the doc - is that I have never really liked the film, POINT BLANK. Not bad, but tries too hard to be good. Marvin acted well, as did suave Vernon, and sexy Dickison beguuiled me for good, The rest went over my head.

@TheTapesArchive

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate you taking the time to comment. Please consider subscribing to get more videos like this. I think the film suffers from some writing issues that Boorman talks about. A lot of it went over my head too until I started researching it.

When movies had BALLS!!

The Jefferson Airplane recorded their 3rd album at the pool room house in early (1967)

@TheTapesArchive

3 ай бұрын

How'd I miss that? Good shout. Rumor is also that Hendrix and Elvis had stayed at the house at some point..

@spudwas

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive i read that Sammy Davis Jr. owned the house at that time. Then rented it out.

EXCELLENT !