Cut and Run (film)

Template:Infobox film Cut and Run (Template:Langx) is a 1985 Italian exploitation adventure thriller film directed by Ruggero Deodato, co-written by Dardano Sacchetti, and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Willie Aames, Richard Lynch, Michael Berryman, and Eriq La Salle in his film debut.

The film is the third part of Deodato's "Cannibal Trilogy" - preceded by Ultimo mondo cannibale (1977) and Cannibal Holocaust (1980), and follows a news reporter caught in a war between drug traffickers and a murderous cult in the Amazon jungle.

Plot

News reporter Fran Hudson and her cameraman Mark Ludman investigate a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like army of Colonel Brian Horne, a Vietnam War veteran and former associate of Jim Jones.

Production

Cut and Run was originally developed as a project by director Wes Craven with the working title Marimba.Template:Rs It was initially going to star Tim McIntire, Dirk Benedict, and Christopher Mitchum,Template:Sfn with a screenplay written by Craven, Dardano Sacchetti, and Luciano Vincenzoni.Template:Fact

Shooting took place in Venezuela and Miami, Florida. Cut and Run was one of the earliest Italian films to be shot with live sync sound instead of MOS, as most of the cast were American and all dialogue was performed in English.Template:Fact

The film was produced in two separate versions, a "softer" R-rated cut intended for the North American market, and a "harder" version for theatrical release in Europe. The latter features additional, graphic kill scenes and gore not present in the former. Several key sequences were shot twice, once with a "soft" take, and a second time with a "harder" take.

Release

The film was released in Italy on 8 August 1985. It was released in the United States by New World Pictures on 2 May 1986.

Home video

After being absent on home video for many years, the film was released on Blu-ray by Code Red, with a new 2K restoration of both the R-rated and Unrated cuts.

See also

• List of Italian films of 1985

References

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