Cisco Pike
by Bill L. Norton
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Actor: Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton, Karen Black, Kris Kristofferson, VivaDirector: Bill L. Norton
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Vilis Lapenieks
Writer: Bill L. Norton
Editor: Robert C. Jones
Producer: Gerald Ayres
Producer: Herb Wallerstein
Writer: Robert Towne
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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DVD Review: Kris Kristofferson=Cisco Pike
Summary: 4 Stars
When it comes to playing Cisco Pike, there is virtually no acting required for Kris Kristofferson. Pike is a down on his luck musician who is coming off of a pot bust and is looking for a way back into the music business. Gene Hackman is Holland, a seemingly straight laced LAPD cop who blackmails Pike into getting back into the pot dealing business. The film focuses on Pike working his old contacts to try to move 100 kilos of pot within 59 hours (kind of a take on "Gone in 60 Seconds"). During this weekend Pike is forced to lie to his live in girlfriend (Karen Black) about his reasons for getting back into dealing and he is reunited with his old singing partner Jesse (Harry Dean Stanton), who is by now a hopeless heroin addict.
"Cisco Pike" is a good movie with a solid cast. Kristofferson is highly believable playing a variation of himself, even singing some of his own songs in the movie. (For those interested in the music, check out "The Silver Tongued Devil and I by Kristofferson, as close to a soundtrack to this movie as you will find and a very good album on it's own merits). Gene Hackman plays a quirky role in the middle of his most successful period as an actor (Bonnie and Clyde, French Connection, The Conversation and the Poseidon Adventure). Karen Black is Kristofferson's beautiful, earthy girlfriend and Viva appears as a variation on the part she played in almost every movie, an offbeat woman seemingly in a world of her own. Viva always had the ability to make her dialogue seem ad-libbed, whether it was or not. Finally, Harry Dean Stanton puts in another great character performance and would soon appear with Kristofferson in another role seemingly modeled after Kris' own career and persona, "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". Also look for Alan Arbus playing an unsympathetic character (the manager) before his very sympathetic turn as Dr. Sydney Friedman on "MASH".
"Cisco Pike" is dark and downbeat, but enjoyable as an honest portrayal of a man, trying to straighten out his life, who is forced into a bad situation and finally loses all that he cares for. I highly recommend this to Kris Kristofferson fans and those who enjoy the look and feel of early 70's cinema.
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