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Hardcore is a american film of genre Drama directed by Paul Schrader released in USA on 9 february 1979 with George C. Scott
Hardcore (1979)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 9 february 1979
Length 1h43
Directed by Paul Schrader
OriginUSA
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Films about pornography, Films about psychiatry
Rating70%
Hardcore is a 1979 American crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring George C. Scott, Peter Boyle and Season Hubley. The story concerns a father searching for his daughter, who has vanished only to appear in a pornographic film. Writer-director Schrader had previously written the screenplay for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, and both films share a theme of exploring an unseen subculture.
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Jake Van Dorn (George C. Scott) is a prosperous local businessman in Grand Rapids, Michigan who has strong Calvinist convictions. A single parent, Van Dorn is the father of a seemingly quiet, conservative teenage girl, Kristen, who inexplicably disappears when she goes on a church-sponsored trip to Bellflower, California. Andy Mast (Peter Boyle), a strange private investigator from Los Angeles, is then hired to find her, eventually turning up an 8mm stag film of his daughter with two young men.Actors
George C. Scott
(Jake VanDorn)
Peter Boyle
(Andy Mast)
Season Hubley
(Niki)
Dick Sargent
(Wes DeJong)
Larry Block
(Detective Burrows)
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