Scarecrow (1973)



R,1hr 52min
Genre: Drama
Release: 1973
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Distributor: Warner Home Video

Starring:
Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan

Synopsis
An ex-con learns the value of friendship in Jerry Schatzberg's
picaresque road movie. Trying to hitch a ride on a desolate
California road, fresh-out-of-prison Max (Gene Hackman) meets
ex-sailor Lion (Al Pacino). They are both headed east, as Max
dreams of opening a deluxe car wash in Pittsburgh and Lion
believes that the wife and child he left behind will still welcome
him home. The two decide to journey together, forging an
increasingly deep yet uncertain friendship, as Lion teaches
Max how not to be so pugnacious and Max senses Lion's fragility.
When the pair hits Detroit, Lion finally gets in touch with his wife
and discovers how she really feels. When Lion is shattered by
the revelation, Max must decide if he should forge on alone or
sacrifice his carefully guarded savings to help his friend. One of a
cycle of late 1960s-early 1970s buddy movies that included
Midnight Cowboy (1969) and California Split (1974), Scarecrow
suggests how alienated men had become from such traditional
institutions as marriage and family. Max's and Lion's salvation
comes from being on the road with each other, rather than settling
down with jobs and families. Pacino's first film after his triumph in
The Godfather (1972), and Hackman's follow-up to The Poseidon
Adventure (1972) and his Oscar for The French Connection (1971),
Scarecrow won the 1973 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival,
but the two stars were not enough to make it a hit. Even so, their
nuanced performances enhance this moody study of contemporary
dislocation. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide


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