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Genres:
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Crime /
Drama /
Mystery /
Thriller
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Director:
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William Friedkin
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Actors:
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Jay Acovone,
Barton Heyman,
Ed O'Neill,
Gene Davis,
Richard Cox,
Don Scardino,
Randy Jurgensen,
Arnaldo Santana,
Sonny Grosso,
Larry Atlas,
Al Pacino,
Paul Sorvino,
Karen Allen,
Joe Spinell,
Allan Miller
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Duration:
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102 min.
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Rating:
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(6/10)88
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Plot Summary:
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Cruising is the fictional account of a series of gruesome killings in modern daytime New York City. Steve Burns, a "clobber" officer silently wet behind the ears, is recruited next to Captain Edelson of the NYPD Homicide Part to travel confidential in search of the perpetrator. The victims in these killings are all homosexual men known to frequent "Leather," S&M (Sadism and Masochism), and B&D (Vassalage and Dominance) clubs so Burns, in "deep bedclothes," ought to mascarade as gay in order to attract the killer. He fits the victims' profiles: dark plaits, dark complexion, dark eyes. Cruising... tells the fairy tale of his adventures and misadventures in this small subculture of gay society as he searches concerning the killer.
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Cruising
Al Pacino stars in this lurid and labyrinthine thriller by the director of The Exorcist. A stylised journey towards the extremes of New York's gay scene, Pacino is a rookie cop on the trail of a brutal serial killer
Such was the controversy generated by William Friedkin's gay sex 'n' murder thriller immediately prior to its first release that the director gave the film a hefty final edit and prefaced it with a statement declaring: "This film is not intended as an indictment of the homosexual world." The passing of time has smoothed over - or at least rendered less novel - some of the more extreme elements and what's left is a flawed but fascinating psycho-thriller that hinges on its own strangely ambiguous tone.
Pacino plays Steve Burns, a straight, young c...
Contoversal in its day - but impressive.
When this was first released it was lampooned by the oppressed gay 'community'.
Gay life was very underground in the 80s and an unknown - you had to live in a tollerant city to even be a bit open about it (why small town boys moved to the big cities) - you could loose your job if rumoured to be gay.
It was banned in many UK video stores just for having gay content ( banned by local counciles) - but later ok as a VHS (killing gays was ok in many peoples eyes at the time).
It was said to depict gays as psychopathic killers and loads of other stereotypes.
In fact the clubs were quite typical of gay leather bars to the point of being cleche now - very much how I remembered them (if you were outside of society then what the heck).
It was a time of ...
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