Headhunt (film)

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Movie
German title Headhunting
Original title Eddie Macon's Run
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1983
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Jeff Kanew
script Jeff Kanew
production Martin Bregman ,
Louis A. Stroller
music Norton Buffalo
camera James A. Contner
cut Jeff Kanew
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Head hunt (original title: Eddie Macon's Run ; alternative title: Eddie Macon's escape ) is an American action film from 1983 . The direction was Jeff Kanew , who wrote the screenplay based on the novel The Bloodhound (original title: Eddie Macon's Run ) by James McLendon . The main roles played Kirk Douglas and John Schneider .

action

A rodeo is being held in a Texas prison . Imprisoned Eddie Macon escapes in a cattle truck. The US Marshal Carl Marzack offers to track down Macon. He had already caught him in an earlier attempt to escape, he was injured and has been scarred since then.

Macon finds the package with the food that his wife has left there under a bridge. He always wants to reach the Mexican border in four nights , where his wife and child will be waiting for him. For the occasion, he trained in jail for endurance running whenever he could.

Some flashbacks tell how Macon was sentenced. His child's illness caused financial difficulties for the family. Macon moved to Texas where a company promised a good job. However, after being cheated out of part of his wages and mocked for telling about his sick son, he beat his boss.

A short time later, he was stopped in his car by a police patrol who had already been informed of the incident. Macon did not resist, but the police feigned so, beat him and arrested him. Macon was sentenced by a judge to five years in prison - after his subsequent first escape, the sentence was increased to 20 years. If he is arrested again, he faces life imprisonment.

When, after a few days of escape, he fought his way across country towards Mexico in the dead of night, Macon was surprised by two farmers who were armed and lurking on their land. They think Macon is a cattle thief and transport him to their ranch, where Macon is almost hanged by the younger of the two. After that, however, he can grab the revolver in his pocket, shoot them both and flee the house.

Some time later, in a lonely place, he comes across a car in which a man is trying to rape a woman. Macon knocks down the rapist and hijacks the car and the woman. It only turns out later that she is the niece of Governor Jilly Buck and therefore very influential. Later on, she helps him escape after hearing about his story.

Police officer Marzack is now hot on Macon's heels, as he found Macon's meticulously worked out escape plan in the rucksack that he had left behind on the morning after the exchange of fire in the rancher's house. With the help of the local police, he discovers the governor’s niece's white Mercedes in front of a hotel where Macon and his new allies have rented. Macon's wife left forged personal papers for her husband in a locker there.

Marzack introduces the woman and Macon in their hotel room. However, the governor's niece knocks down Marzack and continues to flee with Macon. After a chase through a cemetery, Marzack's car overturns. However, he is conscious and surprises Macon with a gun held up when he tries to check on Marzack. When Macon admits to have been captured by Marzack, he lets him go and he can finally go to his wife and son, who are already waiting on the bridge over the border river.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on July 1, 1983 that he could foresee what decision Carl Marzack would make at the end of the film. He praised the performance of Lee Purcell and criticized the flashbacks for breaking the tension.

backgrounds

The shooting took place in Texas. The box office revenue in US cinemas was $ 1.3 million .

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  1. ↑ Release certificate for headhunting . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2009 (PDF; test number: 55 197 DVD).
  2. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert