Along with the fairytale noir johnny handsome 1989, comfort is the film of his most deserving of rediscovery. The locations ive scouted will depict a small, rural, country, simple. List of films set in the southern united states wikipedia. The movie, i deeply fear, is meant to be the last word on the united states involvement in vietnam. The greatest perhaps is southern comfort, a violent fable of illtrained. Southern comfort is a wellmade film, but it suffers from a certain predictability. In my humble opinion, southern comfort has always been the finer film. The films bayou swamp region is a place known as uncertain where the movie was extensively filmed. Are you in the mood for a sweeping romance, like that of scarlett ohara and rhett butler in gone with the wind.
Famous movies filmed in louisiana louisiana travel. Were introduced to several prominent figures in roberts life most importantly, his life partner, lola cola. As in the texas chainsaw massacre, you have the feeling in this film of social breakdown, of an erosion of conventionally orienting perspectives. The musicians include popular classic cajun artists dewey balfa on fiddle and vocal, and marc savoy on the accordion. This is a beautiful version of the song parlez nous a boires by dewey balfa and marc savoy its also included a part of eunice two step. It stars keith carradine, powers boothe, fred ward, t. Nov 06, 2019 take ivy is full of students wearing shorts, untucked oxfords and weejuns without socks.
Boothe and carradine give gritty performances in this film. Despite numerous but circumstantial similarities, the movies really could not be more different. He was an original member of the british folk rock band fairport convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving and forming his own band, matthews southern comfort, which had a uk number one in 1970 with a cover version of joni mitchells song woodstock. Southern comfort soundtrack songs and instrumental score music. A taut and atmospheric action film which is also serves as an intelligent and evocative metaphor for americas role in the vietnam war, southern comfort also features an excellent score by.
Minnesota is well known as a hockeyloving state, so its fitting that the mighty ducks along with its sequels was filmed here. The nbc series is set in pittsburgh and new yorkbut its filmed in our own backyard. Couldnt find an english version on youtube, so proceeded to upload one myself. Jul 03, 2014 southern comfort is the kind of film that you remember as being more violent than it actually is. A group of national guardsmen led by hardinpowers bootheand spencerkeith carradineget on the bad side of swampdwelling cajuns while conducting maneuvers in the bayou. Aug 10, 2012 southern comfort starred keith carradine, powers boothe, fred ward and peter coyote. Southern comfort features local cajun residents in louisiana killing wild boars. Did the look originate on yankee campuses, or did the practice originate in the south, with southern students taking the look north with them when they headed off to college.
It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. I suspect the predictability is part of the movies point. Southern comfort movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind. Tube porn classic free vintage porn tube, classic xxx movie, retro porn, italian vintage porn movie, american vintage films, german vintage nude, french retro porno and many more top adult movies with seka, ron jeremy, john holmes, traci lords, kay parker and others. Southern comfort movie filming locations the 80s movies. It was filmed in shreveport, bossier city and caddo lake read more about this film on. Hill has steadfastly denied that he explicitly intended a vietnam allegory, but that scans as willed. After two years off the grid, his older brother a ny times best selling author and journalist tracks him down to figure out what truly happened to him. The film is set in the cajun country of louisiana, in 1973, and it follows the fortunes of a national guard unit that gets lost in the bayous and stumbles into a metaphor for americas involvement in vietnam. Southern comfort soundtrack and movie music the 80s. Southern comfort has worked with adult production companies including bedtime productions, nasty little angels, and bacchus.
This violent and exciting survival thriller owes a lot to john boormans fantastic deliverance. A very solid 80s action thriller movie with some real grit to it. Southern comfort documents the final year in the life of robert eads, a femaletomale transsexual. If the blistering cold and dreaded news cycle has you longing for some muchneeded comfort, look no further than the american south for movies that will deliver a dose of southern hospitality.
Though im only guessing right now, maybe someone who was on set has discussed it somewhere before, id say the cajun town was real and they killed and cooked the pigs for food, so they died a slaughterhouse style death which was filmed and added to the film for realism. Southern comfort is a 2001 documentary film about the final year in the life of robert eads, a transgender man. It makes sense that the movie would have been filmed in the state the movie was partly about. I hear this and fall in love with ry cooder all over again.
This film, television or videorelated list is incomplete. For a full list of movies filmed in north carolina, check out s list of feature films in the state. The film, set in 1973, features a louisiana national guard squad of nine on weekend maneuvers in rural bayou country. A 1981 survival thriller film directed by walter hill, starring keith carradine, powers boothe, fred ward, brion james, and peter coyote in deep south, a national guard exercise is being held at the louisiana bayou, and a squad of nine men are send on a patrol. Find movie and film cast and crew information for southern comforts 1971 bethel g. May 15, 2009 no it is not despite it being a great movie it is false. Apr 12, 2012 while southern comfort is officially set in franklin, ga. Southern comfort 1981 is an american thriller film directed by walter hill. Netflixs new dumplin movie was actually filmed in these. Walter hill said the film was not a simple action movie where the people. If there was ever a movie that deserved the credit a film by, it is the documentary southern comfort, which was mostly made with a oneperson crew, its director kate davis. When i arrived here i was told by fellow airman part of the picture was filmed at the flag lake region on the bases east reservation. The locals slaughtered the pigs on a daily basis in order to feed their families and the production chose to film this act for their movie.
Southern comfort is not simply a film about survival, and nor should it be viewed in the context of the vietnam war. It was filmed on location in a louisiana cajun bayou village. An important scene in the film where knowledge regarding the sanctity of ones home is acquired the hard way. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by a dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputations. Apr 21, 2014 southern comfort was filmed in louisana. A young artist visits the deep south on a business trip and becomes infatuated with a beautiful southern belle. Oct 22, 2016 a squad of national guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local cajuns by stealing their canoes. On the surface, walter hills southern comfort is your standard survivalwar movie, a gormless platoon of soldiers getting lost in territory and then picked off one by one by a wily foe. The internet adult film database is an online searchable database of over 314,704 adult movies titles and 179,175 porn performers. The film, set in 1973, features a louisiana national guard squad of nine on weekend maneuvers in rural bayou country as they come under threat from local cajun settlers. Hardin and spencer must then go on the run through the louisiana swamps if theyre to survive. Below is a great cajun music scene from the 1981 film southern comfort, starring keith carradine and powers boothe. There you have it, 10 of the most exciting movies filmed in the state of indiana.
Anyway, if you keep an open mind and dont expect a total blockbuster, i think youll be pleasantly surprised. A political candidate is haunted by secrets from his familys past. Watch southern comfort 2001 full movie free streaming. This movie is actually partly about the city of madison. Southern comfort 1981 sonny landham in southern comfort 1981 fred ward in. Southern comfort has also been compared to deliverance, and even the films trailer makes this comparison. Beyond its genre roots and its deeper meanings, southern comfort is a. Oct 01, 2008 below is a great cajun music scene from the 1981 film southern comfort, starring keith carradine and powers boothe. Achieving any involvement is made possible by the storyline but the real star is of course the brooding swampland and the soundtrack by ry cooder. This blackstar is extremely skilled and has performed in. Southern comfort official trailer arguably writerdirector walter hills best film to date, southern comfort works both as a pure action film and as an extremely effective allegory of americas. Dec 16, 2018 a western dance bar called southern comfort restaurant and lounge in conley population 6,228 served as the drag club where will and her friends watch dolly impersonators. You can watch southern comforts online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Aha contacted a representative from the louisiana film commission who was present during the filming of the scene in question.
On its surface, southern comfort is a deliverancetype melodrama about a small group of louisiana national guardsm en who go into the bayous on a routine weekend training exercise. Though it was filmed in lousiana and texas rather than a movie studio. Revisiting walter hills 1981 quasiwar movie southern comfort. The two prepare to lead a panel at the annual southern comfort conference, a. A streetcar named desire warner home video, 1996 television movie, 1984 cbs television movie, 1995. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes.
This is an excellent 80s backwoods thriller and scarey gem. Southern comfort takes place in the swamps of louisiana in 1973, and it. Southern comfort to be filmed in charleston holy cinema. Still, with all of the blows to momentum, the film powers on as. Its a bit of a deliverance type theme, even the backdrop is similar, filmed in barren remote terrain, but in the bayou, not the mountainous area that deliverance was filmed in. The bed and breakfast is where much of the movie was filmed. Alien 1979 was one of them, and southern comfort 1981 was another. Paul established in 1849, is featured in the film along with ice sculptures from the annual saint paul winter carnival. The following is a partial chronological list of movies set in the southern united states. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1971 movies 1971. Lola is a transsexual whos become roberts life partner and caretaker. Filmmaker kate davis follows robert and a group of.
For the pageant part of the movie, producers used cobb county civic center in marietta population 61,048, while school scenes were shot at marietta middle and high schools. But southern comfort is a brilliant film on its own terms, a spare, lucid drama about a platoon of national guardsmen on weekend manoeuvres through louisiana swampland. The film, set in 1973, features a louisiana army national guard squad of nine on weekend maneuvers in rural bayou country as they antagonize some local cajun people and become hunted. A fleshpeddlin conartist, along with his best girls, are stranded in hicksville. One thing i will say in particular is that rewatches are very kind on this film as it seems to get better every time i watch it.
Unless purchased in a duty free shop, southern comfort is a blend of rectified alcohol highly concentrated ethanol with fruit, spice and whiskey flavorings. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputations. Plowden also served as an associate producer on dig two graves, which filmed here in 20. Leonard maltin believes its a muddled, grade b ripoff of deliverance. Scratch away, and southern comfort becomes more than your usual, standard action fare. Southern comfort is a genuinely dramatic and rather frightening film, the hard dialogue between characters does at times add something of a ludicrous element to what is a memorable 80s picture. Macho jostling for supremacy gives way to a lethal game of cat and mouse after an unthinking act of violence makes them the prey of some cajun woodsmen out for revenge. A movie whose message resonates as strongly today as it did thirty years ago.
Southern comfort 1981 film wikipedia republished wiki 2. Southern comfort 1981 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. By the time eads received treatment, the cancer was too advanced to save his life. The film, set in 1973, features a louisiana army national guard squad of nine. Southern comfort 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film, set in 1973, features a louisiana army national guard squad of nine on weekend maneuvers in rural bayou country as they. On a 5 star ranking system, i give this bluray release of southern comfort from shout. Marc was also the productions cajun music consultant. Southern comfort quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. Iain matthews born ian matthews macdonald, 16 june 1946 is an english musician and singersongwriter. Lee daniels the butler comes out this weekend with forest whitaker playing cecil, a man who serves under several presidents in the white house. Movie buffs have plenty to explore in this oneofakind state. Southern comfort is a spot on allegory for the madness and trauma inflicted during and after the vietnam war. Twink movie hot southern guy tyler is certainly one of the most emo.
Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. Southern comfort, with its cajun as monstrous other, is usually compared to deliverance, but it is a very different sort of film. Part of 8 pages of info for the 1981 movie from the award winning 80s movies rewind. You never know, youre favorite movie might have been filmed right in your backyard. I dont know about you, but im psyched to watch these again knowing where they were filmed. Southern comfort is a 1981 american action film directed by walter hill and written by michael kane, hill and his longtime collaborator david giler.
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