Taking Tiger Mountain (1982)
September 1, 1982Release Date
Taking Tiger Mountain (1982)
September 1, 1982Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Bill Paxton
Billy Hampton / Production Design
Barry Wooller
David Guthrie
Mrs. Davis
Judy Church
Io. Church
Cosmo Meemo Chiefo
Barbara Clifton
Minnie Dimple
Ernie Dimple
Lou Montgomery
Cecil Craft
Producer
Tom Huckabee
Producer / Director / Writer / Editor
John Paxton
Producer
Kent Smith
Producer
Radio Free Europe
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Taking Tiger Mountain is a 1983 American science fiction film directed by Tom Huckabee and Kent Smith, and starring Bill Paxton in one of his earliest on-screen acting roles. Originally conceived as an experimental art film inspired by Albert Camus's 1942 novel The Stranger and a poem by Smith, the film was initially directed by Smith and shot in Wales. Aside from Paxton, the film's cast is made up of townspeople from the areas in which shooting took place. It was filmed without sound, with the intention of adding dialogue in post-production.
During post-production, Huckabee took over as the film's director, abandoning Smith's original concept and instead loosely basing the film on the 1979 novella Blade Runner (a movie) by William S. Burroughs. The film premiered on March 24, 1983. Over three decades later, Huckabee re-edited the film and released it as an alternate cut titled Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited.