End of the Road (1970)
February 10, 1970Release Date
End of the Road (1970)
February 10, 1970Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Stacy Keach
Jacob Horner
James Earl Jones
Doctor D
Harris Yulin
Joe Morgan
Dorothy Tristan
Rennie Morgan
Grayson Hall
Peggy Rankin
Ray Brock
Sniperman / Mrs. Dockey
John Pleshette
Finkle
James Coco
School Man
Terry Southern
Mr. Caruso / Screenplay / Producer
M. Emmet Walsh
Crab Man / Tutu Man
Gail Gilmore
Miss Gibson
Ellen Faison
Sarah Bernhardt
Maeve McGuire
Receptionist
Illa Howe
Elvira Madigan
Graham Jarvis
Dr. Carter
Aram Avakian
Director / Screenplay
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
End of the Road is a 1970 American comedy drama film directed, co-written, and edited by Aram Avakian and adapted from a 1958 novel by John Barth, and stars Stacy Keach, James Earl Jones and Harris Yulin.
The film was given an X rating for an abortion scene, and other frank scenes including one in which a naked man rapes a chicken. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.A nine-page Life Magazine article was published on Aram Avakian and End of the Road on November 7, 1969. Avakian was also interviewed at length in Playboy and Esquire. End of the Road is a ground-breaking early indie picture. Many of the cast and crew went on to distinguished careers.
The film gained a cult following at art movie houses across the U.S., where audiences would speak aloud the lines while they watched the midnight screenings. In 2012 it was released again (DVD) from a brand new original print struck from a pristine negative by Warner Brothers, as part of a series of re-discovered cinematic treasures in their archives. The director Steven Soderbergh rediscovered the film, spearheaded its revival, and made a companion documentary, An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road.