Un Uomo da marciapiede
Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Big Spring, Texas, USA New Jersey, USA New York City, New York, USA Sweetwater, Texas, USA Stanton, Texas, USA
Genere: Drama
Lingue: English
Plot: A "cowboy," Joe Buck, moves to New York City from Texas to make his fortune as a hustler servicing rich Park Avenue women. Shortly after arriving, he is hustled by homeless con man Ratzo Rizzo, who had said he would manage him for a $20 fee. Bent on getting his money back, Buck finds the rapidly deteriorating Rizzo, ends up feeling sorry for him, and moving into Rizzo's room in an abandoned building to care for him. The two remain hopeful of striking it rich with Rizzo managing Buck's career, but it soon becomes obvious that they are no match for the urban jungle. En naiv texas-gutt drar til New York og tror han skal svinge seg til de store høyder ved å selge seksuelle tjenester til rike kvinner. I stedet havner han så langt nede på bånn som man kan tenke seg. Filmen er både en tragikomisk skildring av to menneskeskjebner og et samfunnskritisk portrett av det moderne Amerika.
Visti censura internazionale: Finland:K-16 USA:X Sweden:15 USA:R Norway:18 France:-12 Germany:18
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Finland:7 November 1969 |
| Sweden:8 October 1969 |
| West Germany:18 July 1969 |
| USA:25 May 1969 | (New York) |
| France:30 August 2000 | (re-release) |
| OFM:35 mm |
| PCS:Spherical |
| PFM:35 mm |
| RAT:1.85 : 1 |
| Stereo |
| USA:113 |
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
spiegel media gmbh zurich
united artists
produzione cinematografica: united artists florin productions
produttore cinematografico: hellman jerome utt kenneth
regista: schlesinger john
attore: hoffman dustin voight jon miles sylvia mcgiver john (i) vaccaro brenda hughes barnard white ruth (ii) salt jennifer rankin gilman owens gary (ii) marlow t. tom eppersen george scott al davis linda (i) masters j.t. reeder arlene johnson georgann kramer jonathan holland anthony (i) balaban bob tice jan benjamin paul scalia peter siracusa vito zamagias peter anderson arthur (ii) scala tina felix alma clarke richard (ii) thomas ann viva rossilli gastone violet ultra jabara paul velvet international lipson cecelia mead taylor morrissey paul murphy joan (i) stetson al clark marlene door william carver randall jasmin paul salt waldo lundy ron
direttore della fotografia: holender adam
scenografia: lloyd john robert
montaggio: robertson hugh a.
compositori: barry john
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: salt waldo herlihy james leo
costumi: roth ann (i)
troupe varia: sgarro nicholas cirincione richard p. mahony michael meyerhoff willie sear walter soloman max kratina richard c. leigh norman thielemans jean 'toots' ferro pablo clark jim (i)
produzione cinematografica: united artists florin productions
produttore cinematografico: hellman jerome utt kenneth
regista: schlesinger john
attore: hoffman dustin voight jon miles sylvia mcgiver john (i) vaccaro brenda hughes barnard white ruth (ii) salt jennifer rankin gilman owens gary (ii) marlow t. tom eppersen george scott al davis linda (i) masters j.t. reeder arlene johnson georgann kramer jonathan holland anthony (i) balaban bob tice jan benjamin paul scalia peter siracusa vito zamagias peter anderson arthur (ii) scala tina felix alma clarke richard (ii) thomas ann viva rossilli gastone violet ultra jabara paul velvet international lipson cecelia mead taylor morrissey paul murphy joan (i) stetson al clark marlene door william carver randall jasmin paul salt waldo lundy ron
direttore della fotografia: holender adam
scenografia: lloyd john robert
montaggio: robertson hugh a.
compositori: barry john
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: salt waldo herlihy james leo
costumi: roth ann (i)
troupe varia: sgarro nicholas cirincione richard p. mahony michael meyerhoff willie sear walter soloman max kratina richard c. leigh norman thielemans jean 'toots' ferro pablo clark jim (i)


