102 mins |
Rated
R18 (Violence, offensive language & sex scenes.)
Directed by William Friedkin
Starring Karen Allen, Don Scardino, Jay Acovone, Richard Cox, Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino
Catch this as part of our Boutique Retro Cinema's encore screenings playing on Mondays all through April!
Recently deceased Academy Award-winner William Friedkin (THE EXORCIST, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) directs Al Pacino as an undercover cop pitched into New York's seedy underbelly in CRUISING.
New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who is preying on the patrons of the city's underground bars. Captain Edelson (Paul Sorvino) tasks young rookie Steve Burns (Pacino) with infiltrating the S&M subculture to try and lure the killer out of the shadows – but as he immerses himself deeper and deeper into the underworld, Steve risks losing his own identity in the process.
Taking the premise and title from reporter Gerald Walker's novel, CRUISING was the subject of great controversy at the time of its release and remains a challenging and remarkable movie to this day, with Pacino's haunted lead performance as its magnetic centrepiece.
Read more...
Catch this as part of our Boutique Retro Cinema's encore screenings playing on Mondays all through April!
Recently deceased Academy Award-winner William Friedkin (THE EXORCIST, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) directs Al Pacino as an undercover cop pitched into New York's seedy underbelly in CRUISING.
New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who is preying on the patrons of the city's underground bars. Captain Edelson (Paul Sorvino) tasks young rookie Steve Burns (Pacino) with infiltrating the S&M subculture to try and lure the killer out of the shadows – but as he immerses himself deeper and deeper into the underworld, Steve risks losing his own identity in the process.
Taking the premise and title from reporter Gerald Walker's novel, CRUISING was the subject of great controversy at the time of its release and remains a challenging and remarkable movie to this day, with Pacino's haunted lead performance as its magnetic centrepiece.