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Punishment Park
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Punishment Park

1971 · 88 min Drama Thriller
7.3 / 10 · TMDB

In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Peter Watkins

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

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Patrick Boland

Tribunal Defendant

Carmen Argenziano

Carmen Argenziano

Jay Kaufman (Tribunal Defendant)

Kent Foreman

Kent Foreman

Lee Robert Brown (Tribunal Defendant)

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Luke Johnson

William Luke Valerio (Tribunal Defendant)

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Katherine Quittner

Nancy Jane Smith (Tribunal Defendant)

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Scott Turner

James Arthur Kohler (Tribunal Defendant)

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Stan Armsted

Charles Robbins (Tribunal Defendant)

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Mary Ellen Kleinhall

Allison Mitchner (Tribunal Defendant)

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Mark Keats

William C. Hoeger (Tribunal Chairman)

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Gladys Golden

Mary Jurgens (Tribunal Member)

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