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1973·Action·1h 28m
7.0
After the U.S. Supreme Court banishes the death penalty, California decides to exile all convicted murderers to the remote island of San Bruno, overseen by a tyrannical camp leader who forces all female inmates into sex slavery.
Directed by Stephanie Rothman
prison
exotic island
convict
woman director

Cast

Don Marshall
Don Marshall
A.J. Thomas
Phyllis Davis
Phyllis Davis
Joy Lang
Ena Hartman
Ena Hartman
Carmen Simms
Marta Kristen
Marta Kristen
Lee Phillips
Barbara Leigh
Barbara Leigh
Bunny Campbell
Randy Boone
Randy Boone
Easy
Sean Kenney
Sean Kenney
Bobby
Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
Dr. Norman Milford
Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley
Monk
Geoffrey Deuel
Geoffrey Deuel
Chino
Jo Morrow
Jo Morrow
Newswoman
Richard Stahl
Richard Stahl
TV Anchorman

Crew

Stephanie Rothman
Stephanie Rothman
Director
Stephanie Rothman
Stephanie Rothman
Screenplay
Jack Fisk
Jack Fisk
Art Direction

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may
Terminal Island
u r sentenced to double denim for the rest of ur days
u r sentenced to double denim for the rest of ur days
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Michael
Michael
Terminal Island
Not bad. Fun premise. Super 70’s.
Not bad. Fun premise. Super 70’s.
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lik
Terminal Island
a great concept bogged down by the exploitation tag
a great concept bogged down by the exploitation tag
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Rob
Rob
Terminal Island
So much denim. Too much denim. My favorite thing about this movie is the fact that they paid a stuntman $1800 to be lit on fire and run around and later they discovered they forgot to turn the cameras on so they had to find the stuntman and pay him another $1800 to do it again. I really enjoyed this. I thought it was going to be a typical 70s exploitation movie but this blew me away. I feel that having a female director eliminated the typical male gaze seen in this type of movie and it was really refreshing to see. I loved how unique a few of the kills were. All around a fun time.
So much denim. Too much denim. My favorite thing about this movie is the fact that they paid a stuntman $1800 to be lit on fire and run around and later they discovered they forgot to turn the cameras on so they had to find the stuntman and pay him another $1800 to do it again. I really enjoyed this. I thought it was going to be a typical 70s exploitation movie but this blew me away. I feel that having a female director eliminated the typical male gaze seen in this type of movie and it was really refreshing to see. I loved how unique a few of the kills were. All around a fun time.
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Paco Casado
Paco Casado
Terminal Island
Antes de las Batallas Reales, Los juegos del hambre, las purgas y aquel rescate en Nueva York, Stephanie Rothman ideó la distopía definitiva: abolida la pena de muerte en Estados Unidos, los condenados por asesinato son enviados a Terminal Island donde no hay leyes y pueden hacer todas las barbaridades que quieran. Bajo el aspecto formal y narrativo de un survival de Serie B, Stephanie Rothman continúa incidiendo en detalles feministas a los que aquí se añaden los comentarios raciales: la protagonista, nueva habitante de la isla, es una chica negra que conseguirá que la facción de los asesinos buenos (porque los asesinos también pueden ser buenas personas) se rebele contra los asesinos malos, liberando de paso a las chicas sometidas que al final resultan ser un Equipo A de lo más solvente.
Antes de las Batallas Reales, Los juegos del hambre, las purgas y aquel rescate en Nueva York, Stephanie Rothman ideó la distopía definitiva: abolida la pena de muerte en Estados Unidos, los condenados por asesinato son enviados a Terminal Island donde no hay leyes y pueden hacer todas las barbaridades que quieran. Bajo el aspecto formal y narrativo de un survival de Serie B, Stephanie Rothman continúa incidiendo en detalles feministas a los que aquí se añaden los comentarios raciales: la protagonista, nueva habitante de la isla, es una chica negra que conseguirá que la facción de los asesinos buenos (porque los asesinos también pueden ser buenas personas) se rebele contra los asesinos malos, liberando de paso a las chicas sometidas que al final resultan ser un Equipo A de lo más solvente.
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Terminal Island (1973) | Flick