Watch Online. "[46] In 2003, Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly described Assault as "a tight, tense thriller … Carpenter's eerie score and Douglas Knapp's stylish cinematography give this low-budget shoot-out all the weight of an urban Rio Bravo. Carpenter, who is clearly a director with places to go, has succeeded in making a comedy that scares the pants off us. The result, even without taking into consideration his tiny budget and cast of unknowns, is astonishing. Burnt-out desk sergeant Jake Fornick ( Ethan Hawke ), still traumatized by the death of two partners, is on the graveyard shift with old-timer Jasper O'Shea ( Brian Dennehy ), who in a revelation fraught with omens, announces he will soon retire. [26], Carpenter edited the film using the pseudonym John T. Chance, the name of John Wayne's character in Rio Bravo; his frequent collaborator Debra Hill served as assistant editor. "[62] Writers Michelle Le Blanc and Colin Odell have written of the film: "[Assault] looks as fresh as the day it was first screened; its violence still shocking, its soundtrack still effective, and both the dialogue and its delivery are top notch, all in a film whose $100,000 budget wouldn't satisfy the catering demands of the average Hollywood picture. Martin, Mick; Porter, Marsha (October 2001). At the same time, the rest of the defenders are also planning to use the vehicle, with Anna and Sabian volunteering to be the driver and "gunman" in an effort to get help. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) - Trivia - IMDb. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) By SpookyFlix Admin | March 27, 2021 - 12:24 am | March 27, 2021 grindhouse , homicidal maniac(s) , murder , poliziottesco/crime , psychopath Additional … Once again, here I was, a perfectly green recruit, yet John made a leap of faith … he further insisted we get the best processing money could, which at that time was the legendary MGM color labs. [14] However, the film did not get critical acclaim until it was screened at the 21st London Film Festival on December 1, 1977. [7] The day and time titles were used to make the film feel more like a documentary. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with a 59% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the site's critical consensus being "This remake has been praised by some as an expertly made B-movie, and dismissed by others as formulaic",[2] and a metascore of 54 on Metacritic. Meanwhile, the gang members remove all evidence of the skirmish to avoid attracting outside attention. Roenick and Iris leave the forest as the sun rises, and she observes that Roenick was "a whole different kind of badass last night". "J. Stein Kaplan was a friend of mine from USC," said Carpenter. The full running time of the film's 2003 DVD release is 90 minutes and 55 seconds. A policeman must defend his precinct against a siege by sadistic criminals in John Carpenter’s ultra-violent second feature. A gang had some members killed by the police so they decided to get revenge by attacking Precinct 13. Factory acquired the rights to release the film in the United States under its sublabel Scream Factory in a 'Collector's Edition'. Applebaum, R. (June 1979). When the gang members cut the station's electricity and begin a second wave of shooting, Bishop sends Leigh to release Wells and Wilson, and they help Bishop and Leigh repel an attempted invasion, though Julie is killed in the firefight. After a lackluster stateside release the film gained traction in Europe and its cult status was set in stone by the early eighties (thanks in no small part to Carpenter's 1978 blockbuster, Halloween). "Cracker in the ghetto". Bishop issues several foreboding warnings that they are in danger, but the policemen ignore him. "[60] In Jeff Chang's 2005 book, Can't Stop Won't Stop, he cites Assault on Precinct 13 as the start of "the urban horror" genre. John Carpenter – "Assault On Precinct 13" ( Death Waltz Recording Company – DW 018) 1976/2003 Never meant for release,this proto-minimal synth masterpiece finally saw the light of … Rent Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne on DVD and Blu-ray. Precinct, for Carpenter, was one of his first films made before his ultra famous Halloween. "New Fright Master John Carpenter". [14][36] It became one of the festival's best-received films, garnering tremendous critical and popular acclaim. Maria Bello (1967 - ) 1 Film Deaths: 2 TV Deaths: 3 Connections 4 Gallery China: The Panda Adventure (2001) [Ruth Harkness]: The Idiot (2003): Exploded by Arnis Hasi. For example, the character of Leigh, played by Laurie Zimmer, was a reference to Rio Bravo writer Leigh Brackett. Heavily outnumbered and outgunned, Roenick sets free the prisoners, arming them to better defend the station. The assault takes place on Precinct 9, Division 13. Meanwhile his daughter stops to buy ice cream from a truck, but is gunned down by a gang leader who also shoots the ice cream man. [20][21], Carpenter also uses a plaintive electric piano theme when Lt. Bishop first enters the abandoned precinct. [40][57] In the July 1999 issue, Premiere put the film on its list of 50 "Lost and Profound" unsung film classics, writing: A trim, grim, vicious, and incredibly effective action movie with no cut comic-relief bit players, no winks at the audience, and no stars. [89] A '40th Anniversary Edition' became available in the United Kingdom by Second Sight, and features John Carpenter's score for the film on a bonus disc. Assault On Precinct 13 - Watch Now In Theaters Coming Soon Movie Theaters Latest Trailers News Find Movie Reviews. Allen, Tom; Sarris, Andrew (June 3, 1986). Kahane kills Anna, then Duvall kills Sabian after she refuses to help him. Special features for this set include new interviews with actress Nancy Loomis Kyes and art director/sound effects designer Tommy Lee Wallace, and from previous editions, audio commentary from John Carpenter and Austin Stoker, theatrical trailer, and radio spots. Assault on Precinct 13". - Assault On Precinct 13 by Death Waltz - Amazon.com Music. [31][32] Following the advice of his distributor, Carpenter gave the appearance of complying by cutting the scene from the copy he gave to the MPAA, but he distributed the film with the "ice-cream truck" scene intact, a common practice among low-budget films. "[7] The gang members are not humanized and are instead represented as though they were zombies or ghouls—they are given almost no dialogue, and their movements are stylized, with a slow, deliberate, relentless quality. [65], Assault has influenced a number of action films that came after, setting the rules for the genre that would continue with films such as Die Hard and The Matrix. In South-Central Los Angeles, a local gang, Street Thunder, steals a cache of assault rifles and pistols. [47] Brian Lindsay of Eccentric Cinema gave the film's 2003 DVD release a 10 out of 10, the website's highest rating. Beck and Smiley happen to sneak out first and get killed by Duvall's men, providing a distraction for Anna and Sabian to get away. In shock, Lawson is unable to communicate to Bishop or Chaney what has happened to him. It’s vicious, nasty, violent, and absolutely thrilling. "A hoodlum siege that could happen". "Guns in the ghetto". By Brian Collins Jan. 28, 2016 Beyond its use in the film, the score is often cited as an influence on various electronic and hip hop artists with its main title theme being sampled by artists including Afrika Bambaataa, Tricky, Dead Prez, and Bomb the Bass. [2] Austin Stoker stars as a police officer who defends a defunct precinct against a relentless criminal gang, along with Darwin Joston as a convicted murderer who helps him. The two leads were Austin Stoker, who had appeared previously in Battle for the Planet of the Apes and Sheba, Baby, and Darwin Joston, who had worked primarily in television and was also Carpenter's next-door neighbor. Assault on Precinct 13 is a 2005 action thriller film directed by Jean-François Richet and starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne. "[48], Tim Pulleine of The Guardian described the film as superficial despite successfully meeting the requirements of the genre. O'Shea confesses that he assisted Duvall, preferring to side with corrupt policemen than a career criminal like Bishop. Laurie Zimmer, Tony Burton, Martin West, and Nancy Kyes co-star as other defenders of the precinct. One of the warlords shoots and kills a little girl, Kathy, and the driver of an ice-cream truck. Assault on Precinct 13 is a 2005 action thriller film directed by Jean-François Richet and starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne.The cast also includes John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Ja Rule, Drea de Matteo, Brian Dennehy, Aisha Hinds and Gabriel Byrne.It is a loose remake of John Carpenter's 1976 film of the same name, with an updated plot. The film begins as members of a local street gang called Street Thunder are ambushed and shot to death by the police in a Los Angeles ghetto. This is because there is an overriding vision, a consistency to Carpenter's work that rewards repeat viewing and presents a single unifying world view. Joston is known for his iconic portrayal of Napoleon Wilson, the sardonic, shotgun-toting, anti-hero in Assault on Precinct 13, John … The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a … The MPAA, headed by Richard Heffner at the time, threatened to give the film an X rating if the scene were not cut. Assault on Precinct 13 is a 1976 American action thriller film written, directed, scored, and edited by John Carpenter. Beck believes that Capra is a plant for Duvall, but Roenick vouches for him. Now Playing and all content on NowPlayingPodcast.Com ย©2019. In seconds, they kill Chaney, the bus driver, Caudell, Starker, and the two officers accompanying Starker. It exploits all our fears of irrational violence and unmotivated attack, and at the same time manages to laugh at itself without spoiling the tension - a very considerable feat. Carpenter has acknowledged the influence of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead on his portrayal of the gang. Soon thereafter, masked gunmen cut off the Precinct's communications and electricity, attack the station, kill the deputies and demand that Bishop be handed over to them. It reoccurs in the film during the quiet moments of the siege, becoming in effect a musical articulation of rhythm of the siege itself. Unlike many movies today, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 takes on its topic seriously, not resorting to wise cracking so-called film stars. Kim Erika Richards was born September 19, 1964 in Mineola, North Hempstead, Long Island, New York to Kathleen Mary Dugan & Kenneth Edwin Richards, a business executive. The sophomore feature from auteur-in-the-making John Carpenter, Assault on Precinct 13 reunited the director with Douglas H. Knapp, his cinematographer on 1974's Dark Star. 1976. It was typical of John during those lean days. After reviewing the first draft of Assault and following the sale of the script Eyes to Barbra Streisand and Jon Peters, later renamed Eyes of Laura Mars, Kaplan and Kaufman concentrated on just Assault. "[10][24] Dave Goldner of SFX wrote that Assault had "one of the most catchy theme tunes in film history. "It's very much his [Carpenter's] kind of urban Western", adds Wright, "in the way it is staging Rio Bravo set up in downtown '70s LA... And the other thing is, for a low-budget film particularly, it looks great. Assault on Precinct 13. [5]:44 Carpenter assembled a main cast that consisted mostly of experienced but relatively obscure actors. EP 41: 8MM (1999) vs. HARDCORE (1979) Nathan Wyckoff March 9, 2021 Comment. [7] Also, subtle references are made to directors Sergio Leone and Alfred Hitchcock. In the film, synthesizers and drum machines represent the city and the gang. One mistake Carpenter was not proud of was one shot "cut out of frame", which means the cut is made within the frame so a viewer can see it. [6], In 2005, the film was remade by director Jean-François Richet and starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne. [7][9], Assault was shot in 2.35:1 anamorphic Panavision widescreen, Carpenter's first use of the format that he would use on all of his feature films. With Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West. By age four and a half Kim had already appeared in 20 TV commercials. [6] "I hardly knew what the job required," said Wallace, "but he believed in me, and, of course my price was right. [7][5]:2[6] Carpenter employed the pseudonym "John T. Chance" for his original version of script, entitled The Anderson Alamo, but he used his own name for the writing credit on the completed film. They hardly talk and almost seem supernatural in … But if anyone has seen the 1976 version, you can easily know what… Carpenter's script, originally titled The Anderson Alamo, was inspired by the Howard Hawks Western film Rio Bravo and the George A. Romero horror film Night of the Living Dead. By Brian Collins Jan. 28, 2016 Assault on Precinct 13. "[23], Many film critics who praised the film also praised the musical score by Carpenter. Venturing down into the basement, the police officers find dozens of dead and badly-burned gang members strewn about the hallway; the only survivors are Bishop, Leigh, Wilson, and Lawson. We are lead to believe that he died, but if that is the case it was a really stupid death. Set across several hours in a 1-day period, Precinct 13 explores a renegade L.A. street gang, who are out for revenge after the LAPD launch an ambush on their brothers. [9][32] Carpenter regrets shooting the ice-cream scene in such an explicit fashion: "…it was pretty horrible at the time … I don't think I'd do it again, but I was young and stupid. [7], The first scene, in which several gang members of Street Thunder are gunned down by cops, was shot at USC. "[45] Mick Martin & Marsha Porter of the Video Movie Guide gave the film four and a half stars out of five, writing, "…John Carpenter's riveting movie about a nearly deserted L.A. police station that finds itself under siege by a youth gang. The film opened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1977, where it received favorable notices from some of the British critics. When someone inside unlocks the back door, they suspect Capra to be a mole for Duvall and put him in handcuffs. [82] Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly gave this 2003 DVD release a B+. Scream Factory brings Assault On Precinct 13 to Blu-ray in AVC encoded 1080p high definition framed at 2.35.1 widescreen. Assault on Precinct 13 collection (1976-2005) Menu. Inside the station, cut off from contact and isolated, cops and convicts who were headed for death row … [5]:156 According to Derek Malcolm of the Guardian, the applause was "deafening". All other special features from the previous editions have been excluded from this set. The great virtue of the film is the way it grabs hold of its audience and simply refuses to let go. Club also ranked Assault at No. Image Entertainment. In her assessment, she confronts Roenick with his failures during the botched sting, but also acknowledges that Roenick's self-blame is misplaced, as he could not control every circumstance. Secret Window (2004) [Amy Rainey]: Hacked to death with a shovel by Johnny Depp outside his house; we only see Johnny bringing the shovel down. One month free trial! "[17], Although the film's title is Assault on Precinct 13, the action mainly takes place in a police station referred to as Precinct 9, Division 13, by Bishop's staff sergeant over the radio. The remainder of the gang flees as more police support arrives to secure the station. Divine, C. (2000). Movies. "[31] As a result, Linda Myles booked the film for the Edinburgh Film Festival in August 1977. It has many references to the films of Howard Hawks. The film was one of the first films to be released on the DVD medium on November 25, 1997, also by Image Entertainment. John Carpenter was asked to make a cheap exploitation film and the result was Assault On Precinct 13. [56] Stout's poster would later serve as the cover on the Region B Blu-ray of Assault. [86] The film has also received Blu-ray releases in Germany, on May 25, 2012, in a '3-Disc Limited Collector's Edition' which includes two DVDs and contains a 24-page booklet in addition to the special features available on the Image Entertainment DVD and Blu-ray,[87] with a subsequent standard edition released on November 16, 2012,[88] in Australia, it is available via Umbrella Entertainment, released August 5, 2015. Of primary importance was not the bloodshed or action, but rather the developing friendship and respect in evidence between the white convict Napoleon Wilson and black cop Lt. Bishop … also important in [Assault]'s homage to director Hawks was the unforgettable presence of actress Laurie Zimmer as a prototypical 'Hawksian Woman,' i.e., a female who gives as good as she gets and is both tough and feminine at the same time. "[25] In early 2004, Piers Martin of NME wrote that Carpenter's minimalist synthesizer score accounted for much of the film's tense and menacing atmosphere and its "impact, 27 years on, is still being felt. The problem was they didn’t know the station was being closed and there was hardly anybody inside. Assault on Precinct 13. svg-play Play. [67] The core plot of the film has reportedly inspired a 2019 Indian Tamil film Kaithi. [16], Two weeks of shooting indoors were followed by two weeks on-location. With only five defenders left alive, Roenick and Bishop decide to take action instead of waiting for another attack. Nathan Wyckoff March 5, 2021 Comment. [5]:49 According to Carpenter, the editing process was a bare-bones process. A remake of the 1976 John Carpenter film of the same name, directed by Jean-Franç … Bishop shoots a tank full of acetylene gas, which explodes and kills all the gang members in the basement. It fulfills all Carpenter's ambitions for gripping the audience emotionally and never letting go. Early in the lurid 1976 thriller Assault On Precinct 13, writer-director-composer-editor John Carpenter throws down the gauntlet in a harrowing sequence where a little girl (played by future Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards) returns to an ice-cream truck after receiving the wrong flavor of cone, and is murdered by gang members for her efforts. "Lost and Profound". "[17], One of the film's distinctive features is its score, written in three days by John Carpenter[9] and performed by Carpenter and Tommy Lee Wallace. [7], "The first night I saw dailies," replied art director Wallace, "projected on a bedsheet in the producer's ratty apartment… My jaw dropped and I sat up so straight I cast a shadow with my head. As the prisoners are put into cells, the telephone lines go dead, and when Starker prepares to put the prisoners back on the bus, the gang opens fire on the precinct, using weapons fitted with silencers. (March 10, 1978). O'Bannon was disgusted by the film and told Carpenter so. Beck doesn't believe him and tries to attempt a mutiny, but Bishop sides with Roenick and forcefully reminds Beck that Roenick is in charge. Assault On Precinct 13 has all the hallmarks of Romero’s Night of the Living Dead: an isolated setting, a cast of fated characters showing their true colours, both figuratively and literally, in a life and death situation, and an unending siege from a group of nameless agitators whose numbers seem boundless, who stalk their prey with an almost supernatural sense of ubiquity. She is of Irish, English, and Welsh descent. At first John Carpenter wanted to call the film "The Anderson Alamo" (the original title of his screenplay), and at one point he changed the working title to "The Siege." [1], "Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) - Box Office Mojo", "Assault on Precinct 13 Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes", "Assault on Precinct 13 Reviews at Metacritic.com", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Assault_on_Precinct_13_(2005_film)&oldid=1013459274, Fictional portrayals of the Detroit Police Department, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 March 2021, at 18:50. ARCHIVE: Original Post Date - May 30th, 2006 The Film The 2005 Version of Assault on Precinct 13 is an obvious remake of John Carpenter’s 1976 classic. For the most part, this is a pretty solid transfer, though you can't help but notice a brief scene about an hour into the movie when Leigh goes … Kim Richards, Actress: Assault on Precinct 13. Assault on Precinct 13 is a classic 1976 action thriller written and directed by John Carpenter.. The film begins as members of a local street gang called Street Thunder are ambushed and shot to death by the police in a Los Angeles ghetto. "Barney Miller" this film is not. Carpenter's made many different kinds of movies over the course of his long career, but he hasn't gotten to return often enough to terse tales of gun-toting heroes and villains. Though feel sad about the pretty doc's death, it makes the whole story more logical. [5]:192[26][27] The main theme was reworked in 1986 as an Italo disco 12"[28] and more famously as the 1990 UK-charting rave-song "Hardcore Uproar". "[44] In 2000 John Kenneth Muir placed the film at No. [34] Carpenter was delighted by the new praise. Bitomsky, Hartmut; Hofmann, Felix (February 2, 1979). [77], Assault was released on VHS by Media Home Entertainment in 1978[78] and on laserdisc by Image Entertainment on March 12, 1997. Carpenter originally called the film The Anderson Alamo[5] before briefly changing the title to The Siege to shop to distributors. RIO BRAVO And ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13: Essential Viewing In Any Order BC finally watches the inspiration for ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 and finds even more to like about it. And it’s just absolutely compelling. [9][14][16], — Rotten Tomatoes' consensus for Assault.[40]. And don't think you're laughing at it. Months later, Roenick is burned-out, abusing alcohol and painkillers while clinging to his unambitious new assignment as a desk sergeant at Precinct 13, a soon-to-be decommissioned police station. An officer tries to cuff Wilson, but Bishop angrily stops him and asks Wilson to walk out of the station with him. Assault on Precinct 13. [40] It is currently Carpenter's highest-rated film as writer-director on the website. "[76], Assault also marks the first time Carpenter's name would precede the title, e.g., John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13, which he would do on every subsequent feature film. [5]:3 The script was written in eight days. 3 on his rated list of John Carpenter's filmography, behind The Thing and Halloween. RIO BRAVO And ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13: Essential Viewing In Any Order. "Right from the scene when the little girl gets blown away, I was blown away. [75][a 6] "I just love Panavision," replied Carpenter. 1976. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) is one of those films that will stay with you for a while. A description of tropes appearing in Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). [3][a 2] The film was acquired by Irwin Yablans. "He knew Joseph Kaufman from his days in Philadelphia … Basically their fathers were funding Assault on Precinct 13". "Noir Romantics: The Urban Poetry of. 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