DEADLY DRIFTER D

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• Release Year: 1982
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: An explosive plot against the government; ; Rooted in a novel written by Ronald Sukenick, Deadly Drifter is an atypical, covertly satirical film that archives the life of a nomadic philosopher who contemplates American culture and strives to discover himself. In his travels, the main character, Rex (Peter Coyote), stumbles upon everything from sex and drugs to political mistrust and extremist conspiracies. In the 1960s, Rex takes his revolutionary views to various places across the U.S., and by the '70s and '80s, he is horror-struck by societ's disintegration from the idelism of the previous years, to the adaptation of materialism and egocentricity. A self-invented 'urban guerilla' of sorts, Rex is sent on clandestine missions by a mysterious employer who relays his assignments through peculiar methods. As he struggles to find himself, what Rex finds is more than he bargained forthat he is forever estranged from the very society he questions
• Cast: Peter Coyote, O-Lan Jones, Jim Haynie, Grandfather Semu Haute, Scott Beach, Danny Glover, Max Grodénchik, Gail Dartez, Eli Hollander, Ronald Sukenick
• Director: Eli Hollander
• Runtime: 1:30
• Company: Osprey, Platinum Disc Corporation
• Media Format: Movie