Bill Schmidt and his long-term girlfriend Martha Wayne and their young son Hal live in a small Connecticut farmhouse owned by Martha's overbearing father. One snowy winter Sunday, two of Bill's ex-army buddies, Mike and Tony, arrive. A few years ago, they had all served together in Vietnam in the same platoon but later ended up on opposite sides of a court-martial. Bill has never told his girlfriend what happened in Vietnam nor at the court-martial. The story slowly unfolds. Under orders in Vietnam not to take any prisoners, and faced with potentially hostile civilians who might attack them if left behind, Mike kills a civilian after raping her. Bill testifies against him and Mike is sent to the stockade (military prison) for two years. He is angry. There is sexual tension between Mike and Martha. The tension builds and culminates in a fight and a rape.
visitors, 1972, film, visitors, 1972, american, drama, film, directed, elia, kazan, starring, patrick, mcvey, entered, into, 1972, cannes, film, festival, kazan, used, article, written, daniel, lang, yorker, 1969, lang, subsequent, book, casualties, jumping, p. The Visitors is a 1972 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Patrick McVey It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival 2 Kazan used an article written by Daniel Lang for The New Yorker in 1969 and Lang s subsequent book Casualties of War as a jumping off point for this film 3 The VisitorsFilm posterDirected byElia KazanWritten byChris KazanProduced byChris KazanNicholas T ProferesStarringPatrick McVey James WoodsCinematographyNicholas T ProferesEdited byNicholas T ProferesDistributed byUnited ArtistsRelease dateFebruary 2 1972 1972 02 02 Running time88 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 160 000 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditBill Schmidt and his long term girlfriend Martha Wayne and their young son Hal live in a small Connecticut farmhouse owned by Martha s overbearing father One snowy winter Sunday two of Bill s ex army buddies Mike and Tony arrive A few years ago they had all served together in Vietnam in the same platoon but later ended up on opposite sides of a court martial Bill has never told his girlfriend what happened in Vietnam nor at the court martial The story slowly unfolds Under orders in Vietnam not to take any prisoners and faced with potentially hostile civilians who might attack them if left behind Mike kills a civilian after raping her Bill testifies against him and Mike is sent to the stockade military prison for two years He is angry There is sexual tension between Mike and Martha The tension builds and culminates in a fight and a rape Cast EditPatrick McVey as Harry Wayne Patricia Joyce as Martha Wayne James Woods as Bill Schmidt Steve Railsback as Mike Nickerson Chico Martinez as Tony RodriguesSee also Edito k a 1970 film also depicting the Incident on Hill 192 Casualties of War a 1989 film also depicting the Incident on Hill 192References Edit Champlin Charles May 13 1972 Cannes Entries Rated by Talking Geiger Counter Los Angeles Times p k1 Festival de Cannes The Visitors festival cannes com Retrieved April 16 2009 There is Yet More to Casualties of War phoenixnewtimes Retrieved October 26 2010 External links EditThe Visitors at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Visitors 1972 film amp oldid 1106924335, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
