THE PASSENGER (1975)
Michelangelo Antonioni's third and final film for MGM is his most puzzling — a fitting end to the European auteur's now-unthinkable experiment of working within the Hollywood studio system. Jack Nicholson stars as David Locke, a journalist covering a conflict in North Africa. When he discovers the corpse of an acquaintance who resembled him, he assumes the dead man's identity to explore his life — which turns out to be a dangerous one. David soon finds himself pursued by gunrunners and involved with a mysterious French student (LAST TANGO IN PARIS' Maria Schneider) on an adventure from the Algerian desert to London, Munich, Barcelona and back again. DIR/SCR Michelangelo Antonioni; SCR Mark Peploe, Peter Wollen; PROD Carlo Ponti. Italy/France/Spain, 1975, color, 126 min. RATED PG-13
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Run Time: 126 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, September 13, 2024
Genre: Drama