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Bite the Bullet
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Bite the Bullet is a 1975 American Western film directed, produced, and written by Richard Brooks. The movie features a cast including Gene Hackman, James Coburn, Candice Bergen, and Ben Johnson. It was produced by Persky-Bright Productions, Vista, and Columbia Pictures, with the latter also handling distribution. The narrative is set in Nevada, while filming took place in New Mexico.
The film has a runtime of 132 minutes and was shot on 35 mm film. Music was composed by Alex North, with cinematography by Harry Stradling and production design by Robert F. Boyle. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound. The plot involves themes such as horse racing, endurance, and an ex-prostitute.
Critical reception includes a review score of 6.6 out of 10 and 73 percent. The production budget was 4,000,000. The film was released in the United States in 1975, with specific dates including April 26, May 1, June 25, and June 27, as well as September 26. It is available on fuboTV.
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Film · TMDB
6.5At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Sam Clayton
- Candice Bergen as Miss Jones
- James Coburn as Luke Matthews
- Ben Johnson as Mister
- Ian Bannen as Sir Harry Norfolk
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Carbo
Themes
- horse race
- horse
- endurance
- ex prostitute
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Western film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Screenwriter
- Richard Brooks
- Cast member
- John McLiam
- Composer
- Alex North
- Producer
- Richard Brooks
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- Nevada
- Filming location
- New Mexico
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 787865
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- publication date
- 1977-04-22
- title
- Bite the Bullet
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- production designer
- Robert F. Boyle
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- review score
- 73%
- film format
- 35 mm film
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