Southern Comfort
Filmfest 2014
(Die letzten Amerikaner)
Switzerland, USA, United Kingdom 1981
Original version
(Original: English)
Director: Walter Hill
Section: Retrospective - Walter Hill
Set in 1973 in the bayous of Louisiana, a squad of National Guards incur the anger of the local Cajun people while on a training exercise and end up having to fight for their survival as they are hunted through the swamps. Admittedly, it becomes difficult not to draw comparison with the Vietnam War... But significantly, the film represents a clash of cultures. Yes it’s a film about survival, but more than just individual survival, it’s about cultural survival.
Samantha Cliffe, denofgeek.com
Cast: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Franklyn Seales, T.K. Carter
Credits
Screenplay: Michael Kane, Walter Hill, David Giler
Director of Photography: Andrew Laszlo
Film Editor: Freeman A. Davies
Composer: Ry Cooder
Production Designer: John Vallone
Producer: David Giler
Production Company: Cinema Group
World Sales: Millenium Entertainment
Director: Walter Hill
