| Scarecrow | |
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| Directed by | Jerry Schatzberg |
| Produced by | Robert M. Sherman |
| Written by | Garry Michael White |
| Starring | Gene Hackman Al Pacino Eileen Brennan Richard Lynch |
| Music by | Fred Myrow |
| Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| Editing by | Evan Lottman |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | 11 April 1973 (New York City only) |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Language | English |
Scarecrow is a 1973 road movie starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino.
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The story revolves around the odd relationship between two vagabonds: Max Milian (Gene Hackman), a short-tempered ex-convict, and Francis Lionel "Lion" Delbuchi (Al Pacino), a childlike ex-sailor. They meet on the road in California and agree to become partners in a business, once they reach Pittsburgh.
Lion is on his way to Detroit to see the child he has never met and make amends with his wife Annie, to whom he has been sending all the money he made while at sea. Max agrees to make a detour on his way to Pittsburgh, where the bank that Max has been sending all his seed money is located. His plans are to open a car wash, with Lionel as a partner.
While visiting Max's sister in Denver, the two's antics land them in a prison work-house for a month. Max blames Lion for being sent back to jail and shuns him. Lion is befriended, then assaulted by an inmate named Riley (Richard Lynch). Max proceeds to teach Riley a lesson, rekindling his friendship with Lion.
The two have a profound effect on each other, with Lion becoming more of an adult and Max loosening up his high-strung aggression (at one point doing a tongue-in-cheek striptease to diffuse a fight at a bar). When they do finally make it to Detroit, Max has to take care of Lion, who becomes catatonic after hearing the passing of his unborn child (a lie made up by Annie to make Lion guilty for leaving them).
The film won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]
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