Punishment Park
1971 · 88 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 7,905 VOTES · DIR. Peter Watkins
Overview
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,488 lines
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00:00:07 ...also known as the McCarran Act...
00:03:48 Sen. George McLewis resigned from the Senate...
00:07:04 ...in addition to the sentence duly passed
00:11:08 Do you think my language is immoral?
00:14:33 This man is calling for violence, for the destruction of this country...
00:19:43 Let's take a minute and get out of here
00:23:03 Time remaining 1 hour 25 mins
00:26:17 ...to working in a fucking dirty factory...
00:29:38 It does not exist anymore
00:34:20 But it is
00:38:15 It was necessary
00:43:23 It has nothing to do with Chicanos
00:47:21 They taught me to think and gave me a set of moral values
00:50:06 Who's getting killed by the guns that I hear?
00:53:50 ...and we sort of worked that thing out
00:57:17 Anyone that wants to come with us, come on
01:00:43 ...have seized a West German sound technician as hostage
01:04:32 Distance to the US flag...
01:07:54 Stop where you are!
01:11:36 ...passively or violently
01:15:03 - You mean he's trained to kill people? - Yes, he is. To defend his country
01:19:05 Motherfuckers
01:23:29 Don't you goddamn come near us
30:00:00 South Korean soldiers...
Cast & Characters
Patrick Boland
First Tribunal Defendant
Kent Foreman
Defendant in the tribunal
Carmen Argenziano
Jay Kaufman, Tribunal Defendant
Luke Johnson
Defendant in the tribunal
Katherine Quittner
Nancy Smith
Scott Turner
James Arthur Kohler, Tribunal Defendant
Stan Armsted
Charles Robbins
Mary Ellen Kleinhall
Allison Mitchner
Mark Keats
William C. Hoeger, Tribunal Chairman
Gladys Golden
Mary Jurgens, Tribunal Member
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,488
Dialogue density16.9 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line30:00:00
Production Record
DirectorPeter Watkins
LanguageEnglish
Budget$95,000
IMDb votes7,905