Hardcore
Hardcore is a 1979 American neo-noir crime-drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Ilah Davis and Season Hubley. The story concerns a father (Scott) searching for his daughter (Davis), who has vanished only to appear in a pornographic film. Schrader had previously written the screenplay for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, and both films share a theme of exploring an unseen subculture.
Plot
Jake Van Dorn is a prosperous local businessman in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who has strong Calvinist convictions. A single parent, Van Dorn is the father of a seemingly quiet, conservative teenage girl, Kristen, who inexplicably disappears when she goes on a church-sponsored trip to Bellflower, California. Andy Mast, a strange private investigator (PI) from Los Angeles, is then hired to find her, eventually turning up an 8mm stag film of Kristen with two young men.
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author | Paul Schrader |
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contentLocation | California Michigan San Francisco |
director | Paul Schrader |
editor | Tom Rolf |
genre | crime drama |
keywords | 8 mm film 8mm bondage calvinist emotionally distant film force free will grand rapids kidnap los angeles free press los angeles police department mexico nightclub persuade police department porn actor porn actress porn industry private investigator return home s & m sadomasochism sex show single parent snuff film stag film teenage girl turn uneasy alliance upbringing |
musicBy | Jack Nitzsche |
producer | Buzz Feitshans John Milius |
productionCompany | A-Team Productions |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
recordedAt | Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco |
theme | neo-noir pornographic snuff |