Hardcore
Hardcore is a 1979 American neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, and Dick Sargent. The plot follows a conservative Midwestern businessman whose teenage daughter goes missing in California. With the help of a prostitute, his search leads him into the illicit subculture of pornography, including snuff films.
Plot
In December 1977, Jake Van Dorn (George C. Scott), a devout Calvinist businessman and single father from Grand Rapids, Michigan, faces a parent's worst nightmare when his teenage daughter, Kristen, vanishes during a church-sponsored trip to Bellflower, California. Months pass with no leads until May 1978, when Andy Mast (Peter Boyle), a brash private investigator from Los Angeles, presents Van Dorn with shocking evidence: an 8 mm stag film purchased in an L.A. sex shop, depicting Kristen engaged in a sexual act with two men. Horrified, Van Dorn becomes convinced his daughter has been kidnapped and forced into sex work.
More details
| author | Paul Schrader |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California Michigan San Francisco |
| director | Paul Schrader |
| editor | Tom Rolf |
| genre | crime drama western |
| keywords | 8 mm 8 mm film austere faith bondage dungeon brothel calvinism calvinist engage failed marriage fetish club force horrify kidnap lapd los angeles free press los angeles police department motel room nightclub peep show porn star private investigator prostitute prostitution protestantism return home sadomasochism sadomasochistic sever sex shop sex show sex worker sexual act shadow shock single father snuff film stag film strike teenage daughter tijuana traumatize upbringing |
| musicBy | Jack Nitzsche |
| producer | Buzz Feitshans |
| productionCompany | A-Team Productions |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco |
| theme | missing people neo-noir religion snuff |