You can use this section to discover where and how this video is spreading throughout the vimeo community. No ordinary cult film, night tide covers a variety of different waterfronts. This is an enjoyable movie and im rating this a 5 star release. Her aunt is also facing her own difficulties and their time together becomes a learning experience for them both. It might be a stretch to classify night tide as film noir. Night tide was a film that i was personally very fond of as i knew the director, curtis harrington, a little bit before he passed away. Night tide first appeared on the screen back in 1961. With dennis hopper, linda lawson, gavin muir, luana anders. His first credited feature film, the picture marked both the feature debut of the bmovie icon as well as an early lead turn for a freshfaced dennis. Annette bedrossian studied fine arts with an emphasis in animation and film at woodbury university in burbank, where she obtained her. Night tide was filmed in 1960, but wasnt released until 63. For once, dennis hopper plays a fairly normal guy in curtis harringtons night tide night tide 1961, directed by curtis harrington from his own script. The film was produced by pilar savone and 1821 pictures.
Sailor johnny dennis hopper falls in love with sideshow mermaid, mora linda lawson. Teenage model cora moves to australia to live with her aunt after a damaging video of her goes viral. Stream tracks and playlists from nighttide on your desktop or mobile device. It might not be for everybodys tastes as, clocking in at a brisk 85 minutes, it is fairly succinct and obviously very low budget. Below are hedi slimanes picks, with film selections varying in each country. A documentary film about american manufacturing made by harrington for the united states information agency after night tide failed to land him the studio feature directing gigs he had hoped for, it for the most part follows the format of such films complete with shots of industrial workers and a sober narration, but makes interesting use of music and sound and almost semiabstract closeups of. Its a film from the american underground, its a horror movie, and its an early example of independent cinema before there was such a term. Night tide 1961 dennis hopper falls in love with a mermaid. Honestly, its amazing that this film works as well as it does. Dubai evolution from 1960 to 2021 timelapse youtube. Seen today, night tide is both a lovely mood piece and a look back at a peculiar moment in american moviemaking, and either way a bit of lowcost enchantment. Video of night tide as a part of regeneration 2010, the retrospective project program.
It stands for beauty in electronic sound and international collaboration between musicians and analogue photographers. The press kit proclaimed night tide as a unique american new wave thriller, and went on to enumerate harringtons work in experimental film. In fact, the gloomy atmosphere, the dim male figure, the sea people, the womans trouble with expressing physical affection and her tragic destiny turn this film into a sort of seaside resort version of cat people. Night tide was restored in 2008 by the academy film archive with support from the film foundation and curtis harrington. Shown at the venice film festival in 1961, the film did not secure a u. Set in the spectacular welsh countryside along the gower coastline, high tide tells the story of bethan who has just one day to reclaim, repair and reembrace her relationship with teenage son josh. Shot in and around santa monica and venice beach in the beat cultures heyday, this poetic film brims with the atmosphere of bygone coffee houses and bongos on the shore. Curtis harringtons night tide on kino lorber bluray slant.
Completed in 1961, night tide had a wait ahead before eventually arriving in cinemas, the delay attributable to an unpaid bill on the pathe film laboratory. More than 250,000 words that arent in our free dictionary. Its easy to have affection for night tide which achieves quite a bit with obviously. Night tide 1961 official trailer mubi curated by hedi slimane. F ew films capture the mood of dashed sensual yearning that often greets summer nostalgia with the vivid acuity that distinguishes night tide. What other subtitles would you like to see from us. A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman, performing as a mermaid at the local carnival. When finally released under the auspices of roger cormans the film group, it played a doublebill with the raven, one of cormans cash cow adaptations from the bibliography of edgar. Night tide 1961 thriller full movie watch online download subtitles searcher. Le film a ete restaure par l academy film archive en 2007. Night tide is a 1961 film about a mysterious woman who is suspected to be a killer mermaid. Harrington, who had directed outre film shorts early in his career and would go on to work behind the camera of such television programs as charlies angels and dynasty, lets the film unfold deliberately. Dennis hopper plays johnny drake, a sailor on shore leave who discovers a mermaid sideshow attraction at the marina. You must there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one thats only in the merriamwebster unabridged dictionary.
The above sentence tells all you need to know if youll have any interest in watching night tide, but quite honestly, who wouldnt want to watch it after that brief synopsis johnny drake a young dennis hopper is a sailor on shore leave who visits a seaside town, and while enjoying a beer in a local bar meets mora. Cinematography vilis lapenieks production design paul mathieson film editor jodie coplan original music david raksin produced by aram katarian. The subtitle database subtitlesbank is sure to delight lovers of world cinema masterpieces. Nicolas winding refn on night tide and the importance of. Night terrors with dennis hopper in night tide 1960 criminal. Sailor johnny dennis hopper visits enigmatic mora linda lawson, from whom he coaxed an invitation the night before, at her apartment on the santa monica, california pier, her odd profession one of their subjects, in art film director curtis harrington s first feature, night tide, 1961. Time and tide is a 2000 hong kong action film directed, produced and cowritten by tsui hark. Night tide was completed in 1960 and opened in 61, but financial problems with its. Dennis hopper, linda lawson, gavin muir, luana anders. Peter conheim, bynwr archivist and head of restorations introduced me to spring night, summer night, which i didnt end up buying. We encourage you to leave comments regarding the night tide legendas. Johnny dennis hopper is on shore leave and meets mora linda lawson whom he believes is a mermaid and kills during the full moon. As the wwii tide turned in their direction in 194445, the allied forces had more than military liberation on their minds.
The film is conventional compared to director curtis harringtons impressionistic and justifiably wellregarded shorts, but it affirms his gift for establishing an atmosphere that comments gracefully on his characters desires and neuroses, which. Judy davis stars as lilli, the exhausted drifter, and jan adele is very good as the older woman, never sentimental, always seeing things with hardeyed realism. Night tide is a dark and moody film set by the pacific, with an old pier carnival and its seaside surroundings as the main setting and what could be seen by some today as a few problematic elements in some of its troubled characters. I borrowed this film from netflix dvd about ten years ago, based on recommendations from some talk board or other. This is an excellent release for this movie and fans of independent movies and independent science fictionfantasy in particular will want to own this. Night tide dvd 1961 movie on dvd dennis hopper jazz. But the movie works, and has moments of surprising depth as well as a noiresque feel. Barely a horror film in the traditional sense, night tide is soaked in atmosphere from the opening frames. Dec 05, 2016 taylor lautner stars in run the tide, soham methas drama about a man desperate to keep his younger brother away from their excon mother.
Night tide was filmed at various southern california ocean front locations including venice beach, the santa monica pier, pacific ocean park and the long beach pike. Find our releases at record stores and digitally for the cyber minded. Thanks to filmgroup, roger cormans distribution company, the movie reached american theaters in 1963. Night tide, bluray, remastered, horror, 738329096229. The film does look 20 years older than its release date due to the atrocious print quality. High tide is a somber and muted film, very well acted. Johnny dennis hopper is a sailor on leave attending a carnival side show. The film is set in hong kong where a young man becomes a bodyguard and befriends a mercenary determined to begin life anew with the woman he just married. Apr 16, 2018 visual effects timelapse film showing dubai evolution over 58 years and 5 years of expected projects completion by 2021. Night tide certainly has something of a pedigree in the exploitation.
I find that movie to be quite unique, so that was my own personal obsession. His first credited feature film, the picture marked both the feature debut of the b movie icon as well as an early lead turn for a freshfaced dennis. Night tide is a 1961 thriller film, written and directed by curtis harrington and starring dennis hopper. A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman, performing as a mermaid at the local carnival but soon suspects she might be a real mermaid, luring men to their death. Run the tide is a 2016 drama film directed by soham mehta, written by rajiv shah, and starring taylor lautner, constance zimmer, kenny johnson and johanna braddy. Night tide 2007 while on shore leave, sailor johnny drake dennis hopper becomes enamored of mora linda lawson, a young woman who works as a mermaid at a sideshow attraction. Sailor johnny dennis hopper falls in love with carnivalgirl mora linda lawson, despite warnings that mora is a jinx who has brought about the deaths of two previous suitors. Night tide has been newly remastered in 1080p hd with an aspect ratio of 1. Harringtons debut feature, night tide 1963, stars a youthful dennis hopper in. Harringtons skillful use of the desolate seaside locations mostly shot around the venice and santa monica beaches yields some terrific results, but the stately pacing and deliberately low key acting may put off drivein monster buffs. It was filmed in 1960, premiered in 1961, but was held up from general release until 1963.
Night tide is a fascinating film that conjures a strange, uncommon aura that evokes great mystery as well as the opportunity for horror. A virtually unknown italianmade film with pam grier. Shot in 1960, its also a strangely haunting artifact of its time. Jul 17, 2017 night tide, a new musical inspired by the 1961 mysterythriller b movie, tells the kitschy and compelling tale of johnny drake, a lonely naval sailor. Writerdirector curtis harrington does an admirable job working around the severe budget limitations of the 1961 psychological chiller night tide. Dubais transformation and development as a city over the last decade is. Much of night tide is shot in daylight, adding to the feeling of mounting dread on the picturesque pier. Night tide is a 1961 american horror film written and directed by curtis harrington and starring dennis hopper. Costarring gavin muir as captain samuel murdock, night tide is a surreal stroll alongside the beach. One of harringtons most accessible films, night tide is less a horror. The film was restored by the academy film archive in 2007. Nighttide definition of nighttide by merriamwebster.
Cameron also costarred in his subsequent film night tide 1961 with dennis hopper. While vilis lapenieks little shop of horrors, queen of blood is credited as the cinematographer, harrington later revealed that roger corman regular floyd crosby. Watch night tide 1965 full movie free online streaming. Released one year prior to the atmospheric, surreal horror classic carnival of souls, night tide is a similarly bizarre film that radiates an odd effect. Night tide has genre elementsdennis hopper plays a sailor who falls in love with a girl who believes herself to be a mermaidbut the casual naturalism of the film seems unrelated to the world of gothic monsters and bugeyed aliens that dominated horror fare of the early 1960s. Lets set aside the incongruity of a movie company trying to sell a teenoriented horror flick on the basis that it was an arthouse film in the french tradition made by an underground artist. You must there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one thats only in the merriamwebster unabridged dictionary start your free trial today and get unlimited access to americas largest dictionary, with.
Its no secret that night tide was inspired by tourneurs cat people. As part of film at lacmas stay at home film series, we will be doing a live stream screening of curtis harringtons night tide on lacmas youtube channel on friday, april 17 at 7. Its shot like a grand noir film but also has a wonderful dexterity in its cinema and has the novelty of featuring a very young dennis hopper as the lead. Johnny a young dennis hopper falls in love with mora linda lawson, a sideshow performer who might also be a mermaid with a penchant for murdering her lovers. Anthony steel annie belle pamela grier giacomo rossi stuart hugo pratt alain montpetit.
The 34 year old directors script was finally produced in 1960 and premiered as night tide at the spoleto film festival in 1961. Night tide will make its regional theater debut july 2020 at the towle theater in hammond, in. Johnny a young dennis hopper falls in love with mora linda lawson, a sideshow performer who might also be a. It even threatens to turn into a melodrama when its revealed that moras two previous boyfriends both perished in drowning accidents. A modest little film noir about a sailor falling for a sideshow mermaid who may or may not be the real item. Oct 16, 20 entitled night tide, the film bowed in 1961, and was given to the world by director curtis harrington. As he enjoys his first shore leave exploring the boardwalks, tiki bars, and beach parties of a spooky seaside town, johnny meets mora, a seductive and mysterious young woman who works in the. Night tide in 2010 by eiko and koma has been added to 8 collections. His first credited feature film, the picture marked both the feature debut of the bmovie icon as well as an early lead turn for a freshfaced dennis hopper, and is as drenched in mood as any horror film of its day could have dreamt of being.
Jan 07, 2020 the first decent release of night tide arrived on laserdisc in 1998, followed a year later by a dvd from image entertainment featuring identical contents. Related collections for night tide in 2010 on vimeo. He directed several avantgarde short films in the 1940s and 50s, including fragment of seeking, picnic, and the wormwood star a film study of the artwork of marjorie cameron. Barely a horror film in the traditional sense, night tide is soaked in. Set in an amusement park, harringtons film blends a romantic mystery story. The nonanamorphic presentation was quite good for its time and made for a nice upgrade, even if its been left in the dust now. He falls in love with a woman posing as a mermaid at a venice california amusement pier before she tries to kill him during a skin diving excursion. Night tide is a cross continental label founded by eluize in 2016 between berlin and adelaide. Read the night tide movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies.
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