Targets (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Producer(s) | Peter Bogdanovich, Daniel Selznick (associate), Roger Corman (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Thriller/Suspense |
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Targets Overview:
Targets (1968) was a Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and produced by Peter Bogdanovich, Roger Corman and Daniel Selznick.
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Targets (1968): Orlok Makes You Scream
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 26, 2021 From 4 Star FilmsThe story goes Peter Bogdanovich met Roger Corman sitting in a screening of Bay of Angels (1963). What came out of that was an apprenticeship of sorts on Wild Angels (1966) in the Corman Film School where Bogdanovich did everything you could possibly imagine from script doctoring to location scoutin... Read full article
Targets (1968)
By Beatrice on Jan 20, 2020 From Flickers in TimeTargets Directed by Peter Bogdonovich Written by Peter Bogdonovich; story by Bogdonovich and Polly Platt 1968/USA IMDb link One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die One of 1000 Best Horror Movies on They Shoot Zombies Don’t They? Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant Not too shabby for a feature... Read full article
Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941, John English and William Witney), Chapter 7: Human Targets
By Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 17, 2017 From The Stop ButtonStarting Human Targets, I couldn?t remember what cliffhanger needed to be resolved. It?s not a good one. More of the ?Tom Tyler is bad at being a superhero? same. Once it gets resolved, with William ?Billy? Benedict shooting the breeze with Tyler and asking zero questions about why Tyler?s trying to... Read full article
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Quotes from
Byron Orlok: You know what they call my films today? Camp! High camp!
[Bobby Thompson cowers before Byron Orlok]
Byron Orlok: Is *that* what I was afraid of?
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Facts about
Frank Marshall's parents and then-girlfriend appear as film-goers at the drive-in scenes. The film's dolly grip also appears, as the father shot, to the horror of his son who is sitting next to him in one of the cars.
According to Peter Bogdanovich's introduction to the film on the DVD, the scene in which Sammy wakes up with a hangover and is jolted when the first thing he sees is Byron Orlok originally called for him to laugh at himself, but he couldn't manage it. Boris Karloff suggested the bit that is actually used in the film - and ad-libbed Orlof's start when he unexpectedly confronts himself in a mirror, as well.
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