Hardcore (1979) movie review - Sneak Previews with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel

[@johnfitzpatrick3094]

One of Scott's great performances.

[@williamhowe1]

Next to Patton.

[@buddygripple7512]

@@williamhowe1 And Exorcist III.

[@j.c.marshall2374]

Don't forget The Hospital too

[@johnfitzpatrick3094]

@@j.c.marshall2374 I haven't had a chance to see that film.

[@patr70]

At 2:01 the outdoor scene is filmed on Broadway Pier in Downtown San Diego. The pier was redone about 10 years ago but I remember it looking just like it did in this clip.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

This movie had a great ad line: "Oh my God, that's my daughter!" (Tells you exactly what it's about.) Season Hubley also played a Hooker in VICE SQUAD.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yes, she did!

[@ianfindly3257]

She must've had a hooker look to film producers.

[@gaba-goo3733]

and that quoted line was never said in the film! but he did say something similar i think

[@littlecasino60]

'Hardcore' is one of my all time favorite films. I saw it at the movie theater. My first R-rated film.

[@Bacalao2929]

Princess Taboo saw that on HBO when I was 11

[@lovesallanimals9948]

I saw that at 12

[@CR41489]

This is another good film written and directed by Paul Schrader. George C. Scott is very good. Very well made.

[@joel8583]

I agree, yes.

[@Bacalao2929]

CR41489 it's the unofficial sequel to Taxi Driver

[@rubenreyna2198]

I was 14 back in the early 80's when Hardcore was playing Cinemax. I snuck downstairs to watch it @ midnight. Lo & Behold R rating for sure! My eyes & mind were like Whoa!!

[@xo4812]

"Usually in films these days we see people get hit by objects." Lol

[@alexmerrin9634]

That was said a year before Friday the 13th and the subsequent tidal wave of slasher films. He predicted the future.

[@arfriedman4577]

I remember watching Siskel and Ebert movie reviews growing up. I was a bit young when this film was out so I don't remember seeing tv commercials. I just clicked when I saw siskel and ebert.

[@jacobdehaan4114]

I love this movie. George C. Scott and Peter Boyle shine in their performances

[@j.c.marshall2374]

Among Paul Schrader's best work. George C. Scott performance is only bettered by The Hospital and Patton. Great stuff.

[@leamanc]

Scott is great in it, but Schrader caved to the studio on the ending, which kind of ruins the whole thing.

[@j.c.marshall2374]

​@@leamanc I completely agree with you. The final act loses some momentum. It's not quite up to the standards of Mishima, Light Sleeper, First Reformed or The Card Counter. It's still a fascinating watch with some terrific performances from George C. Scott, Peter Boyle and Season Hubley.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

​@@leamanc I agree. The ending is terrible.

[@jimmyl324]

Season Hubley is so good in this movie

[@philhatfield8905]

George C Scott and Peter Boyle were especially good in "Hardcore."

[@robertparker6280]

Can we get an entire collection or at least the greatest reviews of Siskel & Ebert? Cause I'd buy it just to see the best critics out there.

[@williamsnyder5616]

BACKSTORY: I was originally from Grand Rapids, MI, where the beginning of ''Hardcore'' was set. At the time ''Hardcore'' was to be filmed, Grand Rapids was much more politically conservative and was seemingly more religious with a heavy influence of Calvinism. If you were a Dutch-American kid in GR, you went to a Christian Reformed church twice on Sunday and once on Wednesday, you didn'g smoke or didn't drink booze and you didn't go to high school dances. When Columbia Pictures announced it was adapting Grand Rapids native Paul Shrader's story, the studio used the working title, ''The Pilgrim,'' not ''Hardcore,'' a title which surely would have caused the Grand Rapids City Commission to veto Columbia from doing location shooting. Deliberate deception or not, the city was miffed when ''Hardcore'' was released. Many felt the ''Hollywood crowd'' was pointing fingers at Calvinism and deeply religious people. Personallty, I liked the film, though I agreed with Gene Siskel that the ending was flawed. Nevertheless, I think Shrader's script showed a balance of sincerely religious and conservative people and those who were judgmental.

[@jonwhitehead5426]

Didn't know that about Grand Rapids. You could tell Schrader's own upbringing brought authenticity to the portrayal of the city.

[@Satchel334]

Scorsese should have directed Hardcore! And plus the daughter needed more characterization.

[@themcadamsminute8494]

I don’t really think the daughter needed much a backstory. In the film, you do see him go through her bedroom and he realizes just how isolating her life has been. I grew up in a very rural community and what happened in hardcore does happen to young women who leave to seek excitement of the big city only to get caught in traps like in the film.

[@twikirobot6897]

Powerful film.

[@davidtimothymiller6883]

Where is IRIS

[@newwavepop]

didnt the actress that played the daughter sort of go missing in real life. if i recall this was her only credit and she went out and got involved with some weird cult and no one really knew what happened to her.

[@ertertwert1]

Love this movie.

[@markstiburski9136]

40 some years later everybody's watching hardcore porn like it's nothing on their own personal telephones

[@danielmaher7108]

1979 was very different from today. Downtown San Diego was incredibly sleazy back then.

[@jimmyl324]

I have this movie on dvd.

[@rashodlewis2918]

Just ordered the Blu-ray today.

[@jimmyl324]

I bought the Blu-ray too

[@rashodlewis2918]

@@jimmyl324 I finally got the Blu-ray in the mail last week. Last month when I was on vacation I found a unopened dvd copy at a thrift store. So now I have the Blu-ray and DVD. 📀📀. Pretty good movie.

[@imbluz]

This movie accurately depicted both the Porno underground as well as the LA Law Enforcement.

[@danielgrimes8312]

Jeez Siskel Look like he got fun Last Night

[@JohnSmith-zl8rz]

This video is from 1979? same year of the movie? Looks more 80s.

[@Sam-lm8gi]

Have you seen the movie? It couldn't be more 70s if it tried. Bell-bottoms, afros, jumbo collars galore, and there are even a couple Star Wars themed strippers with lightsabers.

[@JohnSmith-zl8rz]

@@Sam-lm8gi yes, I even import from UK this movie on bluray. I just say the review don't looks like 1979.

[@WinslowLeach1974]

It is early 1979, as you see Siskel and Ebert's 'thumbs up/down' for "The Great Train Robbery" near the end, which was released in late 1978.

[@Fanuc_Operator1990]

Why do I feel like this movie inspired 8mm?

[@tomloft2000]

strange George C. Scott saying he didn't care who was on Johnny Carson when he was on the show several times.

[@TrippingHawk]

Could it be because he's playing a character?

[@zefallafez]

😁

[@manw3bttcks]

@@TrippingHawk It's also possible to "do" something that you don't care about because it's required for something else you do care about

[@eargasm1072]

I recall I quite liked this Schrader film...."Blue Collar" and "American Gigolo" are pretty darn good too. One of the first directors to address or use the subject of porn and "sex work" in American films

[@mooville32]

Warren Beatty allegedly wanted this role and movie with Paul Schrader out of it but Schrader stuck to his guns.

[@Truthseeker1961]

Warren Beatty? Warren would have been a better fit in a cameo as a porn star maybe, because I doubt he would have been convincing enough playing a religious Man with a teen daughter. With HIS well known womanizing and sex symbol status at the time? I don't think so, George C. Scott fit the bill perfectly.

[@mooville32]

@@Truthseeker1961 I know! From what I read he tried to buy the rights and push Schrader out. Glad dit worked out this way!

[@brianvail9212]

Beatty's original concept would be him attempting to find his younger sister. By this time in his life he was dating real porn actresses.

[@mordecaiesther3591]

8 mm tryed to rip this movie off .

[@mooville32]

@@brianvail9212 Ha!!!!!!!

[@edreid7872]

I saw this in the theater because had a crush on Season Hubley...but I thought she was daughter he was looking for...

[@danmseattle975]

Season Hubley was a babe- and a good actress besides

[@transitny]

I have a DVD of this in my collection. First saw it on Encore in the late 90s and wanted to keep a copy. Scott's trip into those seedy areas reminds me somewhat of Bronson in Death Wish II, when he went into the hellholes of L.A. in the early 80s. Apparently, the religious convictions of Scott's character prevent him from killing people like Kersey, he only beats the crap out of them. Seriously, though, a solid performance by the legendary George C. Scott. Season Hubley is great in this, as is Leonard Gaines as the obnoxious porn tycoon Ramada (I guess his hotel chain fell apart by then).

[@christopherdavis8248]

I thought the Muppet movie more shocking than this.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

You would, dumb ass.

[@L_Enfant_Terrible]

Agreed lol

[@anthonyscully2998]

Is that the one where Kermit and miss piggy fuck?

[@tribaldiana1470]

really? maybe your used to porn. for these actors to do full on nudity was shocking to me. the subject matter is not shocking but its not pleasant to see either.. he left nothing to the imagination in a mainstream film.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

​@@tribaldiana1470 I agree. I wasn't exactly shocked but I didn't feel comfort in the sleazy atmosphere. Yet on the other hand, I couldn't stop watching.

[@moviesgalore9947]

The remake he just sees his daughter on Pornhub and travels to Pornhub company headquarters to destroy all their video monitors and computer servers. And his daughter never goes to Hollywood she uploads her videos from her own bedroom when her parents are asleep. Dad has no idea how this modern technology works he's clueless.

[@davidbranin969]

Gene Yes Roger Yes Dave No 40+ years since I've seen it.

[@phantomcollector1976]

HARDCORE IS AN AMAZING FILM

[@andrewpowell1734]

The town that dreaded sundown.

[@adamquiles2468]

Yep enjoyed this movie immensely pretty sad though

[@mikesilva3868]

😊interesting

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

Cinema Speculation brought me here

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

A sordid, twisted thriller that Silence of the Lambs, 8mm and Thesis would drink from

[@Theakker3B]

Not a fan of Hardcore. I like Taxi Driver, but this movie showed that Paul Schrader has this weird thing with underage teen girls getting dragged into the underground sleezy sex world. It's creepy.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

If he was so obsessed with under aged girls, he wouldn't have dedicated nearly as much time as he did crafting the troubled minds of those men.

[@wind2536]

Damn, no dislikes.

[@christopherdavis8248]

thank you. I just disliked it.

[@wind2536]

@@christopherdavis8248 it's why I brought it up

[@TheWuCepticon1981]

@@christopherdavis8248 LOL Damn, you really hate this movie huh? You have multiple comments hating it lmao what did it do you? kill your dog?

[@christopherdavis8248]

@@TheWuCepticon1981 LOL. I was just being an ass. I what set me off were all these comments on how great it is. its not. I mean, really. its not. (and I current own a copy of it) the movie is histrionic and shrill (much like George C. Scott's acting). The movie did not age well at all. REAL TALK: although pornography late 60s and 70s had really shady organized crime connections, women who went to Hollywood to get legitimate acting jobs were treated the same way (Harvey Weinstein) Prostitution and human trafficking are real problems that persist to this day. This movie is a Jerry Springer cartoon that I bet today embarrasses even the writer/director Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver). A way better movie by him would be 1978's Blue Collar starring Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto (Alien) and Harvey Keitel.

[@L_Enfant_Terrible]

this movie is so bad. very straight in it's judgments and treatment. not rough or hardcore at all. Shoulda been named "TRADITIONAL"

[@MrInterestingthings]

Schrader is great . Mishima is so far away from this . Is it bad that America became so free we no longer know what is healthy or good for us . Religiosity aint good but neither is disrespecting the earth or our private concerns . The young lady in this scene is not begolden to oldfashioned ideas about sex but one has to ask when is it ok for someone to touch or defecate on another living organism . Why are we so afraid of sex or nudity or bodily fluids . Disease is easily transmitted and this is also how life is transferred . I'm lost Queen Mary ! Competent governance . What will hold this scary welt from Die Ende . Anger and disappointment fuels populism Rump in dee WhiteHouse wuz nit dee antwort ! Unique is death .Unique is Life . This may not be so . Life is Cheap Toilet Paper Is Expensive . Ive never forgotten that film I saw in San Francisco so many years ago ! !I need new blood - Im a bat sink ua fangs in dee bullocks !

[@JohnSmith-zl8rz]

this is full of spoilers, I only watch this sneak previews after watch the movies!

[@CaptainSpalding72]

'SHUT IT OFFFFF!"

[@joegideon8461]

Turn it off. Turn it off! TURN IT OFF! TURN IT ARRRRRGGGHHHHHhhhhhfff!!!!!

[@hmdwgf]

TURN IT OFF TURN IT OFF!!!

[@ricardocantoral7672]

*TURN IT OFF !*

[@parallaxview2143]

I was so disappointed when I saw this. There is literally nothing in the movie worth bopping your baloney to.

[@cheryldahl9192]

That scene they showed was wrong. In reality, he does care about sex a lot! He cares about it so much he is picky about with whom he does it with. Hollywood can't write Christains too well, but at least they used to try.

[@christopherdavis8248]

the only thing "Hardcore" about this movie is its stupidly!

[@TheWuCepticon1981]

LOL

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Shut the fuck up

[@L_Enfant_Terrible]

Rightt loll

[@ReverendBenzo]

This movie became dated very quickly.

[@williammoseley17]

Excellent performace by all

[@christopherdavis8248]

1 million thumbs down.

[@L_Enfant_Terrible]

this movie sucks lmaooo

[@tribaldiana1470]

amazing acting, held your attention thru out the film. it was so well done, yet it was so hard to watch, all of the seediness of people. i was really shocked to see hubley in those full on nude scenes. they left nothing to the imagination. but i could not have imagined her doing them i always saw her in less revealing film. this was almost X rated. i never saw the film till now. it was very worth watching.

[@I_leave_mean_comments]

This was before the "thumbs up" gimmick.