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The Revolutionary

V is for Voight
Screening on Film
Directed by Paul Williams.
With Jon Voight, Seymour Cassel, Robert Duvall.
US, 1970, 35mm, color, 101 min.
Print source: HFA

Adapted from the novel by Hans Koningsberger, this story of a youth who seeks social change but is unsure how to bring it about is set in a seedy and deliberately anonymous London in the context of late-60s street politics. Made the year following his breakthrough role as Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy, Jon Voight gives a sympathetic performance as the aspiring revolutionary (known only as “A”) who is drawn to increasingly radical means. The film also features Robert Duvall as the leader of a group of union activists and Seymour Cassel as a hip, fast-talking militant.

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