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   <div class="large-6 columns">'''Blackout''' is a black comedy directed by Eddy Matalon about violent criminals who terrorize apartment dwellers during New York's 1977 power blackout.
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'''Blackout''' ([[:Category:1978|1978]], [[:Category:France|France]]/[[:Category:Canuxploitation|Canada]]) is a [[:Category:Crime|Crime-Thriller]] film directed by Eddy Matalon.
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*'''Featured in''': [[42nd Street Forever: Volume 4 - Cooled by Refrigeration‎‎|42nd Street Forever: Vol. 4]] | [[Trailer Trauma 5: '70s Action Attack (BluRay)]]
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===Main Details===
===Main Details===
* Released in 1978
* Released in 1978
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* Rating: R (USA), Banned (Germany)
* Rating: R (USA), Banned (Germany)
* Runtime: 92 min
* Runtime: 92 min
* Starring: James Mitchum, Robert Carradine, Belinda Montgomery, Ray Milland
* Production Co.: DAL Productions | Maki Films | Somerville House
* Distribution Co.:  F.F.C.M. (1978) (France) (theatrical) | Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1978) (Canada) (theatrical) | Beate Uhse (1978) (West Germany) (theatrical) | [[:Category:New World Pictures|New World Pictures]] (1978) (USA) (theatrical) | Filmtrust (1979) (Netherlands) (theatrical) | Norma-Vigo (1979) (Argentina) (theatrical) | Talma Filmes (1980) (Portugal) (theatrical) | Miracle Films (1981) (UK) (theatrical) | Pallas Film (1981) (Sweden) (theatrical) | Royal Film A/S (1981) (Norway) (theatrical)
* Directed by Eddy Matalon.
* Written by John C.W. Saxton, John Dunning, Eddy Matalon
* Starring: James Mitchum, [[:Category:Robert Carradine|Robert Carradine]], Belinda Montgomery, Ray Milland
 
===Plot Summary===
* Thriller about four sadistic criminals who, after escaping during a transfer, take over a posh Manhattan apartment complex and start looting and terrorizing its occupants during New York City's famous 1977 blackout.
 
===Taglines===
*One City-Wide Blackout ... Deranged Killers on the Loose .. Twelve Hours of Sheer Terror!
*Psychopaths on the Loose ... In a City Without Lights ... No One is Safe!
*New York City: When the lights go out...The TERROR begins!
*The most incredible twelve hours of terror ever lived!
*The night the power failed.... and the shock began!


===Also Known as===
===Also Known as===
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* Die Bestien
* Die Bestien
* Black-Out à New York
* Black-Out à New York
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Latest revision as of 02:14, 10 July 2021

Blackout (1978, France/Canada) is a Crime-Thriller film directed by Eddy Matalon.

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Main Details

  • Released in 1978
  • Color
  • Rating: R (USA), Banned (Germany)
  • Runtime: 92 min
  • Production Co.: DAL Productions | Maki Films | Somerville House
  • Distribution Co.: F.F.C.M. (1978) (France) (theatrical) | Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1978) (Canada) (theatrical) | Beate Uhse (1978) (West Germany) (theatrical) | New World Pictures (1978) (USA) (theatrical) | Filmtrust (1979) (Netherlands) (theatrical) | Norma-Vigo (1979) (Argentina) (theatrical) | Talma Filmes (1980) (Portugal) (theatrical) | Miracle Films (1981) (UK) (theatrical) | Pallas Film (1981) (Sweden) (theatrical) | Royal Film A/S (1981) (Norway) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Eddy Matalon.
  • Written by John C.W. Saxton, John Dunning, Eddy Matalon
  • Starring: James Mitchum, Robert Carradine, Belinda Montgomery, Ray Milland

Plot Summary

  • Thriller about four sadistic criminals who, after escaping during a transfer, take over a posh Manhattan apartment complex and start looting and terrorizing its occupants during New York City's famous 1977 blackout.

Taglines

  • One City-Wide Blackout ... Deranged Killers on the Loose .. Twelve Hours of Sheer Terror!
  • Psychopaths on the Loose ... In a City Without Lights ... No One is Safe!
  • New York City: When the lights go out...The TERROR begins!
  • The most incredible twelve hours of terror ever lived!
  • The night the power failed.... and the shock began!

Also Known as

  • New-York Black Out
  • Die Bestien
  • Black-Out à New York
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