Steve McQueen
The
Hunter se convertiría en la última película de Steve McQueen antes de morir. En la
película Steve McQueen personifica a Ralph "Papa" Thorson, un
conocido caza recompensas. Steve McQueen
aceptó el papel luego de hacer Tom Horn
y era en aquella época uno de los actores mejores pagados de Hollywood. McQueen es acompañado por Eli
Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, y Ben Johnson. Una parte de la
filmación se realizó en Bonfield,
Illinois, un pueblito de no más de 400 personas. En vocabulario: punk, kinfolk, redneck,
beanbag stun gun y quarryman
The Hunter is a 1980 action crime drama thriller film directed
by Buzz Kulik. The film was Steve McQueen's final role before his
death in November of that year.
Ralph
"Papa" Thorson
(Steve McQueen) is a modern-day bounty
hunter based in Los Angeles
who hunts down and captures criminals who have skipped on their bail to bring
them back for a 20% of the reward to his bail bondsman employer.
Thorson drives to Houston where he is
to bring in a dangerous punk,
named Billie Joe, whose kinfolk include Sheriff Strong, a corrupt redneck lawman who warns Thorson not to get involved. Papa ignores him and ends up in a
violent fight with the fugitive, who is so huge, even a beanbag stun gun
barely stops him.
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| The Hunter |
McQueen made the film following Tom Horn.
Around this time he was also signed for Tai
Pan at the highest fee any actor had received.
Filming started
in September 1979. McQueen reportedly
did a lot of directing on set.
The opening
street scene was shot in Lemont, Illinois.
The capture of Tommy Price (LeVar Burton)
in Herscher and payphone scenes with Papa Thorson (Steve McQueen) talking to Sheriff
Strong (Ben Johnson) were filmed
in Bonfield.
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| Steve McQueen, Anchorage, Alaska, 1972 |
Para saber
Bonfield is a village in Kankakee County,
Illinois, United States. Bonfield's
population was 382 at the 2010 census. Although founded by quarryman Thomas
Verkler, the village was named after Thomas
Bonfield, an attorney for the Kankakee
& Seneca Railroad Company, which established a depot in the village.
The town originally had a high school, but it burned down in the early 1930s.
Students then went to Herscher High
School in Herscher.
Vocabulario
punk:
a young ruffian; hoodlum.
kinfolk: relatives or kindred.
I am ready to
marry you in the presence of my kinfolk.
redneck: a bigot or reactionary, especially from the rural
working class.
beanbag stun gun: a gun that fires a fabric bag containing lead shot,
designed to stun or knock the target to the ground.
quarryman: a man who works in an open excavation.
Steve McQueen "The Hunter"
Una escena de The
Hunter donde Steve McQueen es
advertido por el sheriff de no arrestar al sobrino, pues podría tener serias
consecuencias.
—I heard a lot
about you Mr. Thorson, the whole bad. They tell you I have a glass eye?
—They didn´t.
—It´s the one
with the gleam of intelligence. This one. Just look at the two of us, and old
sheriff and a bounty hunter. Here… We were just born a century too late, Mr. Thorson.
That´s our problem.
—Nothing´s
changed. Good guys and the bad guys.
—Maybe. Now.
What can I do for you, Mr. Thorson?
—I have a bail
to pick up Joe Bale. I´ll take him back to Los Angeles.
—So I hear. My
recommendation to you Mr. Thorson is to get out of town.
—Yeah, I will.
Tonight.
—I don’t think
you understand me, Mr. Thorson. I want you out now. And without this Billie Joe.
—I can´t do that
sheriff. Come a long ways. I will take him back with me.
—Oh, no you
ain´t.
—Yes, I am.
—Don´t argue
with me, Mr. Thorson.
—Look sheriff, I’ve
come over15,000…
—Good bye, Mr. Thorson.
—Bye, sheriff.
—Because he´s my
nephew, Mr. Thorson. (Transcriptos aprox. 1 minuto.)
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