A Breed Apart
1984
Smoky Mountains
Philippe Mora
Drama
What’s it all about: Kathleen Turner runs the general store for a lakeside community that truly hates nature. Rutger Hauer is the local Rambo meets Dr. Doolittle, a Vietnam Vet who blow-darts hayseed hunters, drinks beer with bear cubs and bathes with a snake. Maurice Gibb equates sex with a guitar solo, and making love with a piano ballad.
First Encounter: first viewing
Prostitute Index: medium (a local reporter will sleep with anyone for a story)
Death By: dynamite
Relics: RC Cola; the bandana as go-to accessory for an untrustworthy character
Heartthrob: Brion James
LoFi Magic: Rutger Hauer’s Replicant Romeo soliloquy to Kathleen Turner’s Juliette in a hayloft (when they finally ‘make love’ it’s pretty special, too); unseen horses neigh-narrating a fire bomb attack
Makes me want to: visit the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina!
Candotti take: An afternoon movie for age 13
Worth a watch/rewatch: No
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