CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1973
Scarecrow posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1973 1h 52m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Scarecrow

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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Midnight Cowboy

Why this pick

Like Scarecrow, it is a bruised, character-led road-adjacent drama about an unlikely male bond, balancing rough humor with deepening tenderness and a compassionate view of people on society’s margins.

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The Last Detail

Why this pick

Its loose, episodic journey and volatile companionship echo Scarecrow’s mix of profanity, comic misbehavior, melancholy, and affection for damaged men briefly making a life together.

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Fat City

Why this pick

This has Scarecrow’s unvarnished 1970s American realism: drifting lives, compromised hopes, physical roughness, and an unsentimental but humane gaze at men struggling to connect.

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Movie / 1970 / Drama

Five Easy Pieces

Why this pick

For Scarecrow’s restless, alienated mood, this offers another raw New Hollywood portrait of a man unable to settle, carried by lived-in places, abrupt humor, and emotional unease.

The King of Marvin Gardens poster 05

Movie / 1972 / Drama

The King of Marvin Gardens

Why this pick

Its fragile relationship between mismatched men and its fading-America atmosphere make it a strong fit for Scarecrow’s blend of dream-chasing, disappointment, tenderness, and uneasy comedy.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Max, an ex-con drifter with a penchant for brawling is amused by Lion, a homeless ex-sailor, and they partner up as they head east together.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Max Millan

Ann Wedgeworth

Frenchy

Richard Lynch

Jack Riley

Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan

Darlene

Al Pacino

Al Pacino

Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi

Dorothy Tristan

Coley

Penelope Allen

Annie