Cut and Run (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Cut and Run

| image = Cut-and-run-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Italian theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|it|Inferno in diretta}}

| director = Ruggero Deodato

| producer = Alessandro Fracassi

| writer = {{plainlist|* Cesare Frugoni

Dardano Sacchetti{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG5170|title=Inferno in diretta (1985)|access-date=September 23, 2018|language=Italian|website=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it}}}}

| based_on =

| starring = {{plainlist| * Lisa Blount

| music = Claudio Simonetti

| cinematography = Alberto Spagnoli

| editing = Mario Morra

| studio = Racing Pictures

| distributor = CDE Compagnia Distribuzione Europea

| released = {{Film date|1985|08|08|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = Italy{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com:80/movie/cut-and-run-v11854|access-date=September 23, 2018|last=Brennan|first=Sandra|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629030548/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/cut-and-run-v11854|website=AllMovie|title=Cut and Run (1985) - Ruggero Deodato | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|url-status=live}}

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Cut and Run ({{langx|it|Inferno in diretta|lit=Hell Live}}) is a 1985 Italian exploitation adventure thriller film directed by Ruggero Deodato, co-written by Dardano Sacchetti, and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Willie Aames, Richard Lynch, Michael Berryman, and Eriq La Salle in his film debut.{{cite book |author1=Roberto Chiti |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |publisher=Gremese, 2000 |isbn=978-8877424235}}{{cite book |last=Marco Giusti |title=Dizionario dei film italiani stracult |publisher=Sperling & Kupfer |year=1999 |isbn=978-8820029197}}

The film is the third part of Deodato's "Cannibal Trilogy" - preceded by Ultimo mondo cannibale (1977) and Cannibal Holocaust (1980), and follows a news reporter caught in a war between drug traffickers and a murderous cult in the Amazon jungle.

Plot

News reporter Fran Hudson and her cameraman Mark Ludman investigate a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like army of Colonel Brian Horne, a Vietnam War veteran and former associate of Jim Jones.

Cast

{{castlist|

Lisa Blount as Fran Hudson
Leonard Mann as Mark Ludman
Willie Aames as Tommy Allo
Richard Lynch as Colonel Brian Horne
Richard Bright as Bob Allo
Michael Berryman as Quecho
Eriq La Salle as Fargas
Valentina Forte as Ana
John Steiner as Vlado
Karen Black as Karin
Gabriele Tinti as Manuel
Barbara Magnolfi as Rita
Luca Barbareschi as Bud
Penny Brown as Lucy
Carlos de Carvalho as Tony Martina

}}

Production

Cut and Run was originally developed as a project by director Wes Craven with the working title Marimba.{{Cite web |last=Gore |first=Father |date=2016-12-16 |title=Deodato Spearheads Corruption with CUT & RUN |url=https://fathersonholygore.com/2016/12/15/deodato-spearheads-corruption-with-cut-run/ |access-date=2019-01-19 |website=Father Son Holy Gore |language=en}} It was initially going to star Tim McIntire, Dirk Benedict, and Christopher Mitchum,{{sfn|Stine|2003|p=169}} with a screenplay written by Craven, Dardano Sacchetti, and Luciano Vincenzoni.

Shooting took place in Venezuela and Miami, Florida. Cut and Run was one of the earliest Italian films to be shot with live sync sound instead of MOS, as most of the cast were American and all dialogue was performed in English.

The film was produced in two separate versions, a "softer" R-rated cut intended for the North American market, and a "harder" version for theatrical release in Europe. The latter features additional, graphic kill scenes and gore not present in the former. Several key sequences were shot twice, once with a "soft" take, and a second time with a "harder" take.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mondo-digital.com/cutrun.html|title=Cut and Run|website=www.mondo-digital.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}

Release

The film was released in Italy 8 August 1985. It was released in the United States by New World Pictures on 2 May 1986.

= Home video =

After being absent on home video for many years, the film was released on Blu-ray by Code Red, with a new 2K restoration of both the R-rated and Unrated cuts.{{Cite web |title=Cut and Run |url=https://roninflix.com/products/cut-and-run |access-date=2019-01-19 |website=Ronin Flix |language=en}}

References

=Footnotes=

=Sources=

{{cite book|last=Harper|first=Jim|title=Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies|year=2004|publisher=Critical Vision|isbn=978-1-900-48639-2}}
{{cite book

|last=Stine

|first=Scott Aaron

|title=The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s

|publisher=McFarland

|isbn=978-0786415328

|year=2003

}}