Other articles where the jericho mile is discussed. Amnesiac gunman jericho is rescued and befriended by a charismatic, itinerant cowboypreacher named joshua. The jericho mile is from michael mann, who would go on to the entertainment stratosphere with tvs miami vice, but it is a true drama without the stylish countenance of the other show. The jericho mile tv movie 1979 the jericho mile tv movie. Rent, buy or watch the jericho mile movie now family video javascript seems to be disabled in your browser. The film won five awards, including three emmy awards. The jericho mile dvd was tailor made for peter strauss. Running had given me a bunch of satisfaction in my life. Brand new hd restoration from the original camera negative. Clip from the movie the jericho mile 1979 tray davenport. M ichael manns innate sense of style is evident from the start of the jericho mile, a 1979 tv movie set and shot in folsom state prison. The disc loads directly to a static image main menu with traditional navigation options.
Sep 25, 2016 clip from the movie the jericho mile 1979 tray davenport. An inmate who prefers to be alone, murphy spends much of his time. Together they survive certain danger, while the gunman searches to find the answer to. The jericho mile 1979 larry rain murphy peter strauss is stuck in folsom prison for life on a firstdegree murder charge. Peter strauss in the jericho mile 1979 the jericho mile 1979 see all 9 photos. The jericho mile dvd 1979 for sale peter strauss r1 ntsc tv movie. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The jericho mile 1979 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Its a crime and drama movie with a better than average imdb audience rating of 7. The jericho mile is a 1979 emmy awardwinning united states tv crime film, directed by michael mann. It also stood out from other tv at the time, winning emmies for writing, lead actor over kurt russell in elvis. Given the avg speed of a human being, it would take about 10 minutes to walk completely around jericho. The jericho mile dvd is easily one of the best late 70s made for tv movies.
Its notable as michael manns first movie wherein he was limited by tv constraints, yet it shows his potential and explains why he moved on to greatness, e. I first watched this movie back in 1980 i was only fifteen. Clip from the movie the jericho mile 1979 video dailymotion. Try this flick a tv movie, the jericho mile is simply. The first full length movie with sound was the jazz. The jericho mile 1979 is a prison movie meshed with sports flick. Rain murphy is a man sentenced to life in prison, choosing to do his time in nearisolation, and engages in distance running when given the opportunity for freetime.
Its not as cinematic as his later big, wide movies, but its from the days when tv movies were legit enough to play theatrically overseas. The perimeter of jericho was about to 12 of a mile long. He admits it he says his father was abusing his stepsister and so one day he stopped it forever. Jan, 2015 the jericho mile is how television movies should be done with style, creativity and sharpasarazor acting. Mar 24, 2011 the perimeter of jericho was about to 12 of a mile long. You are watching the movie the jericho mile produced in usa belongs in category crime, drama, sport with duration 97 min, broadcast at 123movie. The camera moves in wide motions, circling around inmates as they work out in the prison yard. In this film, peter strauss stars as rain murphy, serving a life sentence in folsom prison for firstdegree murder. Legendary filmmaker michael mann thief, heat, the last of the mohicans made his featurelength directorial debut with this classic tv movie starring the incredible peter strauss rich man, poor man as rain murphy, a man serving a life sentence for killing his father. The jericho mile dvd 1979 features a youthful strauss and dennehy with terrific performances.
May 30, 2007 full ebook a world champions guide to running the beer mile. Jimmie haskell, digital remastered, full hd, crop to 16. In the jericho mile, peter strauss plays larry rain murphy, who is serving life for murdering his father. The jericho mile arrives on bluray courtesy of kino lorber and their studio classics label. Heres a tv movie from 1979 that is as worthy as any bigscreen release. If you like the jericho mile you are looking for sincere, uplifting and rough movies about with prison, sport, prison life, race, gang, running and racism themes of crime, drama and sport genre shot in usa. Find out where to watch the jericho mile streaming online. To break up the boredom of prison life, murphy begins running laps around the.
The story is set at folsom prison, where the movie was filmed on location in the prison itself amongst the prison population. Jul 06, 2018 t o me, michael mann is the george sanders of directorsa reliable mr. The jericho mile 1979 where to watch it streaming online. The jericho mile final scene sympathy for the devil. Manns fine visual sense is on full display in his first movie, the jericho mile shown on tv in america, but released in theatres elsewhere, finding an. Before blood in blood out this was the best prison movie. Pressed onto a region a bd25 disc, the disc is housed in a standard sturdy bluray case. Strauss gives an amazing performance in the jericho mile dvd. Rain murphy is a man sentenced to life in prison, choosing to do his time in nearisolation, and engages in distance running when given the opportunity for. Rain murphy is a man sentenced to life in prison, choosing to do his time in near isolation, and engages in distance running when given the.
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