*Punishment Park (Peter Watkins Pseudo-Documentary, 1971) DVD NEW/SEALED

“Punishment Park” is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crew’s news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types across the desert in a type of capture the flag game. The soldiers vow not to interfere with the rebels’ progress and merely shepherd them along to their destination. At that point, having obtained their goal, they will be released. The film crew’s coverage is meant to ensure that the military’s intentions are honorable. As the representatives of the 60’s counter-culture get nearer to passing this arbitrary test, the soldiers become increasingly hostile, attempting to force the hippies out of their pacifist behavior. DIRECTOR Peter Watkins CAST Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano CONDITION New/Sealed COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE Australia REGION 0 (please ensure your machine will play the disc) LABEL Accent NUMBER OF DISCS 1 RUNNING TIME 88 mins SPECIAL FEATURES introduction by Peter Watkins, audio commentary by Dr Joseph A. Gomez, booklet LANGUAGE(S) English SUBTITLES None ASPECT RATIO 1.33:1 RATING M *** CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA, PLEASE NOTE *** Our website is unable to calculate overseas postage, but we would LOVE to sell you our amazing products – and because the Aussie dollar is almost always worth considerably less than the US dollar (right now around 60c), the Euro or UK pound, it works out economically in your favour, even with airmail. Please email us your requests and address to andrewleavold[at]gmail.com and we’ll get back to you with a total including freight to anywhere in the world!