Billy Jack (1971)
- Directed by
- Tom Laughlin
- Genre
- drama film, Western film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 78 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A half-Native American former Green Beret named Billy Jack protects a progressive school on a reservation from local racist townspeople and corrupt police. He uses his martial arts skills and quiet intensity to confront the harassment and violence directed at the students and their teacher.
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What happens
Billy Jack is a 1971 American action drama independent film, the second of four films centering on a character of the same name (played by Tom Laughlin, who directed and co-wrote the script) which began with the movie The Born Losers (1967). Filming began in Prescott, Arizona, in the fall of 1969, but the movie was not completed until 1971. American International Pictures pulled out, halting filming. 20th Century Fox came forward and filming eventually resumed but when that studio refused to distribute the film, Warner Bros. stepped forward. Still, the film lacked distribution, so Laughlin booked it into theaters himself in 1971. The film grossed $10 million in its initial run, but eventually added close to $50 million in its re-release, with distribution supervised by Laughlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
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Little Big Man (1970)
Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
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Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Beguiled (1971)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.