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2017
Not Rated
Grasshopper Film
1 h 29 m

2017
Not Rated
Grasshopper Film
1 h 29 m

Summary Escapes blazes a wild path through mid-20th-century Hollywood via the experiences of Hampton Fancher – flamenco dancer, actor, and the unlikely producer and screenwriter of the landmark sci-fi classic Blade Runner. A consummate raconteur, Fancher recounts episodes from his remarkable life — romantic misadventures with silver-screen stars...

Documentary

Directed By: Michael Almereyda

Written By: Michael Almereyda

2017
Not Rated
Grasshopper Film
1 h 29 m

2017
Not Rated
Grasshopper Film
1 h 29 m

Escapes

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

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Summary Escapes blazes a wild path through mid-20th-century Hollywood via the experiences of Hampton Fancher – flamenco dancer, actor, and the unlikely producer and screenwriter of the landmark sci-fi classic Blade Runner. A consummate raconteur, Fancher recounts episodes from his remarkable life — romantic misadventures with silver-screen stars...

Documentary

Directed By: Michael Almereyda

Written By: Michael Almereyda

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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
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11% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
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0% Mixed
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11% Negative
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The New York Times

Jul 26, 2017

Mr. Fancher’s movie love and way of spinning a yarn to its near-breaking point — one detour opens onto another — dovetail nicely with the cinephilia and playfulness that characterize Mr. Almereyda’s movies.

By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

Jul 24, 2017

A preoccupation with the totemic materiality of cinema runs through Michael Almereyda’s documentary.

By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Aug 16, 2017

The result is an unconventional and layered portrait of a complicated talent.

By Peter Hartlaub FULL REVIEW

Jul 27, 2017

Escapes prefers to approach its star in a roundabout fashion, immediately launching into one of Fancher’s slippery and rambling monologues about his wandering days as a charmed lothario.

By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

Jul 14, 2017

Narration is juxtaposed with cleverly selected and edited shots from TV and film appearances...that give Escapes the shape of a collage or a Russian doll, depending on how Fancher is telling the story.

By Jose Solís FULL REVIEW

Jul 14, 2017

A unique, breezy pastiche that’s as nostalgic as a TV Land binge-watch, and as intimate as having one’s ear pleasurably bent by a garrulous “man of the world” at a dinner party.

By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Aug 3, 2017

Escapes is an eccentric portrait of a not especially eccentric — or even terribly interesting — subject: Hampton Fancher.

By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Survival Media

Release Date Jul 26, 2017

Duration 1 h 29 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

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Website http://grasshopperfilm.com/film/escapes/

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