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Zabriskie Point

Zabriskie Point

How you get there depends on where you're at.

19707.01h 53m

Overview

Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Sam Shepard
Produced by Carlo Ponti
Box OfficeBudget: $7.0MRevenue: $1.0M

Top Cast

Mark Frechette

Mark Frechette

Mark

Daria Halprin

Daria Halprin

Daria

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Cafe Owner

G.D. Spradlin

G.D. Spradlin

Lee's Associate

B

Bill Garaway

Morty

Kathleen Cleaver

Kathleen Cleaver

Kathleen

Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

Lee Allen

M

Martin Abrahams

Radical Student (uncredited)

M

Michael L. Davis

Police Lieutenant on Loudspeaker (uncredited)

L

Lee Duncan

Highway Patrolman (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

californiapolice brutalityfree lovestudents' movement1970scounter-culturedesertstudent protestdeath valleypink floyd

About Zabriskie Point

Zabriskie Point is a drama film released in 1970 exploring themes of california, police brutality, free love, students' movement, 1970s, counter-culture. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, it stars Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Paul Fix. Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.

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