The Local Stigmatic

The Local Stigmatic
Directed byDavid F. Wheeler
Screenplay byHeathcote Williams
Based onThe Local Stigmatic
by Heathcote Williams
Produced byMichael Hadge
StarringAl Pacino
Paul Guilfoyle
Joseph Maher
CinematographyEdward Lachman
Edited byNorman Hollyn
Music byHoward Shore
Release date
  • 19 September 1990 (1990-09-19)
Running time
54 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Local Stigmatic is a 1990 film directed by David Wheeler, produced by and starring Al Pacino.[1] It was filmed and edited during the late 1980s. It had a showing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in March 1990, but was never released theatrically. It was released on DVD as part of The Al Pacino Box Set in June 2007.[2] The film is 54 minutes in length.

It follows the story of two British friends who spend their time walking around London discussing dog-track racing.

The Local Stigmatic is based on a stage play by Heathcote Williams.[3][4]

Plot

Cast

Reception

The movie was not a critical success.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Huddleston, Tom. "Al Pacino played a Cockney once and his accent will blow your mind". Time Out London. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  2. ^ Winter, Jessica (2007-08-09). "How Al Pacino got typecast as Al Pacino". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  3. ^ Barnes, He Stars as Paranoid in 'Local Stigmatic'Sketches by Pinter Are Also On Program by Clive (1969-11-04). "Theater: Pacino, Ice-Cold and Savage". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  4. ^ Foundas, Scott (2014-09-09). "Al Pacino on Greta Gerwig, Burger-Flipping and Barry Levinson's 'The Humbling'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  5. ^ Carpenter, Teresa (1991-10-06). "FILM; Al Pacino: Regular Guy Among Ordinary Joes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  6. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (1999-03-07). "Where Films Can Rest Easy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-20.


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