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Pharos of Chaos

6.7(16)19831h 59m1

A superb, moving and thrilling interview with American actor Sterling Hayden (1916-86), held in Besançon, France, on board a dilapidated barge, when he was 65 years old. An unparalleled portrait, in his own words and without any qualms, of a legendary Hollywood star, icon of film noir and the western, who was also a marine, an OSS agent, an anti-communist informer, a writer and a wandering sailor: the hero of his own life.

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Language
English
  • cinema on cinema
  • movie business
  • besançon, france
  • celebrity interview

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Germany

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-13New York City, New York13 Oct 1983
    • Theatrical (limited)Harvard Film Archive24 Nov 2019
  • AustriaAT

    • PremiereVienna International Film Festival1 Nov 2019
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical (limited)14IMS Paulista19 Feb 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival22 Feb 1983
    • Theatrical1221 Oct 1983

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Pharos of Chaos was released on 13 October 1983.

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    CinemaSerf

    3/28/2022

    5/10

    A fascinating opportunity to spend some intimate time learning about the life and career of Sterling Hayden as he lives - aged 67 (ish) - on his dilapidated Parisian barge. Unfortunately, the film allows the subject to randomly rabbit on - frequently about alcoholism, from which he clearly suffered. Without any constructive or even vaguely penetrative direction, this becomes little more than a video diary; sometimes …

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