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The Shout

A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.

6.0(133)19781h 26m3

A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • small town
  • composer
  • cricket
  • super power
  • based on short story
  • devon

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival1 Oct 1978
    • Theatrical (limited)Labeled as the US Premiere by the distributor20 Apr 1979
    • TheatricalRNew York City, New York9 Nov 1979
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1516 Jun 1978
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical17 May 1979
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical29 Aug 1979
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-164 May 1979
  • FranceFR

    • Premiere12Cannes Film Festival22 May 1978
    • Theatrical1213 Dec 1978
    • Theatrical12re-release28 Jan 2015
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1620 Jul 1979
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival10 Nov 2000
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical16 Feb 1979
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalVM1424 Aug 1978
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical169 Nov 1978
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalPorto28 Sept 1978
    • TVTV premiere8 Jun 1993

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The Shout was released on 16 June 1978.

Audience reviews

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    rogerco

    12/24/2020

    6/10

    I remember seeing this when it first came out (1978) and thinking it a bit overblown. Just watched it again (2020) after it was featured in a list of films containing an English cricket match (a short list; The Go Between from the same period is another one, also with Alan Bates in a similar role) It now seems a bit better than I remembered despite some inconsistencies and plot holes. Alan Bates, for all his brood…

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