Director
Alex Cox
Starring
Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash
Certificate
18
Run Time
92 mins
Release Year
1984
Country of Origin
USA
Language
English, Spanish
Format
35mm
Director of Photography: Robby Müller
Editor: Dennis Dolan
Produced by: Peter McCarthy, Jonathan Wacks
Music: Steven Hufsteter, Humberto Larriva
Screenplay by: Alex Cox
Production Designer: Lynda Burbank
Director Bio
Alex Cox
P&I - Director Bio
Alex Cox (b. 1954) is a British film director, screenwriter and actor. He studied Radio, Film and TV at the University of Bristol. His early career successes include Repo Man (1984) and Sid and Nancy (1986).
Repo Man
Part of the Retrospective: The Future Is History Strand
Executive produced by Michael Nesmith of Monkees fame, Alex Cox’s off-beat science-fiction/road movie/comedy starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton tells the story of a young man who becomes involved in the risky repossession of a 1964 Chevy Malibu with something extraterrestrial in the boot. Featuring a classic punk soundtrack including a dynamic theme by Iggy Pop, Cox’s irreverent genre mash-up is one of the biggest cult films of the 1980s, exploring classic conspiracy theories and taking aim at politics, religion and consumerism in the USA.
35mm print courtesy of the Sundance Collection at UCLA Film & Television Archive.