PMA Films: "Summer of '75": The Passenger

Three-time Oscar(r)-winner Jack Nicholson and iconic screen beauty Maria Schneider (Last Tango in Paris) star in The Passenger, a cinematically brilliant romantic thriller written and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni 1995 Honorary Award (Blow Up, L'Avventura). When a fellow traveler dies suddenly, burned-out journalist David Locke (Jack Nicholson) assumes his identity. Using the dead man's datebook as a guide, Locke travels throughout Europe and Africa, taking meetings with dangerous gun runners and falling for a beguiling young woman (Marie Schneider). But his exciting newfound freedom carries a fateful price as Locke realizes he is in over his head. Featuring a tour-de-force performance by Nicholson, The Passenger won the Bodil Award in 1976 for Best European Film and was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. 

Running Time: 126 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Language: English, German, Spanish, French with English subtitles
Country of origin: Italy, Spain, France
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

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