“LOOKIN’ TO GET OUT” ON DVD TODAY!
Jun 30 | Author: Kelly Frey
LOOKIN’ TO GET OUT, the film CineVegas screened at the 2009 Festival as part of its tribute to Marquee Award winner Jon Voight, is available on DVD today for the first time. Directed by Hal Ashby, the DVD is a newly remastered director’s cut of the 1982 film, which stars Voight (who also co-wrote the film), Burt Young, Ann-Margret and Angelina Jolie in her big screen debut.
The film is about two gamblers who must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money, and doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to Las Vegas to turn their luck around.
Ashby had secretly re-edited the movie and donated it to the UCLA Film and Television Archive before passing away in 1988. Once Voight found out about the hidden film, he decided it was important to share the updated version with the world.
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