SYNOPSIS: It was the landmark cult film that began the whole Midnight Movie phenomena of the counterculture crazy 1970's.  El Topo was the most talked about, most controversial quasi-Western head trip ever made, transforming the way risk-taking audiences, seeking mainstream Hollywood alternatives, watch edgy underground films.  Classic Americana and avant-garde European cinema sensibilities meet Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master gunfighter and cosmic mystic El Topo must defeat his four sharp-shooting rivals on an ever-increasingly bizarre path to allegorical self-enlightenment and surreal resurrection.

EDITORIAL REVIEW:  This is the story of gun fighter extraordinaire El Topo (played by Director Alejandro Jodorowsky).  El Topo is on a quest to seek out and murder four great gunfighters.  To do this, he needs to circle the desert in a spiral pattern to flush them out one by one.  Before El Topo's bloody journey is to begin he must first leave his 7-year-old son behind.  Son of El Topo (played by Brontis Jodorowsky...Alejandro's real life son...who spends on of his screen time without clothes on for some odd reason) has already seen more death and blood than any man many times his senior, but El Topo knows this is a journey he must make without his boy.

John Lennon championed him, Dennis Hopper used him and Marilyn Manson loves him.  Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of cinema's most controversial and influential filmmakers.  Made in 1970, El Topo is full of violent and sometimes sexually graphic scenes that rival the most violent and sexually graphic movies of this millennium.  El Topo is certainly a bizarre movie with a sorted cast of characters that is sure to be enjoyed by film buffs who prefer non-Hollywood pictures.  This is a well made feature with a new, digitally enhanced transfer from the original negative that is presented uncut.  Lots of bonus features and your choice of listening to the original Spanish soundtrack or the English dubbed version.  Also, El Topo is subtitled in four different languages if you would rather "read" the movie!

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STARRING: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Alfonso Arau.
AVAILABILITY: In stock! Ships within one business day.
LENGTH: 124 minutes.
LANGUAGE: Spanish, with OPTIONAL ENGLISH DUBBING.  OPTIONAL ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH AND BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE SUBTITLES.
SPECIAL FEATURES: 1.33:1 (4:3 Full Screen); 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound; 1 disc; Interview with the Director; Commentary by the Director; Theatrical trailer; Photo gallery; Chapter selection; Uncut.
VIEWER DISCRETION: Moderate to extensive nudity, sexual innuendo, sexual scenes, violence, coarse language, may offend some.
PICTURE QUALITY: Excellent picture quality. (what's this mean?)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Mexico (1970).
ALSO KNOWN AS: The Gopher / The Mole (English titles).
DATE ADDED TO OUR LIBRARY:  December 21, 2007.
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