A Breed Apart

Hemdale/Sagittarius. Director Philippe Mora; Producer John Daly, Derek Gibson; Screenplay Paul Wheeler; Camera Geoffrey Stephenson; Editor Chris Lebenzon; Music Maurice Gibb; Art Director Bill Barclay

Rutger Hauer
Powers Boothe
Kathleen Turner
Donald Pleasence
John Dennis Johnston
Brion James

The visual splendors of North Carolina deserve top billing in A Breed Apart. The tale of romance and chicanery in the backwoods simply lacks reason, dramatic tension or emotional involvement.

The core of the story centers on an obsessive bird egg collector's passion to secure specimens of a newly discovered breed of bald eagle. As the bird is protected by law, he has to hire a noted climber (Powers Boothe) to illegally pilfer the shells. However, apart from the physical danger of reaching their lofty peak, he must contend with their protector, a reclusive mystery man (Rutger Hauer) who inhabits a secluded island.

Also figuring into the story is the unstated emotional bond between Hauer and the storekeeper, played by Kathleen Turner, and her son who worships his independent ways.

(Color) Available on VHS. Extract of a review from 1984. Running time: 101 MIN.

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