Maidstone
4.6
“A Mystery by Norman Mailer”
Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and attacking his hangers-on and enemies. This gonzo narrative, “an inkblot test of Mailer’s own subconscious” (Time), becomes something like a documentary on its own making when costar Rip Torn breaks the fourth wall in one of cinema’s most alarming on-screen outbursts.
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Cast
65 people
Norman Mailer
Norman T. Kingsley
Known for
Ragtime
Rip Torn
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Known for
Men in Black II
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Paul Austin
Also in
The Muthers
Caught in the Can
Joy Bang
Joy Broom
Known for
Play It Again, Sam
Messiah of Evil
Ann Barry
Beverly Bentley
Chula Mae Kingsley
Also in
Scent of Mystery
Beyond the Law
Eddie Bonette
Steve Borton
Also in
The Manhattan Project
Robert Byrne
Jean Campbell
Jeanne Cardigan
Paul Carroll
Also in
The Dead
Lang Clay
Norman Mailer Director · Carol Stevens Composer D. A. Pennebaker Cinematographer
United States release March 9, 1971 · Produced in United States
Production
Supreme Mix Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 1970
Premiere · Venice
United States · March 9, 1971
Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 5, 1971
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