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Watch: Hardcore 1979 123movies, Full Movie Online – Jake Van Dorn is a businessman from the American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with most of his countrymen. His teenage daughter is missing from her church youth convention trip to California and Van Dorn hires a private investigator to find her. The result of the investigation is his daughter is spotted in a cheap X-rated movie. Van Dorn decides to bring her back personally and during the quest he becomes familiar with the pornographic underworld..
Plot: A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search for his runaway teenage daughter who’s making porno films in the pits of Los Angeles.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 11,174
	73% | RottenTomatoes
	63/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 192 Popularity: 13.906 | TMDB

Reviews:

Powerful, But A Tough Movie To Watch
This is an extremely sordid movie, but one you never forget. I saw it in the theater almost 20 years ago and it was shocking then, so much so that I’ve only seen it once since and have no desire to see it again. It just left such a bad taste in my mouth.

This is a frightening picture of the pornography business 20 years ago featuring about everything you can think of in that seedy world. Unfortunately, the story centers around finding a girl from a “religious” family and the father, played by George C. Scott, is painted as something of a fanatic. He’s portrayed as a cold and violent figure. (Hey, Hollywood isn’t going to portray a Christian father as kind and loving.) Yet, Scott is not all that bad because he still is extremely dedicated father who went to all lengths to get his daughter back.

This movie really shows the sleazy side of the entire porno business and, thankfully, it doesn’t glamorize any of it. Peter Boyle is good as the detective and Season Hubley is interesting as the prostitute who gives you her ideas on life in the business. This is a fascinating film in parts but also very tough to view in a number of areas. This may sound naive, but when I saw this in 1979, I was stunned that this type of sick-underbelly of a society existed….at least to this degree. I can’t imagine what’s out there today.

In summary, a very powerful but brutal movie to watch, especially if you have kids of your own.

Sleazy and exploitative. Both of which are positives!
I decided to have a bit of a George C Scott night the other day, mainly his more genre orientated work. I watched this back to back with The Changeling and The Exorcist 3. An interesting triple bill for sure! Scott plays Jake Van Dorn, a Calvinist and conservative business man who seems to have everything going right for him. That is, until his teenage daughter Kristen disappears whilst away at school in California. Cops and an eye witness speculate that she was lead off by a young man, and the detectives don’t hold out much hope of finding her. Taking the advice of the cops, Van Dorn hires a private dick, Andy Mast, (Peter Boyle, sleazier than me on a Saturday night) to begin searching himself. A month later, Mast shows back up with a reel of 8mm footage. What’s on it? Why, hardcore pornography, of course! In it is his nubile and innocent daughter, not looking so innocent anymore.

Van Dorn understandably goes heavy off the deep end. He moves out to California and scouts the strip, harassing hookers and pimps about his daughter, to the point where he gets his ass kicked. He realizes that the world of sleaze is not a place for a man like him, so he re-invents himself as Jake DeFreese, porn producer extraordinaire! He gets in touch with the local heavy hitters of the porn world, posing as a wealthy guy looking to make a porn flick. He then meets young hooker and porn star Niki (Season Hubley), and together they head off into the underworld to track Kristen down…

George C Scott gives a pretty mean performance as Van Dorn, a man with clearly high moral values thrown into a maelstrom of sleaze and profanity. the scenes where he watches the porn with his daughter is a gruesome moment. Not only must he face the decadence of the porn world, but he must also face up to certain other realities and truths. Is his hard lined faith really the cause for his daughters self degradation? And if he does find his daughter, will she be the same person she once was, or even want to come back home with him? These questions are what make Hardcore interesting for me. Schrader almost pulls it off too, but he drops the ball a few times in terms of plotting. Van Dorn’s transformation into ‘porn producer’ isn’t entirely convincing, yet it certainly is amusing. Same goes for the discovery of the snuff reel. It was unnecessary to the plot really, and it was pretty lame looking. And of course, the finale. A bone of contention with a lot of people, me included. The ending was apparently forced by the studio, and Schraders original bleak ending was dropped. What could have been a masterpiece on futility and abandoned faith gets a neat little ending, almost all tied up. Sure, it’s entertaining, but unrealistic.

What works for me about a lot of Paul Schraders early films is how he paints the everyday characters so colourfully. He has a knack of writing the everyday blue collar guy in realistic yet likable fashion. Just look at both Taxi Driver and Blue Collar for that. He creates a world you can taste, and even if his central characters are off the wall, you can relate to the surroundings in a grounded way. Peter Boyle excels as always as the sleazy private eye. Even great little cameos by the likes of Hal Williams as ‘Big Dick Blaque!’ will have you rolling in your seat with glee. And of course, Season Hubley, Kurt Russell’s ex-wife and star of my all time favorite pimp and hookers flick, Vice Squad, for those who are interested. She does a pretty good job of portraying a lost youth, much like Jodie Foster’s role in Taxi Driver. She also gets highly naked, which may be of interest to some of you. For me, all I can say is yikes! Overall, Hardcore is a near miss of a classic. However, the film is shot beautifully, capturing the neon lure of California at night, and the camera work is truly stylish and innovative. The film also has plenty of nudity and violence to keep the casual crowd interested. Oh, on a final note, if the plot of this sounds vaguely familiar, that’s because it was essentially remade as 8MM, by Joel Schumacher. The less said about that film, the better…

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Paul Schrader
Writer Paul Schrader
Actors George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley
Country United States
Awards 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Metrocolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm