Given how far society has come in the last four decades, it’s stating the exceedingly obvious to say that a movie like Cruising would never stand a chance of existing today, not that any modern screenwriter would be so behind the times as to even contemplate such a concept.
However, it was viewed as a wildly experimental thriller at the time – with Academy Award-winning The French Connection and The Exorcist director William Friedkin teaming up with Al Pacino for a tale exploring a subculture that no mainstream Hollywood movie boasting such a pair of big-name powerhouse talents had even considered using as a backdrop.
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