Blood Red (film)

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Blood Red
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Peter Masterson
Screenplay byRon Cutler
Produced by Judd Bernard
Patricia Casey
Starring
Cinematography Toyomichi Kurita
Edited byRandy D. Thornton
Music by Carmine Coppola
Production
company
Kettledrum Productions
Distributed by Hemdale Film Corporation
Release date
  • August 18, 1989 (1989-08-18)(United States)
Running time
91 minutes [1]
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$15,510 (Domestic) [1]

Blood Red is a 1989 Western film directed by Peter Masterson, and starring Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Burt Young, Lara Harris and Dennis Hopper. Although it was filmed and completed in 1986, the film was released three years later in 1989. [2] Part of the filming for Blood Red occurred at the Picchetti Brothers Winery in Cupertino, California. [3]

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Plot

Set in the 1890s, the story centers around the life of a Sicilian family, the Collogeros, living in California and working in the winemaking business, and their confrontation with a powerful railroad and land baron named William Bradford Berrigan, who is after their land and land that belongs to other families in the area. Berrigan's plan is to get control of the properties in order to build a new railroad. When the conflict escalates, he murders the patriarch of the family, Sebastian Collogero, and in response, his son Marco claims for justice. With the help of his family and others, Marco starts an open guerrilla war against Berrigan.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Blood Red". Box Office Mojo. August 18, 1989. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  2. "Blood Red". AllMovie.
  3. 1 2 3 Brooks, Eric (November 30, 2023). "Julia Roberts' first movie was shot at this Bay Area hike". SFGATE . Retrieved December 2, 2023.