Final Reward (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Final Reward | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rachid Kerdouche |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Richard Sohl |
Release date |
|
Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Final Reward is a 1978 American underground film noir directed by Rachid Kerdouche. Shot in black-and-white in Lower Manhattan, the film stars Richard Hell in his first leading role,[1] alongside writer-actress Cookie Mueller, model Teri Toye, performance artist John Sex, and painter Bill Rice. The score was composed by Richard Sohl, keyboardist of the Patti Smith Group.[2][3][4]
Hell plays Crash, the former "king" of the downtown scene who, upon being released from jail, finds his lover (Cookie Mueller) living with Sam (Teri Toye) and assembles his old crew for a robbery.[2]
Production materials and original film and video elements relating to Final Reward are preserved in the Richard Hell Papers (MSS.140) at the Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University.[1] The film received only very limited public exhibition; a rare screening was presented by Hell at the Cinémathèque française in Paris on 7 April 2006, as part of an avant-garde cinema program.[2]
