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Release Date: 1980   Duration: 120 min

Cast: Renée Soutendijk, Rutger Hauer, Hans van Tongeren, Jeroen Krabbé, Marianne Boyer, Maarten Spanjer, Toon Agterberg, Yvonne Valkenburg, Peter Tuinman, Saskia Ten Batenburg

Categories: Movies, LGBT, Biker Film, Drama, World cinema, Teen film

Spetters is a Dutch film released in 1980 directed by Paul Verhoeven. Spetters led to protests about the manner in which Verhoeven portrayed gays, Christians, the police, and the press. Although Verhoeven made one more film in the Netherlands, the response to Spetters led him to leave for Hollywood. Despite the large amount of controversy surrounding it, the film proved to be popular with...  MORE

Spetters is a Dutch film released in 1980 directed by Paul Verhoeven. Spetters led to protests about the manner in which Verhoeven portrayed gays, Christians, the police, and the press. Although Verhoeven made one more film in the Netherlands, the response to Spetters led him to leave for Hollywood. Despite the large amount of controversy surrounding it, the film proved to be popular with 1,124,162 admissions in the Netherlands alone. From a financial perspective the film proved to be a disappointment, given the fact that the production ran seriously behind schedule and over budget. The careers of Maarten Spanjer and Renee Soutendijk were launched by this film, but it did not do much for the other young lead actors. Hans van Tongeren committed suicide in 1982. The film was a small success in the United States but it did help the launching of the careers of Verhoeven and the actors Jeroen Krabbé, Rutger Hauer and Soutendijk in Hollywood. LESS