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Sweet Hostage

Martin sheen is beleiveble as the mental patient who escapes and kidnaps a girl and hide her in the woods where she eventually gets feelings for him . There will be no happy end in this story but you wish it would . Sheen and Blair have a good chemestry together and they make the film a joy to watch . I hoped to get more of a backstory for Sheen's character , but they did not do that and that is a bit of a shame , it would have given the story more depth

I wish someone would put this out on DVD because I'd buy it instantly! It was scary, romantic, and dramatic. Loved Linda Blair and Martin Sheen in this.

I First Watched This film when i was 17 and it was the most moving film i had ever watched it was so good both Linda Blair and Martin Sheen were fantastic in this movie i have tried to purchase this film for years and was told it had been withdrawn from British shops My boyfriend decided to search the net and found a copy from USA for $150 and decided to purchase for me for Xmas last year and again when i watched it it made me laugh and cry it is still the best and was worth the money all my friends agree and even my boyfriend agreed what a good film it is all i can say is if you haven't seen it try and get it cause i am sure you will love it as much as me.....

My daughter and I saw this movie on a rainy Saturday afternoon. We couldn't take our eyes off of this story. All, I want to say is, that we now own this movie and just about everyone we know has seen it. I will never forget the love between two people, that didn't seen to fit in this world. Martin Sheen, is the best actor, I have ever seen. This movie is the best, in my book. I think everyone should watch this movie. I have a lot of Martin Sheen's movie, but this is number one.

In her second tv movie performance.Ms.Blair plays another tough character.Whose hard edge demenor is changed by a misunderstood mential patient.In this tv movie adaptation of the book:"Welcome To Xanadu".An escapee from a Boston,Ma.mential hospital"Lenny Hatch"(Martin Sheen)heads for New Mexico.Where he captures a teenage farm girl:"Doris Mae Withers"(Ms.Blair).At first,Ms.Blair is perturbed at being held prisoner by this nut.But after a time..she begins to see this supposedly unstable man as a charming..well educated,funny but confused person.Who is more suspicious of authoritative people rather than being a threat to anyone.He not only teaches Mr.Blair's ignorant farm girl basic lessions.He also shows her how to love people and how to love herself.Both Ms.Blair and Mr.Sheen give the best performances of their careers.It's too bad that they didn't get another chance to work again.One can only imagine what those two can do onscreen now?

I saw this movie for the first time as a young teenager and fell "in love" with Martin Sheen. The story was excellent and touching. I loved the "exchanges" between the characters and no matter how many times I saw it, I still cried! This is still probably my all-time favorite movie. It's the one that I will always scan the TV guide for to see if it's playing somewhere! A must see movie for romantics at heart, Martin Sheen or Linda Blair fans.

Back in 1975 Linda Blair was still considered an honest actress. And she proves she just could act (which might not be so certain if you've seen most of the films she made the next decade) in this nice story quite close to "Badlands" ( Terrence Mallick, 1974). Martin Sheen is really convincing in the role of this escapist from a mental institution and his complicity with young Linda Blair makes the film stand its way. The end however is quite easy (Sheen's character committing suicide at the police's arrival followed immediately by the credits as Blair cries over his dead corpse. Anyway it's just a TV film, one can't be too demanding as for a real motion picture!) So, if you like the seventies' spirit and want to see an entertaining tale with two actors who were still at their best, have a look at "Sweet Hostage" (if you can find a copy for it's very rare...)