In one of director Brian DePalma's many cinematic tributes to Alfred Hitchcock (this one borrows from VERTIGO and employs Hitchcock's frequent collaborator, composer Bernard Herrmann), Cliff Robertson portrays an American businessman whose wife and child are killed in a botched kidnapping rescue effort. Years later, while in .. Read more
| Starring | Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow, Don Hood |
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| Director | Brian De Palma |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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In one of director Brian DePalma's many cinematic tributes to Alfred Hitchcock (this one borrows from VERTIGO and employs Hitchcock's frequent collaborator, composer Bernard Herrmann), Cliff Robertson portrays an American businessman whose wife and child are killed in a botched kidnapping rescue effort. Years later, while in Italy, the still-distraught widower begins an affair with a woman (Genevieve Bujold) whose resemblance to his late wife is rather uncanny. The script was co-written by Paul Schrader (TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL).
| Starring | Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow, Don Hood, Pat McNamara, Wanda Blackman, Stocker Fontelieu, Sylvia Kuumba Williams |
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| Director | Brian De Palma |
| Studio | ANCHOR BAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1976 To Rent: DVD: not available Blu-ray: 11 Jul 2011 To Buy: DVD: 27 May 2002 |
Schrader and De Palma's tribute to Hitchcock's Vertigo may lack the misogyny and bloodbath sensationalism of De Palma's... read more on Time Out
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Obsessive
Interesting but slightly peculiar reworking of some of the ideas from Hitchcock's 'Vertigo'. A business man loses his wife and daughter in a ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Obsession
Imagine Vertigo with everything that was good taken out of it...
If you have seen Vertigo then there really isn't much need in renting this film... read more »
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Disturbing and brilliant
This is DePalma's ultimate ode to Hitchcock, specifically to his film 'Vertigo'. There are many obvious parallels between the two films, but '... read more »
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Overblown Practice Vehicle for DePalma
Talented if slightly plagirous director DePalma gives us an overserious, slow and silly film. The plot which is a rip-off (sorry 'homage') to Vertigo ... read more »
Oscar-winning actor Cliff Robertson died on Saturday (10Sep11), just one day after his 88th birthday. The star died of natural causes in Stony Brook, New York. Robertson won an Academy Award in 1968 for his portrayal of a mentally disabled man in Charly, an adaptation of the novel Flowers for Algernon. He was personally picked by John F. Kennedy to play the politician in the biographical 1963 film PT-109, and also racked up credits in films including Gidget, Three Days of the Condor, Obsession Read more
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