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Obsession
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- 1976
- Brian De Palma
- 98 mins
- 15
Summary
Suspense thriller starring Cliff Robertson and Geneviève Bujold. When Michael Courtland's wife and daughter are kidnapped, the police advise him not to pay the ransom. But plans to trace the criminals go awry and the two captives seemingly disappear. Some 16 years later, Courtland meets a woman who is the double of his missing wife.
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Tony Sloman
Director Brian De Palma made a brave stab at a homage to his idol Alfred Hitchcock with this sexy thriller in which Paul Schrader's screenplay offers more than one nod to Vertigo. Further echoes of Hitch are supplied in the Oscar-nominated score by Psycho composer Bernard Herrmann. Geneviève Bujold is particularly fetching as Cliff Robertson's dead wife and her double, but John Lithgow in his second movie steals the acting honours as Robertson's suspicious business partner. Star Wars editor Paul Hirsch consolidated his reputation on this movie, which is nearly, but not quite, as clever as it thinks it is.
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rolenameMichael CourtlandCliff RobertsonElizabeth Courtland / Sandra PortinariGeneviève BujoldRobert LaSalleJohn LithgowJudySylvia "Kuumba" WilliamsAmy CourtlandWanda BlackmanKidnapperJ Patrick McNamaraInspector BrieStanley J ReyesFarberNick KriegerDr EllmanStocker FontelieuFergusonDon HoodD'AnnunzioAndrea EsterhazyPaper boyThomas Carr
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rolenameDirectorBrian De Palma
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English | Italian
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