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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767818049
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767818040
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 15, 1998
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 25013
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 26, 1984
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In this erotic thriller can the sole witness to a gruesome murder believe everything that he sees? Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 06/01/2004 Starring: Craig Wasson Melanie Griffith Run time: 117 minutes Rating: R Director: Brian De Palma
Amazon.com:
Even Brian De Palma's staunchest defenders had to swallow hard with this gaudily gory bauble of a thriller that is built around a gruesome (yet surprisingly wittily staged) stalking and murder involving a female victim and a killer with a giant power drill. This is De Palma at his most sensational, in a story about a B-movie actor with career problems (Craig Wasson) and a habit as a voyeur. He witnesses the aforementioned murder, then teams up with a porn actress (Melanie Griffith) to try and find the killer. De Palma has a blast going inside the porn film industry, and even films a pseudo rock video with one-hit wonders Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Wasson is an unlikely leading man, bland and pasty, but he's perfect in the role of a decidedly imperfect hero. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Avoid this.......like the plague
This movie was absolutely B-R-U-T-A-L. I cannot believe that this came out a year after Scarface. Brian De Palma must have been burnt out or something. Maybe he fell asleep during the editing process and some studio exec hijacked this film, sprinkling it with gratuitous nudity and violence. Either way this movie is a sloppy mess. It has not aged well at all. Anybody involved in this must have to shield their eyes in embarrasement whenever it comes on television.
To begin with, the acting ... Read More
Rating:  - A bit trashy, hard to follow, yet in the end, it somehow manages to work
This murder mystery is very convoluted and moves so slowly at first that it is hard to follow. Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) is a struggling actor who has landed the part of a vampire in a low-budget movie. When he comes home and discovers his live-in girlfriend having a sexual romp in their bedroom, he is suddenly homeless. In an attempt to advance his career, he takes acting lessons and interviews for parts.
To his apparent good fortune, he meets another actor and is asked to take over a housesitting ... Read More
Rating: - Trash masterpiece from De Palma
A trash gem from Brian De Palma. Here, Rear Window meets Vertigo in the porn subculture of the 1980s Southern California. Jake, a bit actor in B films (played engagingly by Craig Wasson) finds his girlfriend sleeping with another guy and has to move from his home. A fellow actor needs someone (or so he says) to take care of his house while he is away on a trip, and Jake agrees to do the job. Before leaving, he shows him his favorite neighbor, a beautiful and sculptural woman who strips with her window open each ... Read More
Rating:  - Enigmatic Murder Mystery
The film begins in a graveyard. A dead body opens its eyes and roars. They are filming a horror movie. Something has gone wrong. Jake returns home to find a surprise. After a drink he finds a new home. He auditions for another job; he meets a new friend who offers him a house-sitting job. Sam says he must water the plants every evening. A telescope shows a neighbor. [Does this remind you of "Rear Window"?] Scully notices something and follows that woman in her car, then to a shopping mall. He notices some man following ... Read More
Rating: - I Don't Get It
SPOILER ALERT!
I enjoy this movie. In fact, I'm watching it for the umpteenth time right now. It zips along, has a lot of suspense, some thrills, and a nice "video" of the Frankie Goes To Hollywood hit "Relax." But what's never made any sense to me is the plot -- what is the necessity of setting this guy up to view the murder in the first place? Who needs him? Am I missing something? A fun ride nevertheless. -- Don't have the DVD, so I can't say anything about the extras, but I would appreciate a commentary ... Read More
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