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Genre | Thriller, Suspense |
Format | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled |
Contributor | Columbia Pictures, Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Brian Palma, Gregg Henry |
Language | English, French |
Runtime | 1 hour and 54 minutes |
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Product Description
Brian De Palma invites you to witness a seduction... a mystery... a murder. It’s BODY DOUBLE — a spine-tingling look at voyeurism and sexuality from the modern master of suspense. Jake Scully (Craig Wasson), an unemployed actor, is asked to house-sit at a luxurious hillside apartment. As a bonus, the home offers Jake a telescopic peek into the bedroom of Gloria Revelle (Deborah Shelton), who performs an arousing striptease. When Jake discovers another man is also spying on Gloria, he begins an obsessive surveillance of her. Soon a grisly murder leads him into the world of X-rated film where he meets sexy porn queen Holly Body (Melanie Griffith), who is a key to the crime. De Palma has created a gripping adult thriller of eroticism and horror!
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 4 ounces
- Director : Brian Palma
- Media Format : Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 54 minutes
- Release date : December 15, 1998
- Actors : Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, French
- Producers : Brian Palma
- Language : Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : 0767818040
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #75,559 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #3,907 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
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The suspense and romance are top-notch. I was impressed by Craig Wasson and Melanie Griffith. Deborah Shelton was beautiful. I loved this movie and am glad I own it because I’m going to watch it many more times.
Melanie Griffith looked good being this was 1984. She went on to do WORKING GIRL and then PACIFIC HEIGHTS with Michael Keaton. She was fab in those as well. Craig Wasson stars as the temporary out of work actor in Hollywood who seems to get another chance at life. He meets a so called friend through an acting class and then ends up in a prestigious house in the hills. One night while house sitting, he becomes obsessed with the woman down the hill. After a few nights, he is witness to what seems to be a murder.
He rushes over to try and help, but it is too late and gets ensnarled in the mystery of it all.
Melanie Griffith plays a porn star that unfortunately nearly gets herself killed in the process becoming a part in the mystery.
It's a who done it murder mystery, 1984 style, with Melanie Griffith and Craig Wasson (HART TO HART).
The video and sound are nothing short of superb this time around and INDICATOR has done a fabulous job.
I played this back on the UHD 4K equipment and it was beautiful.
** SPECIAL FEATURES ARE:
~ 4K Restoration
~ Original Stereo Audio
~ Alternate 5.1 Surround Sound Track
~ Craig Wasson Interview (1984, 8 Min.)
~ PURE CINEMA (2015, 38 Min.) Extensive Interview with First Assistant Director Joe Napolitano.
~ THE SEDUCTION (2002, 17 Min.) De Palma discusses the first treatment of the script.
~ THE SETUP (2002, 17 Min.) An examination of the plot.
~ THE MYSTERY (2002, 12 Min.) Melanie Griffith discusses her nude scenes and De Palma's shyness.
~ THE CONTROVERSY (2002, 6 Min.) Cast and Crew discuss the film's critical reception
~ Isolated Score: Experience the original soundtrack music
~ Image Gallery: On Set and promotional photography
~ Original Theatrical Trailer
~ New and Improved English Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
This is not the first movie to have the murder of one of a set of women as the theme. Both Larry Kasdan's 'Body Heat' and Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' do exactly the same job and well worth imitating. However, the 'Body Double' story plays absent a very necessary amount of credibility. The film simply lacks drama.
The story is suspenseful, mysterious, touches on Vampire and porn film-making, and conveniently provides sex as the substitute for drama.
Overall the movie is entertaining and good. But as far as combining the devices of film making together into one whole, like Hitchcock and Kasdan did, Brian De Palma did not quite get it.