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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
John Fowles (novel)
Stanley Mann (writer) ...
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Release Date:
17 June 1965 (USA) more
Tagline:
Almost a love story more
Plot:
A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Top 5 Films w/ Director Sebastian Gutierrez
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 1 September 2009, 6:00 PM, PDT)
Terence Stamp: Recognizing The General
(From Hollywood Outbreak. 16 December 2008, 10:30 AM, PST)
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Terence Stamp | ... | Freddie Clegg | |
| Samantha Eggar | ... | Miranda Grey | |
| Mona Washbourne | ... | Aunt Annie | |
| Maurice Dallimore | ... | The Neighbor |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Butterfly Collector (UK)
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Runtime:
119 min
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Color:
Black and White (flashback sequence) | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:X (1965) | West Germany:18 (nf) | Argentina:13 | Finland:(Banned) (1965) | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated
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While the film is overall faithful to John Fowles' novel, the scene where Freddie's neighbor comes over and Miranda tries to get his attention by flooding the bathroom was created for the film and was not in the novel. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Freddie is trying to silence Miranda when she is in the bath, the cones covering her nipples can be clearly seen. more
Quotes:
Miranda Grey:
I've stayed the four weeks.
Freddie Clegg:
I just have to have you here a little longer.
Miranda Grey:
Why? What more can I do? What more can you want?
Freddie Clegg:
You know what I want... it's what I've always wanted. You could fall in love with me if you tried. I've done everything I could to make it easy. You just won't try!
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I should have commented on this excellent film long ago. I first saw it in the late 1970s on television and was immediately entranced by both Stamp and Eggar whose performances are are simply riveting. It is an almost "Hitchcockian" film, in that tension and suggestion are used to maximum effect keeping the viewer on the edge of their chair. This is a film that I'd love to see re-made or re-discovered, but again like Hitchcock's best, it owes a great deal of its impact to the time in which it was made and would likely suffer at the hands of a lesser director than Wyler. Fowles work is captured (like Miranda) and viewed with microscopic clarity through Freddy's watchful eye. It has also inspired a song called "Chastity" from The Raves CD, "Past Perfect Tense" which relates the whole of the story. SEE THIS FILM.