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User Rating:
7.1/10   2,047 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Yale Udoff (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
October 1980 (USA) more
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Tagline:
His terrifying obsession took them to the brink of death and beyond. [Video Australia] more
Plot:
The setting is Vienna. A young American woman is brought to a hospital after overdosing on pills, apparently in a suicide attempt... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins more
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User Comments:
Complex and shocking and riveting more (51 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Art Garfunkel ... Alex Linden

Theresa Russell ... Milena Flaherty

Harvey Keitel ... Inspector Netusil
Denholm Elliott ... Stefan Vognic
Daniel Massey ... Foppish Man
Dana Gillespie ... Amy Miller

William Hootkins ... Col. Taylor

Eugene Lipinski ... Hospital Policeman
George Roubicek ... Policeman #1
Stefan Gryff ... Policeman #2
Sevilla Delofski ... Czech Receptionist
Robert Walker ... Konrad
Gertan Klauber ... Ambulance Man
Ania Marson ... Dr. Schneider
Lex van Delden ... Young Doctor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (USA)
Illusions (UK) (working title)
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Runtime:
123 min
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Color:
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Dana Gillespie's scenes were severely cut before release, in the process completely deleting her scene with Carolyn Seymour. more
Quotes:
Alex Linden: Everything you need, you'll get from her. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Game-On: Bad Timing (#1.3)" (1995) more
Soundtrack:
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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Complex and shocking and riveting, 2 September 2003
Author: answar7979 from Baltimore, MD

I saw this film when it was originally released and it still ranks as my all-time favorite. From the opening strains of Tom Waits' gritty "Invitation to the Blues" (which is cut off by the wail of an ambulance!) every aspect--music, scenery, the astonishing acting--melds together into a masterpiece.

Theresa Russell is simply a knockout as Milena, a woman who refuses to be "owned". She's beautiful, sexy, carefree, and absolutely infuriating to Art Garfunkel's psychologist Dr. Linden. His compulsion to control her leads to disaster, and Garfunkel's performance is absolutely astonishing. The expression on his face in the final scene is unforgettable. It haunts me still.

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