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Bad Timing (1980)

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User Rating: 7.0/10 (1,488 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Nicolas Roeg
Writer:
Yale Udoff (screenplay)
Release Date:
October 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
Extraordinary, powerful movie - a masterpiece more

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
Country:
UK
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:18 | Singapore:R21 | West Germany:18 | Canada:18+ (Ontario) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:R | Iceland:16
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more
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Trivia:
Dana Gillespie's scenes were severely cut before release, in the process completely deleting her scene with Carolyn Seymour. more
Quotes:
Alex Linden: I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out what normal means. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Zomergasten: (#18.2)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Who Are You more

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14 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
Extraordinary, powerful movie - a masterpiece, 29 July 2000
10/10
Author: Kansas-5 from Bluff City, Kansas

This is Roeg at his best. Incredible script, stellar camerawork, dark and convoluted plot. Exquisite exposition of the nature of obsession. I believe the rapid cuts between the emergency room and sexual passion were off putting for many reviewers, and they couldn't see Theresa Russell's magnificent performance in that scene for what it really was.

Roeg is never easy, but neither is Franz Kafka.

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