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Director:
Nicolas Roeg
Writer:
Yale Udoff (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
October 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery 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
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Awards:
3 wins more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
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User Comments:
Complex and shocking and riveting more (49 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
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
Rudolf Bissegger ... Giovanni (as Rudolph Bisseger)
Hans Christian ... Czech Consul
Ellan Fartt ... Ulla
Fritz Goblirsch ... Drunk Man (as Fritz Gublirsch)
Nino LaRocca ... Arab in Truck (as Nino La Rocca)
Roman Scheidl ... Angry Student
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carolyn Seymour ... Lisa Dietrich (scenes deleted)
Carl Lawrence Ludwig ... Young Czech Lover (uncredited)
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Directed by
Nicolas Roeg 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Yale Udoff  screenplay

Produced by
Jeremy Thomas .... producer
Tim Van Rellim .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Richard Hartley 
 
Cinematography by
Anthony B. Richmond  (as Anthony Richmond)
 
Film Editing by
Tony Lawson 
 
Casting by
Celestia Fox 
 
Art Direction by
David Brockhurst 
 
Costume Design by
Marit Allen 
 
Makeup Department
Sue Bide .... makeup artist
Sarah Monzani .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Christian Jungbluth .... production manager: Austria
Aivar Kaulins .... production manager
Detlef Krejci .... unit manager: Austria
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Kohn .... second assistant director
Marijan David Vajda .... assistant director: Austria
Neil Vine-Miller .... first assistant director
Tom Ward .... third assistant director
 
Art Department
Jonathan Amberston .... second assistant art director
John Beard .... first assistant art director
Arie Bohrer .... assistant art director: Austria
Bob Devine .... construction manager
Bryony Foster .... property buyer
Janet Shearer .... third assistant art director
Ted Western .... stand-by propman
 
Sound Department
Ken Barker .... sound re-recording mixer
Alan Bell .... sound editor
Tony Bell .... boom operator
Rodney Holland .... dialogue editor
Paul Le Mare .... sound mixer
Jacques Leroide .... assistant sound editor
Rodney Glenn .... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
John Hayward .... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Graham Attwood .... still photographer
George Beavis .... chief grip
Martin Evans .... gaffer
John Golding .... focus puller
Gordon Hayman .... camera operator
Derek Suter .... clapper loader
Wick Finch .... electrician (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Monika Caha .... casting: Austria
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shuna Harwood .... additional costumes
Carla Willsher .... wardrobe mistress
 
Editorial Department
David Spiers .... assistant film editor
 
Music Department
François Rabbath .... musician: double bass
 
Other crew
Laurence Boulting .... location manager
Clinton Cavers .... location manager
Brian Doyle .... publicist
Ingrid Durst .... production assistant: Austria
Kay Fenton .... continuity
Johannes Freisinger .... location manager:Austria
Susan Kane .... production secretary
Angela Mackworth-Young .... assistant to director
Borjan Nakicenovic .... propman: Austria
Jaqi Neilist .... production secretary
Hugh O'Donnell .... location manager
Alex Richards .... chief production accountant
Caroline Sax .... production secretary
 
Crew believed to be complete


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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
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Dana Gillespie's scenes were severely cut before release, in the process completely deleting her scene with Carolyn Seymour. more
Quotes:
Milena Flaherty: You already know everything... you want everything, too. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Dreaming My Dreams more

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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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