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Release Date:
17 June 1965 (USA)
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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
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Butterfly
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Bank
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Bank Clerk
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Friend
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Art Student
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 6 wins
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6 nominations
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(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)
(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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an 'ahead of its time' classic
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Terence Stamp | ... | Freddie Clegg | |
| Samantha Eggar | ... | Miranda Grey | |
| Mona Washbourne | ... | Aunt Annie | |
| Maurice Dallimore | ... | The Neighbor |
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Also Known As:
The Butterfly Collector (UK)
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Runtime:
119 min
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Black and White (flashback sequence) |
Color (Technicolor)
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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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When Freddie is stalking Miranda she walks by a cinema that shows that Ben-Hur is playing. Director William Wyler also directed Ben-Hur.
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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.
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Quotes:
Freddie Clegg:
What's got four ears and eight legs?
Miranda Grey: What?
Freddie Clegg: Two dogs.
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Miranda Grey: What?
Freddie Clegg: Two dogs.
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Long before Hannibal Lecter's first appearance on celluloid, William Wyler's "The Collector" presented us with the premise of the gentleman killer, although you do not think of him as a killer.
The Collector refers to a lonely butterfly collector played by Terrence Stamp, who lives by himself in rural England. He kidnaps a pretty college student played by Samantha Eggar. He has no plans to hurt her but feels that the more time she spends with him, the more chances she will fall in love with him
That backstory is the major difference between "The Collector" and your other serial killer movies. Today's serial killer movies starts with the mad killer. The Collector starts out fairly innocently and slowly loses that sense of kindness. The movie's end is almost the opening of today's murderer movies.
The two person cast is outstanding. Terence Stamp is wonderfully creepy- and smart! However he does give off a sense of pathos. You really hope that he could hook up with Samantha Eggar. Eggar's performance is brilliant. She is sexy, yet gives off a vulnerability and later on desperation.
Wyler's direction is wonderful when you consider he essentially has two actors in one set (for a comparison rent Hitchcock's "Rope").Even with these limitations, he still creates suspense and compels you to watch even though there's not a lot of 'stuff' going on.
"The Collector" is an underrated gem, perfect to rent when "Hannibal" or "Along came a Spider" is out at the video store