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Director:

Guy Green

Writers:

John Fowles (novel) and
John Fowles (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

10 December 1968 (USA) more

Genre:

Fantasy more

Plot:

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more

User Comments:

Bad score, nice view more (24 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Caine ... Nicholas Urfe

Anthony Quinn ... Maurice Conchis

Candice Bergen ... Lily
Anna Karina ... Anne
Paul Stassino ... Meli
Julian Glover ... Anton
Takis Emmanuel ... Kapetan
George Pastell ... Andreas
Danièle Noël ... Soula
Jerome Willis ... German Officer
Ethel Farrugia ... Maria
Andreas Malandrinos ... Goatherd
George Kafkaris ... 2nd Partisan
Anthony Newlands ... Party Host
Stack Constantino ... 3rd Partisan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The God Game (UK) (working title)
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Runtime:

117 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Company:

Blazer more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Cameo: [John Fowles] [the writer appears as a boat captain.] more

Quotes:

Nicholas Urfe: This thing, it's like being halfway through a book. You can't just throw it in the dustbin.
Anne: So you throw me instead?
Nicholas Urfe: I'm trying to be honest.
Anne: Honest? It's just like in London. You haven't changed. I'll always be that French girl who slept around. A human boomerang. Throw her away and she'll always come back for another week of duty-free sex.
Nicholas Urfe: That's below the belt!
Anne: Your natural territory.
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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Bad score, nice view, 17 July 2003
6/10
Author: Patrick Gurris from Münster, Germany

As other commentators I didn't quite know whether to expect the worst movie ever or an undiscovered pearl. Well, it is neither. For lovers of the novel, I feel the film is quite adequate and interesting. Hard to imagine how the film impressions someone who hasn't read the book. In my mind this could have been an excellent film, but for two aspects: the score is awful (especially in the mountain climbing sequence with Anne); the final "trial" is totally botched, filmed as a dream-sequence instead of reality, as it should be, and featuring a ridiculous robot. I wish I could do a re-make.

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