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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   2,477 votes
Director:
Irvin Kershner
Writers:
John Carpenter (screenplay)
John Carpenter (story)
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Release Date:
2 August 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery | Thriller more
Plot:
Suddenly Laura Mars can see through the eyes of a serial killer as he commits his crimes. She contacts... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Better Than It Had To Be more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Faye Dunaway ... Laura Mars

Tommy Lee Jones ... John Neville

Brad Dourif ... Tommy Ludlow

Rene Auberjonois ... Donald Phelps

Raul Julia ... Michael Reisler (as R.J.)
Frank Adonis ... Sal Volpe
Lisa Taylor ... Michele

Darlanne Fluegel ... Lulu
Rose Gregorio ... Elaine Cassel
Bill Boggs ... Himself
Steve Marachuk ... Robert
Meg Mundy ... Doris Spenser
Marilyn Meyers ... Sheila Weissman
Gary Bayer ... Reporter

Mitchell Edmonds ... Reporter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Eyes (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:R | West Germany:16 | UK:15 (video rating)
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
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Trivia:
Barbra Streisand was originally attached to star as Laura Mars. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Laura sees an especially frightening vision the camera cuts to her eyes in close-up. Her pupils are not maximally dilated as they would normally be by extreme emotion, but are pinpoints. This would likely have been a technical difficulty as the bright lights in the C/U would shrink her pupils. more
Quotes:
Laura: I can't understand... how it's possible... to live your whole life... without someone... and be doing more or less OK. And then suddenly you find them.
John Neville: You recognize them.
Laura: You recognize them. And... you know without them...
John Neville: [whispered] It's terrifying.
Laura: Yes.
John Neville: [whispered] It's beautiful.
Laura: Yes.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Let's All Chant more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Better Than It Had To Be, 31 January 2005
7/10
Author: (style@austinchronicle.com) from United States

Jon Peters' first production as he transformed himself (with girlfriend Barbra Streisand's help) from hairdresser to movie producer, the movie is a gem of Seventies style at it's finest. The clothes, the hair, makeup, music, attitude, interiors and locations ride the crest of the high-style wave that flooded the world through the Eighties. Combining the improbable worlds of violence and fashion, with a story that centers on a famous photographer (Dunaway) and her ability to *see* her friends and colleagues being stalked and murdered, *Eyes* has moments of serious suspense, but that's hardly the reason to see this movie. Utilizing the actual photography of fashion god Helmut Newton, the film maker has exquisitely captured the 1978 New York fashion and disco scene in a way that none of the recent looks at the Seventies has been able to, but then, again, this movie was *made* in 1978, not 27 years later. The scenes of photo shoots are particularly fun to watch, with one scene portraying a burning car crash in Columbus Circle in which the models, clad in garter belts and fur coats cat-fight before the camera. The ingenuous use of *real* models add the precise amount of vacuity necessary to make the surreal shot work. Another photo shoot involves a model dead from a gunshot to his heart lying in a pool surrounded by exotically dressed disco-dancing models and a throbbing disco beat. The plot is secondary to style in this movie, and style is the only reason this movie should be remembered. Favorite moment: Darlanne Fluegel as the model Lulu haplessly trying to explain to the press *why* violence is important in fashion photos.

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