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1978 (UK) morePlot:
Psychological thriller about a novelist, a telekinetic, who causes disasters simply by thinking about them. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Seven Scores: Michael J. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (From Daily Film Music Blog. 3 February 2009, 12:54 AM, PST)
Seven Scores: Michael J. Lewis - The Medusa Touch
(From Daily Film Music Blog. 30 January 2009, 1:36 AM, PST)
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I have a gift for disaster....... more (24 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Burton | ... | John Morlar |
 | Lino Ventura | ... | Brunel |
| Lee Remick | ... | Doctor Zonfeld |
| Harry Andrews | ... | Assistant Commissioner |
| Alan Badel | ... | Barrister |
| Marie-Christine Barrault | ... | Patricia |
| Jeremy Brett | ... | Edward Parrish |
| Michael Hordern | ... | Atropos - Fortune Teller |
| Gordon Jackson | ... | Doctor Johnson |
| Michael Byrne | ... | Duff |
 | Derek Jacobi | ... | Townley - Publisher |
| Robert Lang | ... | Pennington |
| Avril Elgar | ... | Mrs. Pennington |
| John Normington | ... | Schoolmaster |
| Robert Flemyng | ... | Judge McKinley |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Norway:16 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Iceland:16 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | UK:PG | USA:PGFun Stuff
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The cathedral in the climactic scenes was given the fictitious name of Minster Cathedral (even though it was intended to be Westminster Abbey) because the director did not want anyone who was familiar with the architecture of the Abbey to say "But that's not Westminster Abbey", given that the scenes were actually filmed at Bristol Cathedral. moreGoofs:
Boom mic visible: When Molar visits a fortune teller, the boom mic is visible above the fortune teller's head. moreQuotes:
John Morlar: [his first meeting with Zonfeld] I have a "gift" for disaster.Doctor Zonfeld: You seem to have survived it.
John Morlar: I don't mean for me, I mean for others.
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The Medusa Touch is a film that i could just watch over and over again. The story, acting and directing (as well as the effects for the time) were truly brilliant. Richard Burton once again showed all the other Hollywood actors what he is worth (and i bet deep down inside they knew too). The film is basically about an odd, private man who has the evil power to inflict death just by looking at them. The build up to the film is superb as is the actual way the French investigator (Leo Ventura) goes about investigating Morlar's (Burton) death. The film was filmed entirely in England and has that very British feel to it but watching Burton in that film makes me feel sad that he is not alive today because only Anthony Hopkins can be compared to this true gem of an actor.