Svengali (TV 1983)An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger. Director:Anthony Harvey |
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Svengali (TV 1983)An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger. Director:Anthony Harvey |
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| Peter O'Toole | ... | ||
| Jodie Foster | ... |
Zoe Alexander
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| Elizabeth Ashley | ... |
Eve Swiss
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| Larry Joshua | ... |
Johnny Rainbow
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Pamela Blair | ... |
Trish
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Barbara Bryne | ... |
Mrs. Burns-Rizzo
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Ron Weyand | ... |
Hypnotist
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| Robin Thomas | ... |
Mendy Weindenbaum
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Brian Carney | ... |
Abbot Renfrew
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Madeleine Potter | ... |
Antonia
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| Holly Hunter | ... |
Leslie
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Vera Mayer | ... |
Gizella
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Stuart Charno | ... |
Boomer
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Peter Boruchowitz | ... |
Chris
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| Tony Devon | ... |
Ben
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An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger.
Peter O'Toole has played Henry Higgins in TV's version of Pygmalion (My fair lady). Svengali is almost exactly the same story, except that instead of teaching "Eliza" how to speak, he teaches "Zoe" how to sing. O'Toole displays a lot of the brilliance he has as an actor but the performance is no way close to the one in Lawrence of Arabia -- but then again, there was David Lean directing LOA. O'Toole is an excellent character Actor. The music in the film too is quite good, except that Jodie Foster's song that brings her fame in the movie is too overplayed. In the beginning it's a nice tune and her voice is even dare I say pretty good! Worth seeing once at least.