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The Driver's Seat

Original title: Identikit
  • 19741974
  • RR
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
638
YOUR RATING
The Driver's Seat (1974)
  • Drama
A mentally-disturbed spinster experiences a series of bizarre encounters in Rome as she searches for someone she feels she'll know--when she finds him.A mentally-disturbed spinster experiences a series of bizarre encounters in Rome as she searches for someone she feels she'll know--when she finds him.A mentally-disturbed spinster experiences a series of bizarre encounters in Rome as she searches for someone she feels she'll know--when she finds him.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
638
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
  • Writers
    • Muriel Spark(novel)
    • Raffaele La Capria(screenplay)
    • Giuseppe Patroni Griffi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Ian Bannen
    • Guido Mannari
Top credits
  • Director
    • Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
  • Writers
    • Muriel Spark(novel)
    • Raffaele La Capria(screenplay)
    • Giuseppe Patroni Griffi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Ian Bannen
    • Guido Mannari
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 31User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Bannen in The Driver's Seat (1974)
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    Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Bannen in The Driver's Seat (1974)
    Elizabeth Taylor and Guido Mannari in The Driver's Seat (1974)
    Elizabeth Taylor in The Driver's Seat (1974)
    Elizabeth Taylor in The Driver's Seat (1974)
    Andy Warhol in The Driver's Seat (1974)
    Elizabeth Taylor and Mona Washbourne in The Driver's Seat (1974)
    Elizabeth Taylor in The Driver's Seat (1974)
    Elizabeth Taylor in The Driver's Seat (1974)
    Elizabeth Taylor in The Driver's Seat (1974)
    Elizabeth Taylor in The Driver's Seat (1974)

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    Elizabeth Taylor
    Elizabeth Taylor
    • Liseas Lise
    Ian Bannen
    Ian Bannen
    • Billas Bill
    Guido Mannari
    Guido Mannari
    • Carloas Carlo
    Mona Washbourne
    Mona Washbourne
    • Mrs. Helen Fiedkeas Mrs. Helen Fiedke
    Luigi Squarzina
    • Lead Detectiveas Lead Detective
    Maxence Mailfort
    • Pierreas Pierre
    Andy Warhol
    Andy Warhol
    • English Lordas English Lord
    Anita Bartolucci
    • Saleswomanas Saleswoman
    Gino Giuseppe
    • Police Commissioneras Police Commissioner
    • (as Gino Giuseppe C.S.C.)
    Marino Masé
    Marino Masé
    • Traffic Policemanas Traffic Policeman
    Bedy Moratti
    • Dress Shop Owneras Dress Shop Owner
    Dino Mele
    Dino Mele
    • Police Captainas Police Captain
    Alessandro Perrella
    • Detectiveas Detective
    • (as Alessandro Perrella C.S.C.)
    Quinto Parmeggiani
    • Hotel Waiteras Hotel Waiter
    Nadia Scarpitta
    • Elderly Lady at airportas Elderly Lady at airport
    • (as Nadia Scarpitta Pernice)
    Federico Martignone
    Maurizio Bonuglia
    Maurizio Bonuglia
    • Detectiveas Detective
    Clara Mutschaewski
    • Commessa nel negozioas Commessa nel negozio
    • Director
      • Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
    • Writers
      • Muriel Spark(novel)
      • Raffaele La Capria(screenplay)
      • Giuseppe Patroni Griffi(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Dame Elizabeth Taylor personally called Bette Davis to offer her the role of Mrs. Helen Fiedke. Davis was interested, but eventually turned it down after Taylor told her that they were shooting the movie without a complete script.
    • Quotes

      Lise: You look like Red Riding Hood's Grandmother. Do you want to eat me?

      Bill: [laughs] I'd like to, I'd like to. Unfortunately, I'm on a macrobiotic diet and I can't eat meat.

      [laughs again]

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    User reviews31

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    It works on a certain level
    This obscure movie, which has been so unfairly panned by the critics of its time, actually manages to deliver what I believe was the intention, a disintegrating world of a psychotic woman. As viewers, we are somewhere in the middle of two layers of realities, the one being the compulsive psyche of the main character, Lise, portrayed by Liz Taylor, and the other one being the absurd and incoherent events in her surroundings. I quite like this film, I had expected a B-movie with second rate production values, but I was at least partly mistaken, the cinematography is effective in painting the psychotic state of mind, example; Lise turning to her right, framed in the left side of the screen, when addressing someone. Another scene, where Lise is attempting to get in touch with a woman she befriended just recently, who may be stuck in the lavatory from some illness, we see Lise at the same time completely absorbed by her own mirror image, disconnected from any real emotional concern over the lady that might be in peril. Maybe some think these are cheap means of making a weird and psychotic setting, still the movie makes the viewer access the process of disintegration of Lise. Furthermore, some scenes are chillingly before its time regarding terror events and crimes; terror do pop up everywhere these days, and maybe a modern day public can better identify themselves with a confused and disintegrating persona as Lise. We can barely understand our own feelings and our driving forces - how can we then understand the complexity of the human society in terms of terror and conflicts?
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    5
    • Chricke-2
    • Jun 29, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 1975 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • West Germany
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Identikit
    • Filming locations
      • Munich, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Rizzoli Film
      • Felix Cinematografica
      • Studio Hamburg
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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