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Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession

Original title: Bad Timing
  • 19801980
  • RR
  • 2h 3m
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6.9/10
9.2K
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Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
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A psychiatrist, living in Vienna, enters a torrid relationship with a married woman. When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of ... Read allA psychiatrist, living in Vienna, enters a torrid relationship with a married woman. When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of their affair.A psychiatrist, living in Vienna, enters a torrid relationship with a married woman. When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of their affair.
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    • Nicolas Roeg
    • Yale Udoff(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Art Garfunkel
    • Theresa Russell
    • Harvey Keitel
    • Nicolas Roeg
    • Yale Udoff(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Art Garfunkel
    • Theresa Russell
    • Harvey Keitel
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    • 72User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
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    Theresa Russell and Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
    Christopher Walken and Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
    Harvey Keitel and Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
    Theresa Russell and Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
    Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
    Theresa Russell and Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
    Theresa Russell and Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
    Harvey Keitel, Art Garfunkel, and Eugene Lipinski in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
    Theresa Russell and Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
    Harvey Keitel in Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
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    Art Garfunkel
    Art Garfunkel
    • Alex Linden
    Theresa Russell
    Theresa Russell
    • Milena Flaherty
    Harvey Keitel
    Harvey Keitel
    • Inspector Netusil
    Denholm Elliott
    Denholm Elliott
    • Stefan Vognic
    Daniel Massey
    Daniel Massey
    • Foppish Man
    Dana Gillespie
    Dana Gillespie
    • Amy Miller
    William Hootkins
    William Hootkins
    • Col. Taylor
    Eugene Lipinski
    Eugene Lipinski
    • Hospital Policeman
    George Roubicek
    George Roubicek
    • Policeman #1
    Stefan Gryff
    • Policeman #2
    Sevilla Delofski
    • Czech Receptionist
    Rob Walker
    Rob Walker
    • Konrad
    • (as Robert Walker)
    Gertan Klauber
    Gertan Klauber
    • Ambulance Man
    Ania Marson
    Ania Marson
    • Dr. Schneider
    Lex van Delden
    • Young Doctor
    Rudolf Bissegger
    • Giovanni
    • (as Rudolph Bisseger)
    Hans Christian
    • Czech Consul
    Ellan Fartt
    • Ulla
      • Nicolas Roeg
      • Yale Udoff(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Director Nicolas Roeg and actress Theresa Russell fell in love during the shoot and married. Russell was 22 years old at that time, while Roeg was already 52 years old. They had two children, but divorced later.
    • Goofs
      Near the beginning of the movie, when the Czechoslovakian border guard checks the names on his list, the list contains several Czech swear words instead of personal names and occupations ("Mrdac", "Kurevnik", "Prdelac"...).
    • Quotes

      Milena Flaherty: I'll be dead in a minute; just wanted to say good-bye.

    • Alternate versions
      The BBFC made one cut to the film in the UK before theatrical release. The cut footage juxtaposes an image of lovemaking with a shot of a child. This was re-edited into separate shots due to concerns about the Child Protection Act, and all versions available worldwide are the re-edited version.
    • Connections
      Featured in Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema: Let's Make Love (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Berceuse
      Sung by Vernon Midgley

      Music by Benjamin Goddard (uncredited)

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    8/10
    Art Garfunkel surprised me in this one
    When this movie was shown on television a couple of days ago, I had never heard of it before, but given the fact that it has received less than 600 votes until now, even though it is already from 1980, means that I'm not the only one who didn't know of its existence. Apparently some things went wrong with the distribution and the dark content of the movie was probably not what they were used to see at that time either. Does that mean that it is a bad movie? Far from it, the story for instance is multi-layered, interesting and quite impressive.

    It all starts with a young American woman who is brought to a hospital in Vienna after a suicide attempt by overdosing on pills. But the police detective that investigates the case suspects that there is more going on than what her lover, an American psychology professor, wants to admit. As the doctors do everything possible to save the woman's life, the professor is thoroughly interrogated by the detective. Through a series of flashbacks, we see how the relationship between the two started and evolved and what that had to do with the suicide attempt. Everything will be shown: their passionate sexual relationship, her drinking problem, the numerous affairs that both have, her hidden marriage...

    As I already said, this is a multi-layered story. For me, that makes this movie only more interesting, but I have the feeling that not that many people can cope with it, as today we are only used to see straight and easy stories which don't demand too much of our brains. This movie combines all kinds of aspects like espionage during the Cold War, romance, thriller, drama,... but always feels like one solid film. That only proves the skills of the director and the screenwriter of course. It was the first time that I saw a movie from the hand of director Nicolas Roeg and Yale Udoff is a complete stranger to me as well. But together they made the entire story work.

    The fact that this is such a solid movie also has a lot to do with the good acting. Not that I expected anything else from people like Harvey Keitel and Theresa Russell, but Art Garfunkel certainly surprised me. Normally I don't like all those singers / would-be actors who only appear in movies to get the movie a larger audience (not that it worked this time) and not because they know anything about acting. But when their performance is OK, I'll be the first one to admit it as well and so I say here that Art Garfunkel was really very good in this movie.

    Overall this is a very good movie with an interesting story and some very fine acting. It's too bad that it isn't better known, because it certainly deserves to be seen by a much larger audience. I give this movie at least a 7.5/10, maybe even an 8/10.
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      • October 25, 1980 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
      • German
      • Czech
      • French
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      • 2 Schönbrunner Schloßstraße, Vienna, Austria
    • Production companies
      • Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
      • The Rank Organisation
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