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Windows

  • 1980
  • R
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
882
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Talia Shire and Elizabeth Ashley in Windows (1980)
Homicidal woman in New York City spies on her shy mousy neighbor with a telescope and tape recorder and has her frightened by a knife brandishing brute.
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Homicidal woman in New York City spies on her shy mousy neighbor with a telescope and tape recorder and has her frightened by a knife-brandishing brute.Homicidal woman in New York City spies on her shy mousy neighbor with a telescope and tape recorder and has her frightened by a knife-brandishing brute.Homicidal woman in New York City spies on her shy mousy neighbor with a telescope and tape recorder and has her frightened by a knife-brandishing brute.

  • Director
    • Gordon Willis
  • Writer
    • Barry Siegel
  • Stars
    • Talia Shire
    • Joe Cortese
    • Elizabeth Ashley
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    882
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gordon Willis
    • Writer
      • Barry Siegel
    • Stars
      • Talia Shire
      • Joe Cortese
      • Elizabeth Ashley
    • 34User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

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    Talia Shire
    Talia Shire
    • Emily Hollander
    Joe Cortese
    Joe Cortese
    • Bob Luffrono
    • (as Joseph Cortese)
    Elizabeth Ashley
    Elizabeth Ashley
    • Andrea Glassen
    Kay Medford
    Kay Medford
    • Ida Marx
    Michael Gorrin
    Michael Gorrin
    • Sam Marx
    Russell Horton
    Russell Horton
    • Steven Hollander
    Michael Lipton
    • Dr. Marin
    Rick Petrucelli
    • Lawrence Obecny
    Ron Ryan
    • Detective Swid
    Linda Gillen
    Linda Gillen
    • Police Woman
    Tony DiBenedetto
    • Nick
    Bryce Bond
    • Voice-over
    Ken Chapin
    • Renting Agent
    Bette Davis
    Bette Davis
    • Charlotte Vale
    • (archive footage)
    Marty Greene
    • Ira
    Bill Handy
    • Desk Officer
    Robert Hodge
    • Desk Sergeant
    Kyle Scott Jackson
    • Detective
    • Director
      • Gordon Willis
    • Writer
      • Barry Siegel
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    • Trivia
      This was the first major studio release of the 1980's.
    • Quotes

      Andrea Glassen: Please... don't hurt me. Please... don't hurt me. *Please*... don't hurt me. Please... don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. Please. Please. Please don't hurt me. Please don't hurt me. Please don't hurt me. Please don't hurt me. Please.

    • Alternate versions
      UK cinema and video versions were heavily cut by 2 minutes 16 secs by the BBFC to edit the opening rape scene.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Windows/Heart Beat/The Runner Stumbles/Rape of Love (1980)

    User reviews34

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    6/10
    Watch for Ashley and NYC
    There are two reasons to watch this movie: Gordon Willis's cinematography & Elizabeth Ashley. It's not as lame as it is made out to be and has exquisite production values, but that being said, it is very niche, succeeding neither as a slasher nor a thriller, but occupying some odd space in between.

    "Windows" also reminds us that you can be a great cinematographer but that doesn't necessarily translate to directing: in fact, Gordon Willis never directed another movie again. As far as Elizabeth Ashley, for those not acquainted she was sort of a Tallulah Bankhead of the 70s and 80s. She had a storied Broadway career and multiple husbands and was on The Tonight Show more than 20 times simply because Carson found her amusing. She is captivating, even in claptrap melodrama like this.

    This movie was lambasted by the critics when it first came out, snuffing out Talia Shire's major studio leading lady career in the process. Shire had been a hot property after "The Godfather" and "Rocky" movies...but she made three high profile bombs in a row: "Old Boyfriends", "Prophecy", and, finally, "Windows." Film careers ending after a bomb or two happened to a lot of actresses back then and Shire was probably given more chances than most but the bottom line was she just couldn't carry a film.

    The movie looks terrific. Ashley wears a series of shimmery Bloomingdales middle-aged Disco blouses and it is impossible not to look at her. She's very interesting as an actress. The city is shot like a lullaby...to Brooklyn (The Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Cher's Cranberry Street block in Moonstruck figure prominently, as does The River Café as well as Fulton Street near Brooklyn Bridge Park, or as it referred to in Windows: "River Street") and Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan. The use of locations is a wonder and everything is very desolate. It definitely creates a mood of unease.

    Now, the problems. I don't have an issue with Shire's character, exactly. She is beyond mousey and nearly sexless, with her Prince Valiant hair and series of brown patterned sweater vests and plaid shirts worthy of an assistant librarian. She is certainly not someone one would expect Ashley to be obsessed with. Perhaps that is the point? But we'll never know because the entire story is underdeveloped. It seems to want to coast by on suspense but that is a flaw because there is hardly any suspense whatsoever. The film may have somewhat succeeded had it put some effort into characterizations. Instead we get some hints at what could have been and a choppy series of dull vignettes culminating in an anticlimactic showdown between Ashley and Shire. I do like that they don't spell everything out for you and, if you pause to think, the chain of events is coherent. But it's just not enough.

    "Windows" could have been interesting. I think they were going for something akin to "let's make a women's picture about sexual obsession" but then lost their way. Ultimately, it is almost completely devoid of energy but a pleasure to look at and Ashley is always a treat to observe...even when she is wearing eyeglasses the size of dessert plates and stroking an enormous phallic telescope.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 18, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Corky
    • Filming locations
      • 9 Cranberry Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(Emily and Andrea's first apartment building)
    • Production company
      • Mike Lobell Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,128,395
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $311,796
      • Jan 20, 1980
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,128,395
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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