Die Besessenheit eines jungen Schauspielers, eine schöne Frau auszuspionieren, die in der Nähe lebt, führt zu einer verwirrenden Serie von Ereignissen mit drastischen Folgen.Die Besessenheit eines jungen Schauspielers, eine schöne Frau auszuspionieren, die in der Nähe lebt, führt zu einer verwirrenden Serie von Ereignissen mit drastischen Folgen.Die Besessenheit eines jungen Schauspielers, eine schöne Frau auszuspionieren, die in der Nähe lebt, führt zu einer verwirrenden Serie von Ereignissen mit drastischen Folgen.
- Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 4 Nominierungen
- Assistant Director
- (as Larry 'Flash' Jenkins)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesThe Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax" rock-clip porno-film sequence features Penthouse pin-up centerfold Lindsay Freeman (billed as Alexandra Day), adult film star actresses Annette Haven (uncredited) and Cara Lott (billed as as Pamela Weston) and horror movie scream queen Brinke Stevens.
- PatzerThe Indian had used an auger bit to open the victim's safe, and eventually to kill her. An auger bit was used because of its aggressive look, but would have no effect on a steel safe. They are for wood.
- Zitate
Holly Body: I do not do animal acts. I do not do S&M or any variations of that particular bent, no water sports either. I will not shave my pussy, no fistfucking and absolutely no coming in my face. I get $2000 a day and I do not work without a contract.
- Alternative VersionenUK video versions were cut by 5 secs to remove Holly's refusal to 'shave my pussy', 'fist fucking' and 'coming in my face', and to fade out the final shot of a woman's bloodstained breasts. The cuts were fully waived in 2000.
- SoundtracksMain Theme
Written by Pino Donaggio
As with all his films, you either love "Body Double" and let its typical De Palma's over-the-top charm, his mesmerizing beautiful camera movements, his 20 minutes long, dialog-free pursuit sequence, his intense interest in exploration of sexual "dysfunction," his constantly present obsession with voyeurism, his satire on making cheap horror and adult movies, and his loving yet humorous homage to several Alfred Hitchcock's films overwhelm you or you just dismiss it scornfully for its most impossible and unbelievable story, for the plentiful coincidences and the holes in the plot, for the excessive violence, and for its sensationalism and exploitation. I found "Body Double" shocking, poignant, satirical, often hilarious, and always highly entertaining. Once again, De Palma did not disappoint me. I figured from the beginning where the story of a struggling B-movie actor (Craig Wasson) with many problems (claustrophobia that cost him a part in a horror movie, break-up with a cheating girlfriend, witnessing a gruesome murder and becoming a possible suspect) would lead. It did not stop me from enjoying the film and admiring De Palma's ability to trick me not just once but many times by making me see what he only wanted me to see, yet never hiding the whole picture and using to perfection his magic camera that "lies all the time; lies 24 times/second". I believe that De Palma himself has provided the keys to better understanding and enjoying his films when he said, "My films deal with a stylized, expressionistic world that has a kind of grotesque beauty about it." All we have to do - to recognize the beauty behind the grotesque.
P.S. Melanie Griffith gave her best performance and stole all her scenes as a hot blond smart porn star with "a head for business and a bod for sin" who might help Jack to solve the mystery of the brutal murder he had witnessed.
P.P.S. After I finished watching "Body Double", I added to my rental list "Blow Out" (1981) and "Sisters" (1973). Exploration of De Palma's worlds continues.
- Galina_movie_fan
- 11. Juli 2007
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- Body Double
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- Budget
- 10.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 8.801.940 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 2.837.978 $
- 28. Okt. 1984
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 8.803.163 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 54 Minuten
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.85 : 1