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Murder à la Mod

Original title: Murder a la Mod
  • 19681968
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
985
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Murder à la Mod (1968)
ComedyCrimeMystery
Naive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur-filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he can divorce his wife. Meanwhile, jolly psycho prankster Otto stalks the buildi... Read allNaive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur-filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he can divorce his wife. Meanwhile, jolly psycho prankster Otto stalks the building where Christopher is shooting a low-grade adult movie in order to keep himself afloat.Naive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur-filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he can divorce his wife. Meanwhile, jolly psycho prankster Otto stalks the building where Christopher is shooting a low-grade adult movie in order to keep himself afloat.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
985
YOUR RATING
    • Brian De Palma
    • Brian De Palma
  • Stars
    • Andra Akers
    • William Finley
    • Margo Norton
    • Brian De Palma
    • Brian De Palma
  • Stars
    • Andra Akers
    • William Finley
    • Margo Norton
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    • 15User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Murder à la Mod (1968)
    Murder à la Mod (1968)
    Ken Burrows in Murder à la Mod (1968)
    Ken Burrows in Murder à la Mod (1968)
    Ken Burrows and William Finley in Murder à la Mod (1968)
    Ken Burrows and William Finley in Murder à la Mod (1968)
    Jared Martin and Margo Norton in Murder à la Mod (1968)
    William Finley and Jared Martin in Murder à la Mod (1968)
    William Finley and Jared Martin in Murder à la Mod (1968)
    Jared Martin in Murder à la Mod (1968)
    Jared Martin in Murder à la Mod (1968)
    Jared Martin in Murder à la Mod (1968)

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    Andra Akers
    • Tracy
    William Finley
    William Finley
    • Otto
    Margo Norton
    • Karen
    Jared Martin
    Jared Martin
    • Chris
    Ken Burrows
    • Wiley
    Lorenzo Catlett
    • Policeman
    Jack L. Harrell
    • Salesman
    • (as Jack Harrell)
    Laura Stevenson
    • Girl in Boutique
    John Quinn
    • Mr. Fitzsimmons
    Jenny O'Hara
    Jenny O'Hara
    • Soap Opera
    • (voice)
    Bob Scott
    • Soap Opera
    • (voice)
    Phil Proctor
    Phil Proctor
    • Soap Opera
    • (voice)
    Leanne Harrison
    • A Bird
    Jennifer Salt
    Jennifer Salt
    • A Bird
    • (as Jenifer Salt)
    Laura Rubin
    • A Bird
    Marta Levenson
    • A Bird
    Melanie Mander
    • A Bird
      • Brian De Palma
      • Brian De Palma
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Although the film is copyrighted 1967, it wasn't released until 1968.
    • Goofs
      When Otto hides in the trunk and rolls down down the road towards Tracy, the trunk is not closed and he watches Tracy as he rolls down the hill. After the trunk topples off the trolley, Tracy goes to see what is in it but needs to undo the latches as the trunk is now closed.
    • Connections
      Featured in Blow Out (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Murder à la Mod
      Written and Performed by William Finley (as W.F. Finley)

    User reviews15

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    9/10
    Supposedly De Palma's first film and it's great!
    I bought this expecting nothing because I knew nothing of it, I had always thought Greetings was De Palma's first feature but I was wrong I guess. I thought this movie would have the feel of a student produced documentary or something small like that, but this film is somewhat wide in scope and pleases for a movie of it's age. I can't believe this unseen gem has aged so well while mainstream crap from the 60's just chatters on. This movie is the wave of the future that was to come. If you've ever seen Quentin Taretino's Jackie Brown and remember the sequence where all the characters go to the mall and it's told from three different points of view and you liked that then you'll love this movie. It's 80 minutes of that and I can't believe for this to have been so early in De Palma's career that he was able to pull it off so well. William Finnely does another great turn at acting in this movie as Otto a somewhat retarded stage hand and actor who goes beyond his means in this movie. It is from this where I can see why Brian De Palma would later hire him for 1974's The Phantom of the Paridise. He plays a character a little like that. Watch this movie, especially if you love De Palma and Finnley.
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    • jed-estes
    • Oct 1, 2006

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    • Release date
      • May 1, 1968 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Aries Documentaries
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    • 1 hour 20 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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