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Body Double (1984) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 15, 1998
• R2: 13 Oct 2003
Budget $10,000,000
Running Time
1 hour, 54 minutes
Country USA
Studio Columbia Pictures, Delphi II Productions
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Other Titles
• Body Double
• Der Tod kommt zweimal (1985)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Murder, Suspense, Disturbing, Racy, Psychodrama, Investigation, Serial Killer, Vampires, Hollywood, Detectives, Police, Mistaken Identity, Gore
Tagline: You can't believe everything you see.
Plot: Struggling, intensely claustrophobic actor Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) spends his spare time spying on an always-undressing beautiful woman while house-sitting at his friend's swanky Los Angeles bachelor pad. Then he notices a big ugly guy with a power drill is also spying on her, and Scully begins trailing them in a bizarre game that eventually leads to murder. To solve the mystery, Scully infiltrates the porn industry and stars in an X-rated video for 1980s band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, eventually linking up with adult film star Holly Body (Melanie Griffith), the key to all the strange goings-on. Director Brian De Palma delves merrily into his bag of cinematic tricks for this mystery, which comes off as a sort of sex- and sleaze-filled hybrid of Hitchcock's VERTIGO and REAR WINDOW. Griffith, then known mainly as the daughter of Hitchcock leading lady Tippi Hedren, earned fans and critical buzz with her refreshingly funny, sexy performance as the porn star. A pre-NYPD BLUE Dennis Franz appears as a director. Evocative use of L.A. locations and De Palma's creative camerawork help mask the less believable plot elements, as does a nice score by Pino Dinoggio.
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 | Robert J. Avrech
A Stranger Among Us, The Devil's Arithmetic, Into Thin Air: Death on Everest |
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 | Gregg Henry
Payback, Star Trek: Insurrection, Femme Fatale |
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 | Craig Wasson
A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Akeelah and the Bee, Ghost Story | Guy Boyd
Pacific Heights, Lucas, The Ewok Adventure | |
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