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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
David Ely (novel)
Lewis John Carlino (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 October 1966 (USA) more
Tagline:
What Are Seconds?... The Answer May Be Too Terrifying For Words! more
Plot:
Want out of your life? Just pay the fee and we'll fake your death, change your face, and set up a new identity for you... full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
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Abre los ojos,thirty years ago. more (97 total)

Cast

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Rock Hudson ... Antiochus 'Tony' Wilson
Salome Jens ... Nora Marcus

John Randolph ... Arthur Hamilton
Will Geer ... Old Man
Jeff Corey ... Mr. Ruby

Richard Anderson ... Dr. Innes
Murray Hamilton ... Charlie Evans
Karl Swenson ... Dr. Morris
Khigh Dhiegh ... Davalo
Frances Reid ... Emily Hamilton
Wesley Addy ... John
John Lawrence ... Texan
Elisabeth Fraser ... Plump Blonde
Dodie Heath ... Sue Bushman (as Dody Heath)
Robert Brubaker ... Mayberry
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Död man lever (Sweden) [sv]
Der Mann, der zweimal lebte (West Germany) [de]
L'opération diabolique (France) [fr]
Manden der skiftede ansigt (Denmark) [da]
Opération diabolique (Canada: French title) [fr]
Operazione diabolica (Italy) [it]
Plan diabólico (Spain) [es]
Sataniki epiheirisis (Greece) [el]
Tapaus Wilson 507 (Finland) [fi]
Tapaus Wilson 714 (Finland) [fi]
Uma Segunda Vida (Portugal) [pt]
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MPAA:
Rated R for some nudity.
Runtime:
100 min | USA:107 min (re-release: 1996) | Australia:103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:X (1966) (cut) | West Germany:18 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R (1996 re-release) | Australia:M
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Trivia:
Director Jonathan Mostow was set to direct a 'Seconds' remake. more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: The shadow of the boom can be seen in the upper right hand corner of the screen just before The Old Man gets up from the couch to move toward John Randolph. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Man in Station: Mr. Hamilton?
Arthur Hamilton: Yes?
[Man in train station hands Hamilton a folded sheet of paper and turns to walk away; Hamilton stares after him, then opens the folded paper to find an address, with no explanation]
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Abre los ojos,thirty years ago., 17 April 2003
Author: dbdumonteil

Some movies which failed when they were released became sleepers ,and in the case of "seconds" quite rightly so.It predates "Abre los ojos" (and thus "Vanilla Sky" so to speak) by 30 years !"Carnival of souls" did the same for "Jacob's ladder" and "the sixth sense".Those two works did more:they invented what we call the "indie cinema" and David Lynch's first -and best- two works owes them a great deal.

By far Rock Hudson's best performance -with the eventual exception of ,in a diametrically opposite style, "all that Heaven allows"-,"seconds" is what we can call a movie ahead of its time.The weakness some users are complaining of -the lack of psychological depth - is intentional;and if some sequences may seem long,this length inspires their vital nightmarish side -the drunken revel ,the bacchanalian dance are so unexpected that they pack a real wallop.The camera uses disturbing angles and Frankenheimer does not need a ton of special effects to exude pure primal fear.

This movie ,"the Mandchurian candidate" and "Birdman of Alcatraz are enough to make Frankenheimer go down in History of seventh art.

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