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Overview

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Director:
Nicolas Roeg
Writers:
Daphne Du Maurier (story)
Allan Scott (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
January 1974 (USA) more
Tagline:
A psychic thriller. more
Plot:
John and Laura Baxter are living in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Blu-ray Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth (Criterion Collection)
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 28 December 2008, 11:05 PM, PST)

Beatty 'Tried To Get Sex Scene Cut'
 (From WENN. 14 December 2008, 5:29 PM, PST)

User Comments:
One of the great mysteries. How was it forgotten? more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Julie Christie ... Laura Baxter

Donald Sutherland ... John Baxter
Hilary Mason ... Heather
Clelia Matania ... Wendy
Massimo Serato ... Bishop Barbarrigo
Renato Scarpa ... Inspector Longhi
Giorgio Trestini ... Workman
Leopoldo Trieste ... Hotel Manager
David Tree ... Anthony Babbage
Ann Rye ... Mandy Babbage
Nicholas Salter ... Johnny Baxter
Sharon Williams ... Christine Baxter
Bruno Cattaneo ... Detective Sabbione
Adelina Poerio ... The Dwarf
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Directed by
Nicolas Roeg 
 
Writing credits
Daphne Du Maurier (story)

Allan Scott (screenplay) (as Alan Scott) and
Chris Bryant (screenplay)

Produced by
Peter Katz .... producer
Frederick Muller .... associate producer (as Frederico Mueller)
Anthony B. Unger .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Pino Donaggio  (as Pino Donnagio)
 
Cinematography by
Anthony B. Richmond (director of photography) (as Anthony Richmond)
 
Film Editing by
Graeme Clifford 
 
Casting by
Miriam Brickman 
Ugo Mariotti 
 
Art Direction by
Giovanni Soccol 
 
Makeup Department
Giancarlo Del Brocco .... makeup artist
Maria Luisa Garbini .... hair stylist
Barry Richardson .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Franco Coduti .... unit manager
Tim Hampton .... production supervisor (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francesco Cinieri .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Francesco Chianese .... set dresser (as Francesco Chinanese)
 
Sound Department
Peter Davies .... sound recordist
Rodney Holland .... sound editor
Bob Jones .... dubbing mixer
Peter Maxwell .... adr mixer (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Richard Grayden .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Luciano Marrocchi .... gaffer
Spartaco Pizzi .... key grip
Simon Ransley .... assistant camera
Luciano Tonti .... camera operator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marit Allen .... wardrobe: Miss Christie (as Marit Lieberson)
Anna Maria Feo .... wardrobe mistress (as Annamaria Fea)
Andrea Galer .... wardrobe: Miss Christie
 
Editorial Department
Peter Holt .... assistant editor
Tony Lawson .... assistant editor
Alfreda Benge .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Giampiero Boneschi .... conductor
Giampiero Boneschi .... music arranger
 
Other crew
Rita Agostini .... continuity
Hubert Doyle .... publicist
Terence O'Connor .... production accountant
Steve Previn .... production executive
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Venezia... un dicembre rosso shocking (Italy)
Amenaza en la sombra (Spain) [es]
Aquele Inverno em Veneza (Portugal) [pt]
Inverno de Sangue em Veneza (Brazil) [pt]
Karanligin gölgesi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Kauhun kierre (Finland) (DVD title) [fi]
Kauhunkierre (Finland) [fi]
Meta ta mesanyhta (Greece) [el]
Ne vous retournez pas (France) [fr]
Nie ogladaj sie teraz (Poland) [pl]
Rösten från andra sidan (Sweden) [sv]
Rødt chok (Denmark) [da]
Varning i rött (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Venecia rojo shocking (Argentina) [es]
Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen (West Germany) [de]
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
Italy | UK
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Norway:18 (re-rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video re-rating) (2002) | UK:18 (video rating) (1988) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Netherlands:16

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie met for the first time on the set of this film. The first scene they had to shoot was the sex scene, as Roeg wanted to "get it out of the way" and then move on to the "bone" of the matter. Christie was terrified. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the bathroom scene, John Baxter steps over Laura's clothes, piled on the floor. Among them is a pair of tights, which she was clearly not wearing in the preceding scene (in which she undresses). more
Quotes:
Heather: Fetch him back! Let him not go! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Communion (1976) more

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65 out of 97 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the great mysteries. How was it forgotten?, 3 December 1998
Author: Richard Raitt from Minneapolis, USA

"Don't Look Now" was released at about the time of "The Excorcist". There is otherwise no basis for comparison between these movies. While the Excorcist hits us in the face with the equivalent of a special effects rubber chicken, "Don't Look Now" manages to get under your skin from the very first scene, and gradually, elegantly insinuates itself into a place where your childhood and adult fears dwell and steep. Its setting in Venice is both beautiful and menacing. Something terrible is always just around the corner from our conscious mind. It is also troubling, and, as only a good movie can, leaves more questions unanswered than resolved. Without a doubt, it contains one of the most beautiful loves scenes ever filmed, showing scenes of Christie and Sutherland in genuinely erotic (by '70's standards) lovemaking, mixed with scenes of the couple as they dress and prepare for their day, the following morning. Director Nicolas Roeg is a forgotten Master.

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