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Homage to Hitchcock Classics Rear View Window and Vertigo

Body Double DSS Widescreen LaserDisc De Palma Wasson Griffith Thriller

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Craig Wasson, Gregg Henry and Melanie Griffith in... Brian De Palma's...

Body Double

( Catalog Number 79296 )
(1.85:1) (Digital) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Body Double
1984 - 114 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
In Body Double, director Brian DePalma pays homage to the Alfred Hitchcock movies Vertigo and Rear Window, adding a few grotesque touches all his own. Craig Wasson plays Jake, a struggling actor who keeps losing jobs because of his claustrophobia. To make matters worse, his girlfriend has walked out on him, so he has no place to sleep. His pal offers him the use of his apartment for the evening. The apartment happens to be equipped with a huge picture window and telescope, enabling him to spy on his beautiful neighbor Gloria (Deborah Shelton) while she undresses. He also bears witness to her brutal murder. And then he meets a porn star (Melanie Griffith), who has just taken a job posing as the late Gloria. --- Hal Erickson

During the early '80s, director Brian De Palma updated Alfred Hitchcock in three movies. Of De Palma's three homages, Body Double is easily the weakest. It does not consistently maintain suspense the way Dressed to Kill and Blow Out do, and the scheme at the center of its plot is wholly unbelievable. De Palma borrows liberally from Hitchcock to assemble this thriller. The "hero," creepy struggling actor Jake Scully, suffers from claustrophobia (similar to the dizziness in Vertigo) and spies on a sexy neighbor (as in Rear Window). As the plot unfolds, it further resembles Vertigo, with the distinction that it is nowhere near as believable. The villain's scheme is particularly unlikely. It would be nearly impossible for him to anticipate all he must anticipate to pull it off, and anyone as clever as this villain would have recognized that and settled on a less convoluted scheme. It might have been more difficult to discern the many plot holes had De Palma maintained the suspense, but Body Double has a very uneven flow. Some scenes work, others seem drawn out and utterly lacking in tension. The concluding scenes, unfortunately, fit into this latter category. In updating Hitchcock, De Palma does a good job in exploring matters the "master of suspense" could not explicitly tackle in his day, such as the grotesque and the pornographic. But Body Double seems too much a product of its era, with one sequence amounting to little more than a music video for Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax." As Scully, Craig Wasson seems bland for someone who is supposedly such a pervert. In her breakthrough role as Holly the porn star, Melanie Griffith makes her character very human, especially in a strangely touching scene where she describes what she will and will not do in a porno film. --- John L. Messina

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Cast for Body Double

Craig Wasson - Jake Scully
Gregg Henry - Sam Bouchard
Melanie Griffith - Holly
Deborah Shelton - Gloria Revelle
Guy Boyd - Jim McLean
Dennis Franz - Rubin
David Haskell - Drama Teacher
Linda Shaw - Herself
Casey Sander - Man #2 (Holly Does Hollywood)
Barbara Peckinpaugh - Girl in Holly Does Hollywood
Ty Randolph - Tina
Nanci Rogers - Stuntperson
Phil Redrow - Naked Man
Rob Paulsen - Cameraman
Russ Marin - Frank
Chuck Waters - Jogger
Richard Warlock - Stuntperson
Michael White - Security Guard
Rebecca Stanley - Kimberly
Brinke Stevens - 3rd Girl in Bathroom
Douglas Warhit - Video Salesman
David Ursin - Man in Holly Does Hollywood
Jerry Wills - Stuntperson
Ted Grossman - Stuntperson
Alexandra Day - 1st Girl in Bathroom
Ray Hassett - Police Officer
Al Israel - Corso
Emmett Brown - Studio Guard
Lane Davies - Billy
Jerry Brutsche - Police Officer
Barbara Crampton - Carol
Denise Loveday - Actress/Vampire Movie
Jeremy Lawrence - Theater Director
Monte Landis - Sid Goldberg
Roi Loomis - TV Director
Gela Jacobson - Corso's Secretary
Larry "Flash" Jenkins - Assistant Director
Michael Kearns - Male Porno Star
B.J. Jones - Douglas
Slavitza Jovan - Saleslady

Crew for Body Double

Brian De Palma - Director / Producer / Screenwriter
Robert J. Avrech - Screenwriter
Stephen H. Burum - Cinematographer
Pino Donaggio - Composer (Music Score)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Songwriter
Jerry Greenberg - Editor
Jerry Greenberg - Editor
Bill Pankow - Editor
William Elliott - Production Designer
Ida Random - Production Designer
Howard Gottfried - Executive Producer
Charles Butcher - Set Designer
Cloudia - Set Designer
Gloria Gresham - Costume Designer
Joe Napolitano - First Assistant Director
Jerry Brutsche - Stunts
Ray Hartwick - Production Manager
Janet Hirshenson - Casting
Jane Jenkins - Casting

Awards for Body Double

Best Supporting Actress (nom) Melanie Griffith 1984 Golden Globe
Best Supporting Actress Melanie Griffith 1984 New York Film Critics Circle

Feature Details

Title: Body Double
Feature Release Date: 1984
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 114 Minutes
Chapters: 35
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 27 Apr 1994
Catalog Number: 79296
UPC: 043396792968
ISBN: 0-8001-3682-9
Manufacturer: DADC USA
Publisher: Columbia Tri-Star Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Sound: Digital
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 79296
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Dolby Surround Sound, Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with light shelf wear

Craig Wasson, Gregg Henry and Melanie Griffith in... Brian De Palma's...

Body Double

( Catalog Number 79296 )
(1.85:1) (Digital) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
LaserDisc

Body Double
1984 - 114 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
In Body Double, director Brian DePalma pays homage to the Alfred Hitchcock movies Vertigo and Rear Window, adding a few grotesque touches all his own. Craig Wasson plays Jake, a struggling actor who keeps losing jobs because of his claustrophobia. To make matters worse, his girlfriend has walked out on him, so he has no place to sleep. His pal offers him the use of his apartment for the evening. The apartment happens to be equipped with a huge picture window and telescope, enabling him to spy on his beautiful neighbor Gloria (Deborah Shelton) while she undresses. He also bears witness to her brutal murder. And then he meets a porn star (Melanie Griffith), who has just taken a job posing as the late Gloria. --- Hal Erickson

During the early '80s, director Brian De Palma updated Alfred Hitchcock in three movies. Of De Palma's three homages, Body Double is easily the weakest. It does not consistently maintain suspense the way Dressed to Kill and Blow Out do, and the scheme at the center of its plot is wholly unbelievable. De Palma borrows liberally from Hitchcock to assemble this thriller. The "hero," creepy struggling actor Jake Scully, suffers from claustrophobia (similar to the dizziness in Vertigo) and spies on a sexy neighbor (as in Rear Window). As the plot unfolds, it further resembles Vertigo, with the distinction that it is nowhere near as believable. The villain's scheme is particularly unlikely. It would be nearly impossible for him to anticipate all he must anticipate to pull it off, and anyone as clever as this villain would have recognized that and settled on a less convoluted scheme. It might have been more difficult to discern the many plot holes had De Palma maintained the suspense, but Body Double has a very uneven flow. Some scenes work, others seem drawn out and utterly lacking in tension. The concluding scenes, unfortunately, fit into this latter category. In updating Hitchcock, De Palma does a good job in exploring matters the "master of suspense" could not explicitly tackle in his day, such as the grotesque and the pornographic. But Body Double seems too much a product of its era, with one sequence amounting to little more than a music video for Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax." As Scully, Craig Wasson seems bland for someone who is supposedly such a pervert. In her breakthrough role as Holly the porn star, Melanie Griffith makes her character very human, especially in a strangely touching scene where she describes what she will and will not do in a porno film. --- John L. Messina

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Cast for Body Double

Craig Wasson - Jake Scully
Gregg Henry - Sam Bouchard
Melanie Griffith - Holly
Deborah Shelton - Gloria Revelle
Guy Boyd - Jim McLean
Dennis Franz - Rubin
David Haskell - Drama Teacher
Linda Shaw - Herself
Casey Sander - Man #2 (Holly Does Hollywood)
Barbara Peckinpaugh - Girl in Holly Does Hollywood
Ty Randolph - Tina
Nanci Rogers - Stuntperson
Phil Redrow - Naked Man
Rob Paulsen - Cameraman
Russ Marin - Frank
Chuck Waters - Jogger
Richard Warlock - Stuntperson
Michael White - Security Guard
Rebecca Stanley - Kimberly
Brinke Stevens - 3rd Girl in Bathroom
Douglas Warhit - Video Salesman
David Ursin - Man in Holly Does Hollywood
Jerry Wills - Stuntperson
Ted Grossman - Stuntperson
Alexandra Day - 1st Girl in Bathroom
Ray Hassett - Police Officer
Al Israel - Corso
Emmett Brown - Studio Guard
Lane Davies - Billy
Jerry Brutsche - Police Officer
Barbara Crampton - Carol
Denise Loveday - Actress/Vampire Movie
Jeremy Lawrence - Theater Director
Monte Landis - Sid Goldberg
Roi Loomis - TV Director
Gela Jacobson - Corso's Secretary
Larry "Flash" Jenkins - Assistant Director
Michael Kearns - Male Porno Star
B.J. Jones - Douglas
Slavitza Jovan - Saleslady

Crew for Body Double

Brian De Palma - Director / Producer / Screenwriter
Robert J. Avrech - Screenwriter
Stephen H. Burum - Cinematographer
Pino Donaggio - Composer (Music Score)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Songwriter
Jerry Greenberg - Editor
Jerry Greenberg - Editor
Bill Pankow - Editor
William Elliott - Production Designer
Ida Random - Production Designer
Howard Gottfried - Executive Producer
Charles Butcher - Set Designer
Cloudia - Set Designer
Gloria Gresham - Costume Designer
Joe Napolitano - First Assistant Director
Jerry Brutsche - Stunts
Ray Hartwick - Production Manager
Janet Hirshenson - Casting
Jane Jenkins - Casting

Awards for Body Double

Best Supporting Actress (nom) Melanie Griffith 1984 Golden Globe
Best Supporting Actress Melanie Griffith 1984 New York Film Critics Circle

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