Death in Full View ( La Mort en direct ) ( Death Watch - Der gekaufte Tod )

Death in Full View (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Mort en direct
Alternate Title: Death Watch - Der gekaufte Tod
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Ceasar Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Bertrand Tavernier

Written By:
Bertrand Tavernier
David Compton
David Rayfiel

Actors:
Romy Schneider ..... Katherine Mortenhoe
Harvey Keitel ..... Roddy
Harry Dean Stanton ..... Vincent Ferriman
Thérèse Liotard ..... Tracey
Max von Sydow ..... Gerald Mortenhoe (as Max Von Sydow)
Caroline Langrishe ..... Girl in the Bar
William Russell ..... Dr.Mason (as William Russel)
Vadim Glowna ..... Harry Graves
Eva Maria Meineke ..... Dr.Klausen
Bernhard Wicki ..... Katherine's Dad (as Bernard Wicki)
Freddie Boardley ..... Limosine driver
Robbie Coltrane
Julian Hough
Peter Kelly
Boyd Nelson

Synopsis:

Director Bertrand Tavernier provides an unexpected feminist slant to the otherwise standard sci-fi trappings of Death Watch. Harvey Keitel plays a man of the future who has had a camera implanted in his brain. The mechanism, which is endowed with special X-ray properties, is activated by the user's eyes. Keitel is assigned by ruthless TV producer Harry Dean Stanton to secretly probe the subconscious of a dying woman, played by Romy Schneider. Stanton is only interested in the grim spectacle of what goes on inside the brain of someone who knows she's doomed. Keitel, on the other hand, becomes increasingly compassionate--and disgusted by the tawdriness of his assignment--as he stares into Schneider's tortured psyche.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 March, 2009.

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