Obsession ( 1976 )

Obsession ( 1976 ) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$33.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Brian De Palma

Written By:
Brian De Palma
Paul Schrader

Actors:
Cliff Robertson ..... Michael Courtland
Genevieve Bujold ..... Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari
John Lithgow ..... Robert Lasalle
Sylvia Kuumba Williams ..... Maid
Wanda Blackman ..... Amy Courtland
J. Patrick McNamara ..... Third Kidnapper
Stanley J. Reyes ..... Insp. Brie
Nick Kreiger ..... Farber
Stocker Fontelieu ..... Dr. Ellman
Don Hood ..... Ferguson
Andrea Esterhazy ..... D'Annunzio
Thomas Carr ..... Paper Boy
Tom Felleghy ..... Italian Businessman
Nella Simoncini Barbieri ..... Mrs. Portinari
John Creamer ..... Justice of the Peace

Synopsis:

High melodrama, creeping insanity and barely contained delirium abound in this dizzying tribute to the high tension thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock from director Brian De Palma (Carrie, Scarface, Dressed to Kill). Michael Courtland is a Southern gentleman who seems to have everything - A successful business, a beautiful wife and an adoring young daughter - until a botched kidnapping tears his world apart leaving him widowed, bereaved and bereft. Years later on a trip to Italy, he meets a woman with an uncanny resemblance to his late wife but all is not how it appears as a twisted conspiracy threatens to unhinge his mental shackles, sending him to the knife edge of MADNESS! A master class in mounting unease and clammy palmed claustrophobia, Obsession is a classic 70s thriller with an evil twist that will leave you speechless.

Love never dies in Brian De Palma's psychological thriller, though money certainly complicates matters. Rich New Orleans real estate developer Michael Courtland (Cliff Robertson) lost his beloved wife Elizabeth (Genevieve Bujold) and their daughter during a botched kidnap rescue, after he chose to let the police try to free them instead of paying the ransom. Sixteen years later, Michael returns to the Tuscan church where he and Elizabeth first met, and he sees Sandra Portinari (Bujold again), the mirror image of his dead wife. Despite the reservations of his long-time friend and business partner (John Lithgow), Michael woos Sandra and brings her back to New Orleans to marry her. Seeing Sandra as his second chance to prove his love, Michael thinks he can finally put the past behind him, but the past is about to catch up with him in ways he never dreamed.

Successful New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland's (Cliff Robertson) tenth wedding anniversary celebration ends tragically when his wife Elizabeth (Genevieve Bujoid) and their 9-year-old daughter, Amy, have been kidnapped. In an attempt to trap the criminals, counterfeit money is used to pay the ransom, but the plan backfires and his wife and child die in a car accident during a chase with the police. Ten years later while on a business trip in Italy with La Salle (John Lithgow), his partner, Michael meets Sandra, a young woman who is an exact double of his wife. He falls in love with her and brings her back to Louisiana to get married. Michael's friends and business associates try to discourage his wedding plans; they realize that Michael is infatuated with Sandra only because she reminds him of his dead wife Elizabeth. On the eve of their wedding, she vanishes and Michael finds a ransom note - a duplicate of the one found ten years earlier.

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