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Synopsis
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal films of the 1960s. Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod "Swinging London." Filled with ennui, bored with his "fab" but oddly-lifeless existence of casual sex and drug use, Thomas comes alive when he wanders through a park, stops to take pictures of a couple embracing, and upon developing the images, believes that he has photographed a murder. Pursued by Jane (Vanessa Redgrave), the woman who is in the photos, Thomas pretends to give her the pictures, but in reality, he passes off a different roll of film to her. Thomas returns to the park and discovers that there is, indeed, a dead body lying in the shrubbery: the gray-haired man who was embracing Jane. Has she murdered him, or does Thomas' photo reveal a man with a gun hiding nearby? Antonioni's thriller is a puzzling, existential, adroitly-assembled masterpiece. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jane Birkin Girl
Peter Bowles Ron
John Castle Painter
Gillian Hills The Brunette
Sarah Miles Patricia
Vanessa Redgrave Jane
David Hemmings Thomas

Production Crew

Carlo Di Palma Cinematographer
Herbie Hancock Composer (Music Score)
The Yardbirds Composer (Music Score)
Jocelyn Rickards Costume Designer
Michelangelo Antonioni Director
Frank Clarke Editor
Pierre Rouve Executive Producer
Paul Rabiger Makeup
Carlo Ponti Producer
Assheton Gorton Production Designer
Donald Toms Production Manager
Edward Bond Screenwriter
Michelangelo Antonioni Screenwriter
Tonino Guerra Screenwriter
Assheton Gorton Set Designer
Julio Cortázar Short Story Author
Julio Cortázar Short Story Author
Year: 1966
Runtime: 102
Country: Italy
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Mystery

Color type
Metrocolor

Produced by
Carlo Ponti Productions
MGM
Premiere Productions

Awards
1966 - Best Film - National Society of Film Critics
1966 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1966 - Best Foreign Film - English Language - Golden Globe
1967 - Best British Film - British Academy Awards
1967 - International Grand Prix - Cannes International Film Festival
1967 - International Grand Prix - Cannes Film Festival
1967 - Best British Film - British Academy Awards
1967 - Best British Film - British Academy of Film and Television
1967 - International Grand Prix - Cannes Film Festival