Stars: Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason, Celia Matania

Director: Nicolas Roeg

Summary: The eerie story about a young couple who travel to Italy to forget the trauma of losing their daughter. Once there they meet two sisters who claim the ability to contact the dead girl.

Nicolas Roeg's third film--after the brash PERFORMANCE (1970) and meditative WALKABOUT (1971)--is a haunting thriller that confirmed the director's status as a true visionary. Based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier, DON'T LOOK NOW follows a grieving English couple to Venice, where the past continues to plague them. John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) and his wife Laura (Julie Christie) are in mourning for their young daughter, who drowned tragically near their home. John takes a job in Venice so that the couple can leave the past behind, but, unfortunately, the past is not easily forgotten. While John begins to see unsettling visions of a young girl in a red coat running through the Venice streets, Laura learns from an elderly psychic that her husband is in grave danger. What follows is an eerie, erotic mystery that builds to a shockingly horrific climax. DON'T LOOK NOW is one of the most daring and influential motion pictures of the 1970s. From Pino Donaggio's atmospheric score to Graeme Clifford's elliptical editing (exemplified in the film's notorious sex scene), Roeg's film is a stylistic achievement. Sutherland and Christie are their typical phenomenal selves playing the bereaved, devastated couple.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on April 21, 2006 4:11 PM

Based on a novel by Daphne Du Maurier , Don't Look Now is often billed as one of the greatest British horror movies of all time .
Following the death of their daughter John and Laura Baxter ( Donald
Sutherland and Julie Christie ) move to Venice in an attempt to forget what has happened . However , they soon meet a pair of elderly sisters , one of whom claims to be psychic and insists that she can see the spirit of their daughter . In the days that follow , the Baxter's life starts to collapse around them . The ending is pretty spooky .

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Featurette - 1. DON'T LOOK NOW - LOOKING BACK, Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical, Downloads - Pages from the Original Theatrical Campaign Brochure
Year:	1973
Release Date:	July 29, 2002
Runtime:	105 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 038087
Label:	Canal Plus
Keywords:	Now, Look, General, Thriller, Don't, Occult
Genre:	Thriller