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Release Date: 1978 Cast: Meg Mundy, Rene Auberjonois, Steve Marachuk, Raúl Juliá, Brad Dourif, Gary Bayer, Darlanne Fluegel, Frank Adonis, Bill Boggs, Faye Dunaway, Mitchell Edmonds, Tommy Lee Jones ...MORE
Cast: Meg Mundy, Rene Auberjonois, Steve Marachuk, Raúl Juliá, Brad Dourif, Gary Bayer, Darlanne Fluegel, Frank Adonis, Bill Boggs, Faye Dunaway, Mitchell Edmonds, Tommy Lee Jones, Rose Gregorio ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Thriller, Horror, Supernatural, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Crime Thriller Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 thriller film starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones and directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, adapted from a spec script titled Eyes, written by John Carpenter, was Carpenter's first major studio film. Producer Jon Peters, who was dating Barbra Streisand at the time, bought the screenplay as a starring vehicle for the actress, but Streisand eventually decided not to take the role because of "the kinky nature of the story," as Peters later explained. The role went to Dunaway, who had just won an Oscar for her performance in Network.
The film's theme... MORE
Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 thriller film starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones and directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, adapted from a spec script titled Eyes, written by John Carpenter, was Carpenter's first major studio film. Producer Jon Peters, who was dating Barbra Streisand at the time, bought the screenplay as a starring vehicle for the actress, but Streisand eventually decided not to take the role because of "the kinky nature of the story," as Peters later explained. The role went to Dunaway, who had just won an Oscar for her performance in Network.
The film's theme song, "Prisoner," was performed by Streisand, and was included in the soundtrack.
Eyes of Laura Mars is said to be an example of an American version of the giallo genre. The film is also noted for its use of red herrings and its twist ending.
Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) is a glamorous fashion photographer who specializes in stylized violence. Amid controversy over whether her photographs glorify violence and are demeaning to women, Laura begins seeing, in first person through the eyes of the killer, real-time visions of the murders of her friends and colleagues.
John Neville (Tommy Lee Jones), the LESS
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