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Body Double

Cast

Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton View All

Crew

Brian De Palma (Screenplay), Brian De Palma (Director), Robert J. Avrech (Screenplay) View All

Release: Oct. 25th, 1984

Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous blonde dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers -- with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.

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Cobpyth
The story is set in a Hollywood environment and the director inserts many creative film techniques and inside jokes to express the ambient filmmaking atmosphere.

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Jack1
Overall, not as good as the likes of Blood Simple, it's still a great film that I think will have rewatch value, not least to properly understand the latter part of the story which I admittedly found a tad confusing when watching for the first time.