Obsession (1976)
August 1, 1976Release Date
Obsession (1976)
August 1, 1976Release Date


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Cast & Crew.

Cliff Robertson
Michael Courtland

Geneviève 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
Inspector Brie

Nick Kreiger
Farber

Stocker Fontelieu
Dr. Ellman

Don Hood
Ferguson

Andrea Esterhazy
D'Annunzio

Thomas Carr
Paperboy

Tom Felleghy
Italian Businessman

Nella Simoncini Barbieri
Mrs. Portinari

John Creamer
Justice of the Peace

Regis Cordic
Newscaster

Loraine Despres
Jane

Clyde Ventura
Ticket Agent

Fain M. Cogrove
Secretary

Robert Harper
Man in Airport (uncredited)

Brian De Palma
Director / Story

Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography

Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer

Paul Hirsch
Editor

Harry N. Blum
Producer

Robert S. Bremson
Executive Producer

George Litto
Producer

Frank Beetson
Production Manager

Jack Senter
Art Direction

Jerry Wunderlich
Set Decoration

Frank Balchus
Costume Design

Joe Lombardi
Special Effects

Paul B. Clay
Music Editor

Rachel Griffiths
Script Supervisor

Hannah Scheel
Script Supervisor

Dan Sable
Sound Effects Editor

Paul Schrader
Screenplay / Story

Bob Bender
Assistant Director

Wiliam Pool
Assistant Director

Frank L. Brown
Set Dresser

David M. Ronne
Sound Mixer

Nick McLean
First Assistant Camera

Deborah Boldt
Assistant Editor

Candace Cruzd
Assistant Editor

Rachel Ticotin
Production Assistant

Bob Herron
Stunt Coordinator
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Details.
Release DateAugust 1, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingPG
Budget$1,400,000
Box Office$4,468,000
Filming LocationsNew Orleans, United States · Florence, Italy
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Obsession is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, and John Lithgow. The screenplay was written by Paul Schrader, from a story by De Palma and Schrader. Bernard Herrmann provided the film's soundtrack before his death in 1975. The story is about a prominent New Orleans businessman who is haunted by guilt following the death of his wife and daughter during a kidnapping-rescue attempt gone wrong. Years later, he meets and falls in love with a young woman who is the exact look-alike of his long dead wife.
Both De Palma and Schrader have pointed to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) as the major inspiration for Obsession's narrative and thematic concerns. Schrader's script was extensively rewritten and pared down by De Palma before shooting, causing the screenwriter to proclaim a complete lack of interest in the film's subsequent production and release.
Completed in 1975, Columbia Pictures picked up the distribution rights but demanded that minor changes be made to reduce potentially controversial aspects of the plot. When finally released in the late summer of 1976, it became De Palma's first substantial box-office success and received mixed reviews from critics.
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