Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
August 2, 1978Release Date
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
August 2, 1978Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Faye Dunaway
Laura Mars
Tommy Lee Jones
John Neville
Brad Dourif
Tommy Ludlow
René Auberjonois
Donald Phelps
Raúl Juliá
Michael Reisler
Darlanne Fluegel
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Michael Tucker
Bert
Frank Adonis
Sal Volpe
Lisa Taylor
Michele
Rose Gregorio
Elaine Cassell
Bill Boggs
Bill Boggs
Steve Marachuk
Robert
Meg Mundy
Doris Spenser
Marilyn Meyers
Sheila Weissman
Gary Bayer
Reporter
Mitchell Edmonds
Reporter
Jeff Niki
Photo Assistant
Toshi Matsuo
Photo Assistant
John Randolph Jones
Policeman
Allen Joseph
Policeman
Joanne Baron
Linda (uncredited)
Jack H. Harris
Man in Gallery (uncredited) / Executive Producer
Linda Kendall
Reporter (uncredited)
Nicholas Guest
Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert Ridgely
(uncredited)
Robert Dahdah
Crowd (uncredited)
Rita Tellone
Model
Anna Anderson
Model
Deborah Beck
Model
Patty Oja
Model
Donna Palmer
Model
Kari Page
Model
David Zelag Goodman
Screenplay
Irvin Kershner
Director
Bill Anagnos
Stunts
Konrad Sheehan
Stunts
Alex Stevens
Stunt Coordinator
Cis Corman
Casting Director
Jim Lovelett
Stunts
Kaye Pownall
Hairstylist
James P. Dolan
Gaffer
Colleen Callaghan
Hairstylist
Harry Madsen
Stunts
Jon Peters
Producer
John Godfrey
Set Decoration
Michael Kahn
Editor
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Robert Gundlach
Art Direction
Gene Callahan
Production Design
Artie Kane
Original Music Composer
Laura Ziskin
Associate Producer
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Lee Harman
Makeup Artist
Charles L. Campbell
Sound Editor
Mel Howard
Assistant Director
Vincent Callaghan
Makeup Artist
Louis A. Stroller
Unit Production Manager / Assistant Director
Edward Drohan
Special Effects
Allan Bromberg
Assistant Sound Editor
Les Lazarowitz
Sound Mixer
John Carpenter
Screenplay / Story
Lynn Donahue
Makeup Artist
Barbra Streisand
Theme Song Performance
George Justin
Production Executive
Charles Koppelman
Music Supervisor
Helmut Newton
Other
Rebecca Blake
Production Consultant / Other
Jim Hagerman
Costumer
Marilyn Bishop
Costumer
Walter Stocklin
Property Master
Adger W. Cowans
Still Photographer
Bernadene C. Mann
Wardrobe Master
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 2, 1978
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingR
Budget$7,000,000
Box Office$20,000,000
Filming LocationsNew Jersey, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 American neo-noir supernatural horror thriller film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, René Auberjonois, and Raul Julia. It follows a New York City fashion photographer (Dunaway) who suddenly develops the clairvoyant ability to witness disturbing serial murders from the point of view of the killer. The screenplay was adapted (in collaboration with David Zelag Goodman) from a spec script titled Eyes, written by John Carpenter; it was Carpenter's first major studio film. H. B. Gilmour later wrote a novelization.
Producer Jon Peters, who was dating Barbra Streisand at the time, bought the screenplay as a starring vehicle for her, but Streisand eventually decided not to take the role because of "the kinky nature of the story", as Peters later explained. As a result, the role went to Dunaway, who had just won an Oscar for her performance in Network (1976). Streisand nevertheless felt that "Prisoner", the torch song from the film, would be a good power ballad vehicle for her. She recorded the song for the soundtrack and it peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. Peters commissioned photographer Helmut Newton to provide the images that stand in for Laura Mars' portfolio in the film.
Released on August 2, 1978, by Columbia Pictures, the film was a box-office success, grossing $20 million domestically. Some critics and film scholars have noted Eyes of Laura Mars as an American version of the Italian giallo with elements of the slasher film, and it has gone on to develop a small cult following.