Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
August 2, 1978Release Date
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
August 2, 1978Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Faye Dunaway
Laura Mars
Tommy Lee Jones
John Neville
Brad Dourif
Tommy Ludlow
René Auberjonois
Donald Phelps
Raúl Juliá
Michael Reisler
Michael Tucker
Bert
Frank Adonis
Sal Volpe
Darlanne Fluegel
Lulu
Julian Barry
Writer
Lisa Taylor
Michele
Mart Crowley
Writer
Rose Gregorio
Elaine Cassell
Bill Boggs
Bill Boggs
Steve Marachuk
Robert
Joan Tewkesbury
Writer
Irvin Kershner
Director
Meg Mundy
Doris Spenser
Marilyn Meyers
Sheila Weissman
John Carpenter
Writer
Gary Bayer
Reporter
David Zelag Goodman
Writer
Mitchell Edmonds
Reporter
Jon Peters
Producer
Jeff Niki
Photo Assistant
Artie Kane
Composer
Toshi Matsuo
Photo Assistant
Victor J. Kemper
Cinematographer
Michael Kahn
Editor
John Randolph Jones
Policeman
Allen Joseph
Policeman
Gene Callahan
ProductionDesigner
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
Cis Corman
Casting Director
Laura Ziskin
Associate Producer
Charles L. Campbell
Sound Editor
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Lee Harman
Makeup Artist
Louis A. Stroller
Unit Production Manager / Assistant Director
Colleen Callaghan
Hairstylist
Bill Anagnos
Stunts
Alex Stevens
Stunt Coordinator
Jim Lovelett
Stunts
Robert Gundlach
Art Direction
Vincent Callaghan
Makeup Artist
Harry Madsen
Stunts
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 of America
Genres
Wiki.
Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 American 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 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.