Operazione diabolica

Titolo originale: Seconds
Regia: John Frankenheimer |
Anno: 1966
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantascienza Thriller Horror
Tag: plastic surgery | black and white |
Cast: Rock Hudson | Salome Jens | John Randolph | Will Geer | Jeff Corey | Richard Anderson | Murray Hamilton | Karl Swenson | Khigh Dhiegh | Frances Reid | Wesley Addy | John Lawrence | Elisabeth Fraser | Dodie Heath | Robert Brubaker | Jane Wald | Dorothy Morris | Frank Campanella | Barbara Werle | Edgar Stehli | Aaron Magidow | De De Young | Françoise Ruggieri | Thom Conroy | Nedrick Young | Kirk Duncan | William Wintersole | Paul Kent | Rudy Germane | Stuart Hall |

Tony, un ricco uomo d'affari profondamente deluso dalla propria vita, viene circuito da una potente organizzazione che - in cambio di un generoso lascito - gli propone la trasformazione della sua personalità. Tony diventa così un pittore bellissimo e perfettamente inserito nel contesto californiano degli "artisti" e delle "modelle". Ben presto, però, tornano i fantasmi del passato...

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Although Rock Hudson is top billing, he appears on screen only after 40 minutes of running time beca [...] D
Murray Hamilton, who plays Arthur's friend Charlie, will return to the screen one year later as Mr. [...] D
In order to shoot in Grand Central Station without attracting too much attention, Frankenheimer hire [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
On assignment, professed Frankenheimer admirer Roger Avary wrote a remake titled 2NDS for director J [...] D
Final film of actress Dorothy Morris. D
While Rock Hudson was moving through Grand Central Terminal to get to his train, a barely clad young [...] D
John Randolph had to learn how to do many things with his left hand because Rock Hudson was left-han [...] D
Although this film is nowadays viewed as a cult classic, European critics at the Cannes Film Festiva [...] D
The skill and facility of the surgeons during Mr. Wilson's operation show them to be obviously real [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...] D
Nora's house is one that John Frankenheimer formerly rented and lived in. D
The mounted fish over Arthur's mantle belonged to John Frankenheimer. D
Screenwriter Lewis John Carlino was very annoyed by John Frankenheimer's decision to delete the scen [...] D
While choosing films in Criterion, filmmaker Gaspar Noé's first pick was this movie, with him eve [...] D
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #667. D
Final film of Stuart Hall. D
It's never addressed whether Charlie's removal from the dayroom is for his termination or his third [...] D
Beach Boys composer Brian Wilson saw the movie in a theater during its first run. Overworked and sho [...] D
Asked how he would ideally like to spend his life, Rock Hudson answers, "As a tennis pro." This was [...] D
The depiction of Hamilton's plastic surgery includes several shots of an actual rhinoplasty operatio [...] D
Director John Frankenheimer once attested that the initial lack of success was due to the fact that [...] D
The house that is provided for Rock Hudson's character was owned by director John Frankenheimer. It [...] D
Initially director John Frankenheimer was reluctant to cast Hudson, who he felt was a lightweight ac [...] D
This was John Randolph's first film in fifteen years (since an uncredited one-day bit part in 14ª [...] D
Rehearsals were done for two weeks prior to the principal shooting of this film. D
John Frankenheimer and James Wong Howe used a technique of mounting their camera on an actor with a [...] D
When Seconds was released actress Frances Reid had already been appearing for close to a year on Day [...] D
Khigh Dhiegh (Davalo) also appeared in director John Frankenheimer's film The Manchurian Candidate f [...] D
Rock Hudson was five inches taller than his "older self" John Randolph. This was worked around with [...] D
According to John Frankenheimer, it was Hudson's idea to have two different actors play the Arthur H [...] D
After making Seven Days in May (1964), Kirk Douglas bought the rights and planned to re-team with pr [...] D
French censorship certificate: -13. D
A scene in which Arthur Hamilton as Antiochus Wilson visits his daughter and her husband was shot, b [...] D
Rock Hudson got drunk for real for the scene in which he gets drunk at a party. D
"Seconds" has gained a cult status in later years and is frequently revived. According to director J [...] D
Arthur Hamilton's tennis trophy in reality belonged to John Frankenheimer. D

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Aside from the fact that it would have robbed actor Rock Hudson of his big berserk scene and cleared [...] D
In the final scene, a cranial drill would leave a suspicious hole in his scalp and cranium that woul [...] D
Early in the film, when the man with the note follows Arthur through the railway station, the shadow [...] D
When Tony is turned round to face the mirrors after having his bandages removed, part of the camera [...] D
When Tony is on the gurney with the gag in his mouth, as he is trashing about, the knot in the surgi [...] D
On the train, Hamilton begins to work crossword puzzle that appears in the first section of a major [...] D
Davalo's hand on the tape recorder disappears between shots. D
When Tony is on the airplane on his way to Malibu he is offered a pillow which he places behind his [...] D
Nora runs towards the ocean, and the tide splashes at her below the knees. In the very next shot, wh [...] D
Overlooking the extreme unlikelihood of someone being ordained as a Catholic priest, a Protestant mi [...] D
When Tony Wilson first sees his new home, a shadow of the camera/other equipment is visible on the w [...] D
When Tony is being shown the blackmail film that is calculated to get him to cooperate, the blackmai [...] D
The shadow of the boom can be seen in the upper right hand corner of the screen just before The Old [...] D
When Tony is on the airplane on his way to Malibu the "clouds" outside the window move from right to [...] D
Cameraman briefly visible during the grape stomping scene. D
Tony thrashes and screams wildly after having the gag ball and restraints applied, yet as he's wheel [...] D
The number on the note Hamilton is given is 34 Lafayette Street. However, the actual establishment h [...] D
At the beginning, when Arthur Hamilton is on the train, he gets his newspaper and starts doing cross [...] D
At 1:47:09 Nora undresses to jump into the wine vat. As her dress comes off she is topless beneath i [...] D
Wilson is offered sandwiches when he arrives at the Company office, but is later served a plate of c [...] D
At one point Hamilton/Wilson claims he was next in line for bank presidency. Highly unlikely in view [...] D
Mr. Wilson is told, at the beginning, "Take the elevator on your left," but not which floor. The ele [...] D
During the grape crushing scene, Tony Wilson's girlfriend, Nora, starts to strip-off. Her dress is u [...] D
At the cocktail party the amount of ash hanging from Wilson's cigarette varies inconsistently betwee [...] D
In the grape crushing scene, Nora spills wine on the back of Tony's shirt. The next time we see Tony [...] D

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