Plot & Details
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal films of the 1960s. Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod "Swinging London." Filled with ennui, bored with his "fab" but oddly-lifeless existence of casual sex and drug use, Thomas comes alive when he wanders through a park, stops to take pictures of a couple embracing, and upon developing the images, believes that he has photographed a murder. Pursued by Jane (Vanessa Redgrave), the woman who is in the photos, Thomas pretends to give her the pictures, but in reality, he passes off a different roll of film to her. Thomas returns to the park and discovers that there is, indeed, a dead body lying in the shrubbery: the gray-haired man who was embracing Jane. Has she murdered him, or does Thomas' photo reveal a man with a gun hiding nearby? Antonioni's thriller is a puzzling, existential, adroitly-assembled masterpiece.
- MPAA Rating: Not Rated
- Genre(s): Crime and Mystery,Drama
- Run Time: 111min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 12/18/1966
- DVD Release Date: 02/17/2004
- Director(s): Michelangelo Antonioni
- Starring: David Hemmings , Vanessa Redgrave , Sarah Miles , Peter Bowles , John Castle
- Themes: Murder Investigations,Witnessing a Crime,Amateur Sleuths
- Tone: Cerebral,Eerie,Enigmatic,Meditative,Paranoid,Wry,Deliberate,Stylized,Atmospheric
- Keywords: amateur-detective,fashion-industry,murder,photography,swinging-single,witness
- Language: English
Awards
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Cast & Crew | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Director | Michelangelo Antonioni | Nominated |
| 1966 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Original Screenplay | Michelangelo Antonioni | Nominated |
| 1966 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Original Screenplay | Tonino Guerra | Nominated |
| 1966 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Original Screenplay | Edward Bond | Nominated |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| Year | Award | Category | Cast & Crew | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best British Film | Michelangelo Antonioni | Nominated |
Golden Globes
| Year | Award | Category | Cast & Crew | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Foreign Film - English Language | Nominated |
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