- Actors: Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason
- Directors: Nicolas Roeg
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 2
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Optimum Home Releasing
- DVD Release Date: 13 Nov 2006
- Run Time: 106 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000HEVTOU
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 22,108 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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After the tragic death of their daughter, John and Laura Baxter decide to work and recover in Venice. Whilst John finds comfort in the restoration of an ancient gothic church, his wife befriends two mysterious sisters, one of whom is blind and claims to have the psychic ability to communicate with their dead child. She also claims that John has the same gift of “second sight” and his life is in grave danger. Unable to accept the idea of anything supernatural, John is immediately suspicious of the sister’s true intentions and their control over his vulnerable wife. But John’s fate is finally sealed with the appearance of a mysterious figure bearing an uncanny likeness to his tragic daughter.
One of the most chilling, tragic and unforgettable horror thrillers you will ever encounter, Don’t Look Now is a masterpiece of suspense. Directed by cinematic visionary Nicolas Roeg (Performance, The Man Who Fell To Earth) and starring Hollywood icons Julie Christie (Billy Liar, Dr Zhivago) and Donald Sutherland (M*A*S*H, Klute, Steelyard Blues), it is often cited as having one of the most memorable and nightmarish climaxes in movie history.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Behind the scenes, Booklet, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Commentary, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Remastered, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: In England, John and Laura Baxter lose their beloved daughter Christine drowned in a lake in their estate. They move to Venice and leave their son John in a boarding school. While working in the restoration of a church, John has lunch with Laura that is not fully recovered of her loss and she helps an old lady in the restaurant with a speck of dust in her left eye. Her blind sister that claims to be psychic advises Laura that she can see her daughter happy and close to them; and that John that is also psychic must leave Venice since he is in danger. Laura feels happy with the revelation but the skeptic John does not believe in the elderly sisters. Meanwhile a serial-killer is killing people in Venice. When Laura and John are called during the night by the director of the boarding school telling that John had had a minor accident, Laura travels in the morning to London to see their son. Meanwhile John has an accident in the scaffold in the church and while going back to the hotel, he sees Laura and the sisters on a funeral gondola. Further he glances somebody wearing the red clock with hood that Christine wore when she died. John decides to investigate whether the sisters have abducted his wife and to follow the person with the red cloak with tragic discoveries. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, ...Don't Look Now (1973) ( A Venezia... un dicembre rosso shocking )
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Nicolas Roeg's stylish and frightening occult thriller has gained in critical appreciation since it was originally released nearly four decades ago(!), and this extras-laden Blu-Ray set does it justice by gathering together the various supplemental features from earlier home video editions along with newly shot interviews with Donald Sutherland and additional crew members. I doubt anyone will be too disappointed with the extras on this disc. That noted, the audio and visual remaster featured on this Blu-Ray is of particular importance as it offers a significant upgrade in both picture and sound to all earlier home video editions. The colourful picture is noticeably sharper than earlier DVD editions and does a great job of showcasing Roeg's remarkable, often near-hallucinatory imagery. Perhaps even more importantly, the sound is equally improved and eliminates the various distortion issues that plagued earlier DVD releases. DON'T LOOK NOW came out on DVD in both the USA and UK a few years back and various online forums did their best to decide which of the two sounded superior. Sadly, each DVD sounded pretty rotten and did little justice to the film, the dialogue or Pino Donaggio's haunting score. This new Blu-Ray (proudly displaying a cover sticker noting "Picture and Audio Restoration Supervised and Approved by Nic Roeg") fixes those issues entirely and presents the movie in a clearly listenable form for perhaps the first time on home video. It sounds terrific.
DON'T LOOK NOW is a masterpiece and this Blu-Ray provides a definite, welcome upgrade from any DVD edition you might own. Now, could someone do a special edition of Roeg's weird, sexy and stylish EUREKA?
DON'T LOOK NOW is a masterpiece and this Blu-Ray provides a definite, welcome upgrade from any DVD edition you might own. Now, could someone do a special edition of Roeg's weird, sexy and stylish EUREKA?
89 of 95 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
a 5 star film without doubt BUT like the previous R2 release, this 'special edition' is still plagued with dreadful sound - harsh, trebly, distorted and with absurd amounts of noise reduction. Why Why Why. Roeg fans will want the commentary but there's nothing else new here and for the film, stick with the R1 edition. Sorry to sound like a geek but it makes me so angry, this fantastic film deserves better.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hitchcock used an example to explain the difference between surprise and suspense. If people are seated at a table and a bomb explodes, that is surprise. If they are seated at a table, and you know there's a bomb under the table attached to a ticking clock, but they continue to play cards -- that's suspense. There's a bomb under "Dont Look Now" for excruciating stretches of time.
I was expecting this slow-moving movie to descend into routine shock and horror movie,but it doesn't. Most of the movie is all waiting, anticipating and dreading. The jolts that come about midway are of a similar magnitude to movies such as Sixth Sense or The Exorcist.
The film is slow moving, but it manages to expertly linger to create atmosphere, a sense of place, a sympathy with the characters, instead of rushing into cheap thrills. Dont Look Now stands as one of the most beautiful and moving "horror" movies in the 1970s...even though it is not really a horror movie; it's more of a psychological thriller.
As it gears up for a truly unexpected, emotionally draining finale - destined to please or frustrate depending on how nihilistic you like your horror - this elegant ghost story ignores genre conventions to deliver a touching tale of motherhood and fatherhood, love and what may or may not lie on the other side.
I was expecting this slow-moving movie to descend into routine shock and horror movie,but it doesn't. Most of the movie is all waiting, anticipating and dreading. The jolts that come about midway are of a similar magnitude to movies such as Sixth Sense or The Exorcist.
The film is slow moving, but it manages to expertly linger to create atmosphere, a sense of place, a sympathy with the characters, instead of rushing into cheap thrills. Dont Look Now stands as one of the most beautiful and moving "horror" movies in the 1970s...even though it is not really a horror movie; it's more of a psychological thriller.
As it gears up for a truly unexpected, emotionally draining finale - destined to please or frustrate depending on how nihilistic you like your horror - this elegant ghost story ignores genre conventions to deliver a touching tale of motherhood and fatherhood, love and what may or may not lie on the other side.
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A Classic British Film
Nicolas Roeg's 1973 film Don't Look Now (based on the Daphne Du Maurier short story of the same name) is one of my all-time favourite films and for me ranks as one of the finest... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Keith M
Excellent Movie
The movie itself is a masterpiece. One the most original thrillers (or giallos) ever made.
As for the BLU RAY, it is better than the DVD but not spectacular. Read more
As for the BLU RAY, it is better than the DVD but not spectacular. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alejandro Bisio
Hitchcockian Or What?
Nicholas Roegs Don't Look Now has the groundbreaking suspense of a Hitchcock movie and the satanically terrifying atmosphere of a Polanski film. Read more
Published 2 months ago by movie maniac
Rather disappointing
This is not a very good movie, though I think I could call it a good one. It is well directed, imaginatively photographed, intriguingly edited, well acted out. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tad Piotr
God like genius...
Marvellous, a spine tingling tour de force of creepiness. The smart off kilter editing
of this film places the viewer on edge, right from the start. Read more
of this film places the viewer on edge, right from the start. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Baron Und
Timeless Classic
Despite this film being more than 30 years old, it still holds its own as one of the most evoking psychological thrillers of all time. Read more
Published 5 months ago by C. Macdonald
boring !!!
If you want see the borest film ever that is the best choice !!! never ever again ! there is nothing happend by all film long actually i turned off after 60 mins because there is... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mirek
The soundtrack is fine on this one disc version
This one-disc DVD, 2009 edition of this 1973 film is excellent quality and, although I do not have a home cinema with the "small-cottage speakers", I thought the excellent... Read more
Published 6 months ago by RR Waller
Tweedie thriller
Dont look now is a classic early seventies thriller with a twist, great to get the atmosphere of Venice and an inspiration for this seasons tweed coat look. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ms. S. J. Hyde
A newbie's review
I'm 20 years old and just got to watch "Don't Look Now" for the first time.
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