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Dominican Rep. Seconds
- Original title
- Seconds
- Year
- 1966
- Running time
- 105 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Lewis John Carlino. Novel: David Ely
- Cast
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Rock Hudson
Salome Jens
John Randolph
Will Geer
Jeff Corey
Richard Anderson
Murray Hamilton
Wesley Addy
Karl Swenson
Nedrick Young- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
James Wong Howe (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Sci-Fi. Mystery. Drama | Psychological Thriller. Surrealism
- Synopsis
- Arthur Hamilton is a middle aged New York banker living in Scarsdale. He's married with a grown daughter he rarely sees anymore. He is generally disengaged from everything in his life. Based on a series of telephone calls he receives from his supposedly deceased friend Charlie Evans, Arthur is drawn into a company that provides him with a second chance in life. Initially resisting this opportunity, 'they' convince him that he has little to live for in his current life, which includes a past indiscretion, albeit one unintentional on his part. His 'rebirth' will include a cadaver to replace his current body after his death, enough money for his current family to live comfortably after his departure, enough money for his new start in life, a surgical make-over of his current self, and a new identity based on his subconscious desires. This new identity is as a Malibu based painter christened Antiochus 'Tony' Wilson. To assist him in this transition to Tony Wilson, the company provides him with a counselor of sorts, acting as a live-in housekeeper named John, who attends to whatever Tony requires emotionally to make the transition successfully. Even with John's help, Tony is finding it difficult to make the transition, despite or perhaps in spite of meeting a woman named Nora Marcus, with whom he falls in love. He has to discover where he went wrong in his life as Arthur Hamilton and where he went wrong in his transition to Tony Wilson before he can find out where he wants to go and how to achieve getting there. But will the company help him achieve what he wants?
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1966: Nominated for Oscar: Best Cinematography (B&W)1966: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)
- Critics' reviews
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"The film features a surprisingly good performance by Rock Hudson, an impeccable supporting cast and stunning cinematography by screen veteran James Wong Howe."
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"John Frankenheimer created this eccentrically brilliant thriller, an exercise in mid-sixties paranoia."
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"This cult movie for the ages suggests a Twilight Zone episode taken to gruesome extremes."
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